BW gupshup #6/7 pyar ka paigam lao andar aao - Page 75

The first thing they wanted her to do was change her name as her name was not considered 'filmi' enough. It was a trend in those days with both actors and actresses to change their names into something more appropriate. But Waheeda, every bit a strong woman with a mind of her own - like in her films (who wouldn't mind playing an adulterous housewife in Guide even when all others actresses back then refused) - refused to change it. And so her name stayed. The other problem was that her role in CID was not long enough. So Abrar sat and made it longer. The rest, as we twist a popular cliche about history, is her-story. Despite not having a major role in CID, she endeared herself to the viewers who accepted her wholeheartedly. However, her best came in her next, Pyaasa, where she played a streetwalker who stakes her all to fulfil a poet's dream.

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