Rehman
Rehman was an actor in Hindi and Indian films. He was born on 23 June 1921 at Lahore. He graduated from Robertson College Jabalpur.
After college (1942) he joined the Royal Indian Air Force and trained at Poona as a pilot. Air Force didn't appeal to him and soon left for a career in films at Bombay. He is best known for his suave sophisticated roles, which suited his personality. His movie career started with a job as third assistant director to Vishram Bedekar at the studios in Pune. Vishram needed an Afghan who could tie a Pushtun turban on one of his characters. Rehman could do that being a Pushtun by race, and that brought him to the screen for some lead roles.
Initially he played lead roles, as time passed and his hair turned grey, he accepted character roles and made his mark in some hit films; Chaudhvin Ka Chand and Sahib Bibi Aur Ghulam (where he played a debauched zamindar, Chhote Sarkar), Waqt were some of his memorable roles, the first two with Guru Dutt.' famous actor, producer, director. He was a regular in Guru Dutt films ( Pyaasa). They were old friends from the days they were trying to break into films. Rehman also did key roles in 'Baharon Ki Manzil', 'Gomti ke Kinare', 'Dushman', 'Holi Ayi Re'. Rehman received four Filmfare nominations as Best Supporting Actor for: Yahudi (1958), Chaudhvin Ka Chand (1960), Sahib Bibi Aur Ghulam (1962), Dil Ne Phir Yaad Kiya (1966).
In 1977, he suffered three heart attacks after which he got throat cancer and died after a prolonged and painful illness in 1979. Rehman is the elder brother of Masood-ur-Rehman, cinematographer, Pakistan Film Industry. Masood is father of Pakistan TV and film star Faisal Rehman(Arman)., and celebrated Indian classical dancer Fasih-ur-Rehman.
Known For | Acting |
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Most Rating | 2.19 |
Birthday | 1923-06-23 |
Place of Birth | Lahore, British India |
Also Known As | रहमान, Рехман, |
1962
Sahib Bibi Aur Ghulam
6.7/9
A debauchee Zamindar greatly neglects his wife. The decadence of the Bengali Zamindar milieu in the late 19th century, seen through the eyes of a youn...
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Sahib Bibi Aur Ghulam
1965
Waqt
6.4/10
A businessman's family is torn apart by an earthquake and reunited years later in a courtroom where father and sons stand opposed in the roles of accu...
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Waqt
1960
Chaudhvin Ka Chand
5.9/9
Aslam and Nawab fall in love with the same girl, Jameela. Misunderstandings and bad luck drive the narrative and ultimately lead to tragedy. But at th...
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Chaudhvin Ka Chand
1975
Aandhi
6.6/6
J.K. is a hotel Manager in a scenic location in India. One day he gallantly comes to the rescue of a drunk daughter, Aarti, of a politician, and choos...
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Aandhi
1960
Chhalia
5/1
The tragic-comic story of Chhalia, a naive, simple-minded young man who comes to the city and witnesses the harsh side of life; and falls in love with...
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Chhalia
1977
Amaanat
5.5/1
Balraj Sahani plays a professional Artist with wife Achala Sachdev and son Manoj Kumar caught in the trap of Rehman and Shashikala who for the payment...
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Amaanat
1968
Mere Hamdam Mere Dost
8.5/3
Sunil lives with his mom and sister in a middle-class dwelling in Delhi, India. He works for Chopra & Co., Chartered Accountants. He comes across a be...
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Mere Hamdam Mere Dost
1946
Shahjehan
5/4
Shahjehan (a raw Rehman in one of his first releases) is approached by a Rajput chieftain, Jwala Singh, narrating the plight of his foster daughter, R...
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Shahjehan
1964
Gazal
6/1
Agra-based atheist and revolutionary poet/editor of Inquilab, Ejaz, falls head-over-heels in love with Naaz Ara Begum after he hears her sing, and the...
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Gazal
1970
Mastana
0/0
A poor and lonely woman strikes up a friendship with a rich but neglected child, but her parents refuse to let their child see her - until she falls g...
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Mastana
1968
Baharon Ki Manzil
7/2
Meena Kumari wakes up thinking she is Radha. Everyone around her, Subodh Rai, daughter Nalini, friends, and society believe she is Nanda. 16 years bef...
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Baharon Ki Manzil
1966
Dil Ne Phir Yaad Kiya
6/1
A man faces a problem when his very own brother decides to marry the woman he loves.
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Dil Ne Phir Yaad Kiya
1965
Janwar
6/2
The wealthy patriarch of a Mumbai family learns more than he wants to about his own origins after his refusal to accept his sons' chosen spouses drive...
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Janwar
1972
Dushman
3/1
Surjit Singh is forced to take care of Ram Din's family after he accidentally kills him while driving under the influence of alcohol. However, he is t...
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Dushman
1977
Aashiq Hoon Baharon Ka
3/1
Indian romance from director J. Om Prakash. Ashok moves from India to Switzerland to work in a uranium enrichment plan, before falling in love with t...
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Aashiq Hoon Baharon Ka
1959
Chhoti Bahen
5/2
Chhoti Bahen is the story about the delicate but powerful bond of love. Rajendra and Shekhar lose their parents, and the all they have is each other,...
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Chhoti Bahen
1957
Pyaasa
7.3/61
Vijay, a destitute poet, searches for true love while attempting to get his work published. With the assistance of two women in his life, his dream co...
