There is a saying that the intoxication of old liquor does not come down soon, similarly the song ‘Aankh Hi Aankh Mein Ho Gaya’ from the film ‘CID’ does not take the name of people’s tongue even today. Bollywood veteran actress Shakeela made her mark with this song. Know her story on the occasion of the actress’ death anniversary.

The actress pair was a hit with Devanand
In this song, the very beautiful actress of that era, Shakeela, along with veteran actor Dev Anand, enchanted the audience with her seductive acts. The chemistry of both was well liked by the audience. In the second superhit song ‘Leke Pahil Pyaar’ of the same film, Shakeela and Dev Anand also spread magic on the hearts of the audience. Shakeela was one of the actresses of Hindi cinema who made a special place in the hearts for the audience with her seductive acts. Shakeela, a shining actress of the golden era of Hindi cinema, who was known as ‘Arabic face’, is still alive in the hearts of the audience with the story of her breathtaking style and difficult struggle.

Legendary actress belongs to the royal family
The famous actress was born on 1 January 1935. He was known as Emperor Begum in childhood. His ancestors belonged to the royal family of Afghanistan and Iran. As a child, his father’s parents and his mother herself died in family quarrels and throne. Shakeela came to Mumbai with aunt with her sisters. Bua took care of Shakeela and her sisters. When Shakeela came in films, her aunt was her manager.

Shakeela went away from the world, the age of 82 by giving many big hits in her career
Shakeela never thought that she would ever come to Mumbai and earn a name by working in films here. The famous producer-director Guru Dutt, who gave a break in films to many new actors, gave a break to Shakeela. He was so impressed by his work that he also took him in the film ‘CID’. Even though Shakeela was in the role of Assistant Artist, he left no stone unturned to play magic on the hearts of the audience.

Shakeela had also done films like Gumasta (1951), Sindbad the Sailor (1952), Rajrani Damayanti (1952), Auron (1953), Shahenshah (1953), Raj Mahal (1953), Armaan (1953) in his career. He worked with all the big actors of that time, including stars like Dev Anand, Sunil Dutt and Shami Kapoor. At the age of 82, this veteran actress died of a heart attack on 20 September 2017.