Zarina Wahab is an actress, known for My Name Is Khan (2010), Gharaonda (1977) and Agneepath (2012). She has been married to Aditya Pancholi since 1986. They have two children.
Zarina Wahab
Movies
Agneepath
Agneepath is a story of revenge of Vijay Chauhan against an evil and sadistic Kaancha, who hangs Vijay’s father to death. Vijay grows up with a single aim of avenging his father’s death. The story revolves around Vijay Chauhan, his relationships with his family and above all, his Revenge.
Sawan Ko Aane Do
Birju lives in a small village and likes to sing. The village zamindar’s city-educated daughter, Chandrika returns to the village and is thrilled by Birju’s voice. She encourages him to share his talents with the world and thus earn a living. Eventually both fall in love. Her father is angered…
Street Dancer 3D
A dance epic based on the multifarious colors of dance and the unity that occurs between two different groups coming together for a single cause. Set in London, the film is about 2 rival dance groups from India and Pakistan, who’ve been competing against each other every time they meet.
Himmatwala
An honest temple priest takes on more than he can handle when he bears witness to a murder and gives evidence in a court of law against a powerful landlord in his village. The landlord bribes his way to freedom and engineers a ploy to ruin the priests reputation and…
My Name Is Khan
Rizwan Khan, a Muslim from the Borivali section of Mumbai, suffers from Asperger’s syndrome, a form of high-functioning autism that complicates socialization. The adult Rizwan marries a Hindu single mother, Mandira, in San Francisco. After 9/11, Rizwan is detained by authorities at LAX who mistake his disability for suspicious behavior.…
Naiyya
Lakhipur is a small community along the river bank of Ganga, where Sonu lives with his ailing mother. One day he rescues a woman named Geeta and brings her home with him. He and his mom look after her while she recuperates and find out that she comes from a…
Songs
Chitchor
Meera, who lives in Bombay writes her parents about a prospective bridegroom for her youngest sister Gowri. Pitambar Chaudhry and his wife are overjoyed by the prospect of marrying Gowri off to an engineer, who studied in Germany and has excellent financial prospects. Pitambar meets the train, arranges for a…
Fun Facts
Was nominated in the Filmfare Best Actress category for her act in Gharonda in 1977 but lost the award to Shabana Azmi.
She was born in Andhra Pradesh, India.
She is fluent in several languages, including Telugu (her mother tongue), Hindi, Urdu, and English.
She has two children with her husband Aditya Pancholi: son Suraj and daughter Sana.
She attended Film and Television Institute of India (FTII) in Poona to hone her acting skills.
Currently living in Mumbai with actor husband Aditya Pancholi and two children. [July 2010]
Dubbed for Revathi in the Hindi version of Anjali.
Sister named Haseena. She was married to NRI Akhtar Ghulam Mohammed Khan. They had a son named Azam Khan. She was earlier married and has daughter named Anisa Wahab.
Sister named Shammi Rashid. She has two children named Mohshin Rashid,Reem Rashid.
Nephew is Los Angeles based musician/artiste Faris McReynolds. He is Zarina's sister Malika McReynold and husband Bill McReynold's son. Faris appeared in the film Shahadat as a child .
Was engaged to famous business man Ramesh Narang , who went on to marry Poonam Narang. Ramesh is the brother of Bobby (Ramesh) Narang, the former son in law of Dev Anand. Bobby was married to Dev's daughter Devina.
Niece name is Nafeesa Wahab. She is the daughter of elder sister Haseena Wahab, Nafeesa has a daughter named Alex Wahab. They are based in Dallas,Texas,USA.
Husband Aditya Pancholi's younger sister Shradhha Pancholie is married to actor Jainendra (Dayavan, Patthar Dil, Deewana Mujh Sa Nahin). Their daughter is actress Aditi Singh. Aditi debuted in the Telegu film Guppedantha Prema. She also starred as Salman Khan's wife in the Bigg Boss TV commercial.
Brother in law name is Anand Pancholy. He is the owner of the world famous restaurant Indian Summer in Durban South Africa. He is the younger brother of Aditya Pancholi.
Was involved with Mazhar Khan.
Starred in the shelved movie "Munnibai"" (1982) Starring Arun Govil
Quotes
[on not becoming a top star of her time] I never had it easy. It is terrible when roles don't come your way or are stolen by your peers. It often happened with me and it can be very depressing. Only lucky people have steady careers in Bollywood.