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Asha Parekh

1942 - Today

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Asha Parekh (born 2 October 1942) is an Indian actress, film director, and producer who worked in Hindi films. Regarded as one of Hindi cinema's finest actresses, Parekh has worked in more than 85 films, in a career spanning over four decades. Parekh has received several accolades including two Filmfare Awards. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Asha Parekh has received more than 3,194,038 page views. Her biography is available in 30 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 25 in 2019). Asha Parekh is the 5,150th most popular actor (up from 5,525th in 2019), the 662nd most popular biography from India (down from 624th in 2019) and the 82nd most popular Indian Actor.

Memorability Metrics

  • 3.2M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 46.85

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 30

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.71

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.71

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Asha Parekhs by language

Over the past year Asha Parekh has had the most page views in the with 293,105 views, followed by Hindi (20,873), and Arabic (3,672). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Southern Azerbaijani (122.38%), Pashto (89.72%), and Kashmiri (76.24%)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Asha Parekh ranks 5,150 out of 13,578. Before her are Keiko Awaji, Kaori Momoi, Dan Schneider, Julian Richings, Michelle Jenner, and Kim Hyun-joong. After her are Roscoe Lee Browne, Jeff Perry, Cecil Kellaway, Shawn Ashmore, David Garrison, and Patricia Heaton.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1942, Asha Parekh ranks 505. Before her are Donald Rayfield, Roger Swerts, Lola Falana, Ferenc Kiss, Bernard Bosquier, and Diana Yorgova. After her are Kevin Conway, Joanna Pettet, Petar Kirov, Philippe Gondet, Néstor Togneri, and Michael Giles.

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In India

Among people born in India, Asha Parekh ranks 662 out of 1,861. Before her are Percy Hobart (1885), Guru Dutt (1925), Arthur E. Kennelly (1861), Venkaiah Naidu (1949), Mahboob Ali Khan (1866), and Yamini Krishnamurthy (1940). After her are Anandiben Patel (1941), Dimple Kapadia (1957), Muthuswami Dikshitar (1775), Krishna Prasad Bhattarai (1924), Basawan (1560), and Balasaraswati (1918).

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Among ACTORS In India

Among actors born in India, Asha Parekh ranks 82. Before her are Abhishek Bachchan (1976), Rakesh Roshan (1949), Preity Zinta (1975), Bindu (1951), Nana Patekar (1951), and Farida Jalal (1949). After her are Dimple Kapadia (1957), Zeenat Aman (1951), Kareena Kapoor (1980), Spike Milligan (1918), Ashok Kumar (1911), and Freida Pinto (1984).

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Television and Movie Roles

Teesri Manzil
Sunita
A woman blames a nightclub drummer for the suspicious death of her sister, and seeks revenge. However, the pair work together to solve the mystery and become romantically involved, after he introduces himself under another name.
Oct 28o 19666.4 / 10
Caravan
Sunita / Soni
Sunita is a young woman who ends up married to the wrong man, Rajan. Thinking that he has conspired with his girlfriend, Monica to murder her, she runs away to find an old friend of her father's in Bangalore who may be able to help. Having no money, the only way she can get there is to join a traveling caravan. The crew of the caravan is Mohan, Mohan's sidekick Johnny, and Mohan's younger brother Monto. Along the way, the caravan crosses paths with a group of gypsies that includes some causal young men. Sunita soon falls in love with Mohan but Nisha is attracted to Mohan and this puts Sunita in danger again to make matters worse Rajan has conducted a manhunt to find Sunita either by hook or by crook.
Jan 1o 19717.4 / 10
Kaalia
Shanti
Kaalia - A name that spells terror in the minds of people and the police, but Kaalia was not always like this. Years ago he was a mere simpleton. Living simply in a shanty chawl with his elder brother, Shyamlal, Bhabhi (Sister- in-law), whom he adored and their daughter Munni. Apart from them there is no one else in Kallu's little world until one day, an enemy in the guise of Shahani Seth appears. Shahani shatters the happiness in Kallu's life. That same day the young Kallu dies, and the dreaded Kaalia is born. Kaalia's main motive in life becomes wealth, and to destroy Shahani. This path of violence leads Kaalia to inspector Raghubir Singh's jail. Outside of jail, Shahani starts reclaiming his power, and inside jail, Kaalia clashes with Raghubir Singh.
Dec 25o 19816.2 / 10