When Sunil Dutt saw Waheeda Rehman’s white hair in the ICU and asked, “What have you done?”

Veteran actor Waheeda Rehman, in a throwback shared on Arbaaz Khan’s chat show 'The Invincibles', recalled a memorable moment she shared with the late Sunil Dutt. She revealed that after Sunil had fallen unwell during his famous padayatra and was admitted to the hospital. On going to the hospital to visit him, she revealed that to her surprise, Sunil was taken aback seeing her natural white hair and expressed his shock in that light-hearted moment.

Waheeda told Arbaaz that on going to visit him in the ICU, and check on his health, he saw her and looked shocked. Curious, she asked what happened, and Sunil immediately said, “What have you done?”

Dutt’s surprise at Waheeda's white hair

"I thought he was asking why I came in, so told him that I took permission and came. He said, ‘I am not talking about that I am speaking about your hair’. Why did you colour your hair white? I replied, ‘Sunil I have not coloured it white, instead stopped colouring it black’ they are actually white'," she added.

Waheeda Rehman's cinematic journey

Waheeda Rehman began her acting career with the Telugu film 'Rojulu Marayi' in 1955. Over the decades, she went on to become one of Indian cinema’s most admired stars, delivering unforgettable performances in classics like 'Pyaasa' (1957), 'Guide' (1965), 'Khamoshi'(1969), 'Phagun' (1973), 'Kabhi Kabhie' (1976), among many others.

Sunil Dutt and Waheeda Rehman on-screen pairing

Sunil Dutt and Waheeda Rehman shared a memorable on-screen chemistry and worked together in several films over the years. Their collaborations include 'Ek Phool Char Kante' (1960), 'Mujhe Jeene Do' (1963), 'Meri Bhabhi' (1969), 'Darpan' (1970), 'Reshma Aur Shera' (1971), and 'Zindagi Zindagi' (1972).





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