Golden jubilee in cinema

Asha Parekh started her career as a child artiste under the screen name ‘Baby Asha Parekh’ in the film Aasmaan in 1952.

Thereafter, noted film-maker Bimal Roy saw her dance at a stage function and cast her at the tender age of 12 in Baap Beti in 1954. Her first lead role was in 1959 hit, Dil Deke Dekho with Shammi Kapoor, and since then, she has worked with the biggest names of the tinsel town like Dev Anand, Rajesh Khanna, Shashi Kapoor, Jitendra, Manoj Kumar and Dharmendra to name a few.