She remained the first choice for directors in the eighties and the nineties, be it Gulzar’s Namkeen, Yash Chopra’s Mashaal, Lamhe or Mahesh Bhtt’s Swayam. After Prem Pujari, Darpan and Reshma aur Shera she smoothly shifted to central characters in Phagun and later as Amitabh Bachchan’s unwed mother in Trishul. The seventies saw Waheeda Rehman both as the leading lady and the protagonist. Counted among the few actresses equally proficient in both dance and drama, she says learning her dance steps and dialogues were of utmost important to her, because making a mistake meant disrespecting her masters (the choreographer and the writer). Waheeda Rehman says that while glamour is an essential part of show business, to be able to laugh and cry effectively on screen is as important part of acting, and she proved this in entertainers like Aadmi and Ram aur Shyam.
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