Actress Rekha awarded DIFF Lifetime Achievement Award
Q. Who won the National Film Award for best actress for her role in Umrao Jaan?- Published on 07 Nov 16a. Rekha
b. Jayapradha
c. Madhubala
d. None of the above
ANSWER: Rekha
Indian actress Rekha will be honoured by the Dubai International Film Festival with a Lifetime Achievement Award.
- The festival will be held in Dec 2016.
- Rekha has been honoured for her 40-year career and participation in more than 180 movies.
- Acknowledged as one of the finest actresses in Indian cinema, she started her career in the 1960s as a child actor.
- Her film debut as a lead was in the movie Sawan Bhadon.
- She has appeared in mainstream as well as parallel cinema.
- She is also a winner of three Filmfare Awards.
- The National Film award winning actress was honoured in 2010 with a Padma Shri by GoI.
- The Dubai International Film Festival is the leading festival conceived in 2004.
- The festival has served as an influential platform for filmmakers in the Arab world.
- The ruler of Dubai and UAE Vice President and PM His Highness Sheikh Mohammad Bin Rashid Al Maktoum is the patron of this festival.