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Pyaasa
1961
Dharmputra
3/1
The story of two families — one Muslim and one Hindu — living together in India under British rule.
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Dharmputra
1982
Vakil Babu
0/0
Shekar is a sculptor who is blind. He eventually falls in love with Kalpana though his insecurities make him kill her ex lover who he thinks is having...
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Vakil Babu
1966
Baharen Phir Bhi Aayengi
6/1
Amita falls in love with a reporter who works for her publishing house. Complications arise when she discovers that her younger sister also loves him....
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Baharen Phir Bhi Aayengi
1970
Devi
7/1
A poor woman feels unwelcome in her husband's family
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Devi
1958
12 O'Clock
7/1
Bani Chowdhury and solicitor Ajoy Kumar are deeply in love with each other. But their world comes crashing down when Bani's cousin, Maya is found dead...
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12 O'Clock
1968
Juari
0/0
Rakesh is an unemployed youngster who turns to a master gambler for existence. But even after getting rich he values morals than money. But slowly he...
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Juari
1966
Dil Diya Dard Liya
4.5/2
A kind-hearted, widowed landlord, Thakur, lives a wealthy lifestyle with his son, Ramesh; daughter, Roopa; and an adopted child, Shankar. Ramesh hates...
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Dil Diya Dard Liya
1964
Shehnai
0/0
Story of Military commitment by a military wife, Shobha (Calcutta, 1942) played by Nirupa Roy, who in spite of losing her husband to the Air Force and...
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Shehnai
1965
Bahana
0/0
Bahana is a 1965 Indian Urdu film directed by Zahir Raihan under the banners Saregama. The film (Bahana), starring Sajjan, Meena Kumari, Anwar, Kumar,...
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Bahana
1960
Ghunghat
0/0
An adaptation of Rabindranath Tagore's 1906 Bengali story Noukadubi (The Wreck).
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Ghunghat
1968
Shikar
6.5/2
An estate manager discovers his employer dead and a mysterious woman unconscious after a car accident, and must collaborate with a police inspector to...
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Shikar
1967
Dulhan Ek Raat Ki
0/0
Arrogant son of a wealthy, blind woman, rapes his mother's nurse and abandons her. She gets pregnant but the child does not live, and she continues to...
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Dulhan Ek Raat Ki
1972
Gomti Ke Kinare
0/0
After his father's death, young Sameer runs away to search for his mother and is adopted by the tawaif Ganga.
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Gomti Ke Kinare
1974
Prem Shastra
3/1
Writer Sagar Sharma is in love with a much younger woman named Barkha. When Sagar meets his ex-wife, Neelima, she tells him that Barkha is her daughte...
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Prem Shastra
1973
Heera Panna
4/3
Heera has two passions in his life, namely his love for Reema, an air-hostess, and photography. When Reema passes away during an airplane accident, He...
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Heera Panna
1963
Yeh Rastey Hain Pyar Ke
0/0
A commercial pilot is arrested and charged with killing his wife's lover.
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Yeh Rastey Hain Pyar Ke
1948
Mela
0/0
A convicted murderer is released from prison. His only possession is a broken figurine - the last token of his love. The tragic story of how he came t...
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Mela
1969
Intaquam
6/1
Reeta Mehra gets a job at a department store to support her ailing mother. After she refuses sexual favours to an important business partner, her boss...
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Intaquam
1982
Dil... Akhir Dil Hai
0/0
Kusam Desai moves from Pune to Bombay with her new husband and family friend Vimal, who does not live up to her expectations. After discovering Vimal...
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Dil... Akhir Dil Hai
1973
Naina
0/0
The poet, Ravi, haunted by the memory of his former lover Naina is drowning his sorrows in alcohol when he meets Jyoti
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Naina
1966
Daadi Maa
0/0
Parvati seeks to heal the breach between her husband and his mother
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Daadi Maa
1958
Phir Subha Hogi
6/1
Ram is a bright but destitute law student. Out of love for an even poorer girl, he commits a crime that starts chasing him like a ghost. He is torn be...
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Phir Subha Hogi
1949
Bari Behen
0/0
Shyama (Suraiya) gets a job as a servant so she can pay for her younger sister, Kiran's (Geeta Bali) education in the city. Kiran, though, is in love...
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Bari Behen
1974
Dost
7/1
Maanav is an orphan who was brought up by a Catholic Priest. After completing his M.A. he returns home and finds out that his mentor is dead. He re-lo...
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Dost
1969
Darpan
0/0
A Teacher from Siddharth College, Balraj Dutt (Sunil Dutt) from a well-known, wealthy, and reputed family falls in love with a former prostitute, Madh...
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Darpan
1967
Palki
0/0
Naseem lives a poor lifestyle with his widowed mom in Lucknow, India. He is well-known for his poems, and gets invited to a contest hosted by Nawab Na...
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Palki
1950
Pardes
0/0
A teacher falls in love with a wealthy girl but decides to go away from her to earn money.
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Pardes
1974
Aap Ki Kasam
7.2/8
Rajesh Khanna plays Mumtaz's jealous husband who begins to doubt her fidelity when his best friend Sanjeev Kumar enters their lives. She is unable to...
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Aap Ki Kasam
1963
Taj Mahal
6.3/3
Based on the historical legend, this commercially successful film delves into the context of why Mughal emperor Shah Jahan built the Taj Mahal in fond...
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