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{{Infobox person
| name = Asha Parekh
| image = Asha Parekh at Saudamini Mattu's wedding reception (cropped).jpg
| caption = Asha Parekh in 2018
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=y|1942|10|2}}<ref name="birth">{{Cite web |url=http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/news/features/dont-feel-75-asha-parekh/ |title="I don't feel 75 at all" – Asha Parekh |website= [[Bollywood Hungama]] |date=3 October 2017 |access-date=24 February 2018 |first=Subhash K. |last=Jha}}</ref>
| birth_place =
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| nationality = Indian
| occupation = {{hlist|Actress|director|producer}}
| yearsactive = 1952–1995
| awards = * [[Filmfare Award for Best Actress]] (1971)
* [[Filmfare Lifetime Achievement Award]] (2002)
* Kalakar Awards (2018)
| honours = [[Padma Shri]] (1992)
}}

'''Asha Parekh''' (born 2 October 1942) is an Indian film actress, director, and producer who appeared in many commercially successful films throughout her career. She was the highest paid actress of her time and was one of the most successful actresses of the 1960s and 1970s.<ref>{{cite news |title=O Haseena Zulfo Waali Jaane Jahan! On 77th Birthday, A Look at What Asha Parekh Gave To Cinema |url=https://www.indiatimes.com/entertainment/celebs/o-haseena-zulfo-waali-jaane-jahan-on-her-76th-birthday-a-look-at-what-asha-parekh-gave-to-bollywood-376862.html |access-date=2 October 2019 |work=indiatimes.com |date=2 October 2019 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.screenindia.com/old/20021011/fhap.html |title=Screen The Business Of Entertainment-Films-Happenigs |author=Bhawana Somaaya |publisher=Screenindia.com |access-date=27 October 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110209174059/http://www.screenindia.com/old/20021011/fhap.html |archive-date=9 February 2011}}</ref> She is considered one of the most influential actresses of all time in Hindi cinema.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://tribune.com.pk/story/642851/still-waiting-to-work-with-dilip-kumar-asha-parekh/|title=Still waiting to work with Dilip Kumar: Asha Parekh|last=Tribune.com.pk|date=8 December 2013|website=The Express Tribune|language=en-US|access-date=17 June 2019}}</ref> In 1992, she was honoured with the [[Padma Shri]] by the [[Government of India]] for her contribution to the field of cinema.

== Early life ==
Asha Parekh is a [[Gujarati people|Gujarati]]<ref name=toi>{{cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/ahmedabad/Gujarat-woman-gave-censor-the-scissors/articleshow/13015091.cms|location=[[Ahmedabad]]|title=Gujarat woman gave censor the scissors|date=6 May 2012| access-date=24 February 2018 |first=Saeed|last=Khan|work=[[The Times of India]]}}</ref> born on 2 October 1942.<ref name="birth"/> Her mother, Sudha aka Salma Parekh, was a [[Dawoodi Bohra|Bohra Muslim]] and her father, Bachubhai Parekh, was [[Hindu]] Gujarati.<ref>{{cite web|title=I was enamoured by Nasir saab - Asha Parekh|url=https://www.filmfare.com/interviews/i-was-enamoured-by-nasir-saab-asha-parekh-21139.html|website=[[Filmfare]]|access-date=24 February 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://cineplot.com/asha-parekh-memories/ |title=Asha Parekh – Memories |publisher=Cineplot.com |date=28 March 2011 |access-date=11 September 2011}}</ref><ref name=autogenerated3>{{cite news|url=http://spirituality.indiatimes.com/articleshow/128309.cms |title=Asha ParekhSpirituality – Indiatimes |publisher=Spirituality.indiatimes.com |access-date=27 October 2008 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080611091012/http://spirituality.indiatimes.com/articleshow/128309.cms |archive-date = 11 June 2008}}</ref><ref>{{cite news| url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/life/spirituality/mind-over-matter/I-AM-Asha-Parekh/articleshow/5734640.cms |work=The Times Of India | title=I AM: Asha Parekh | date=14 October 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=There's a lot to me than just a glamourous actress, says Asha Parekh at PILF |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/pune-news/there-s-a-lot-to-me-than-just-a-glamourous-actress-says-asha-parekh-at-pilf/story-JejUaZ0zRKALmWrwlbKIjP.html |access-date=27 March 2020 |work=Hindustan Times |date=10 September 2017 |language=en}}</ref> Her mother enrolled her in Indian classical dance classes at an early age and she learned from many teachers, including Pandit Bansilal Bharati.

== Career ==
Parekh started her career as a child artist under the screen name Baby Asha Parekh. Famed film director [[Bimal Roy]] saw her dance at a stage function and cast her at the age of ten in ''[[Maa (1952 film)|Maa]]'' (1952) and then repeated her in ''[[Baap Beti]]'' (1954).<ref>Parekh, Asha and Mohammed, Khalid. ''The Hit Girl''. New Delhi: Om Books International (2017), p. 49</ref> The latter film's failure disappointed her, and even though she did a few more child roles, she quit to resume her schooling.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/mp/2003/08/12/stories/2003081200010400.htm |title=The Hindu : Poise and pearly smiles |publisher=Hinduonnet.com |access-date=27 October 2008}}</ref> At sixteen she decided to try acting again, and to make her debut as a heroine, but she was rejected from [[Vijay Bhatt]]'s ''[[Goonj Uthi Shehnai]]'' (1959) in favour of actress [[Ameeta]], because the filmmaker claimed she was not star material. Precisely eight days later, film producer [[Subodh Mukherjee]] and writer-director [[Nasir Hussain]] cast her as the heroine in ''[[Dil Deke Dekho]]'' (1959), opposite [[Shammi Kapoor]], which made her a huge star.<ref name=autogenerated4>{{cite web|url=http://www.thirtymm.com/interview/details_86.html |title=Interview |publisher=Thirtymm.com |access-date=11 September 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110929193953/http://www.thirtymm.com/interview/details_86.html |archive-date=29 September 2011 }}</ref>

It also started a long association with Hussain who cast her as his heroine in six more films: ''[[Jab Pyar Kisi Se Hota Hai]]'' (1961), ''[[Phir Wohi Dil Laya Hoon]]'' (1963), ''[[Teesri Manzil]]'' (1966), ''[[Baharon Ke Sapne]]'' (1967), ''[[Pyar Ka Mausam]]'' (1969), and ''[[Caravan (1971 film)|Caravan]]'' (1971). She also did a cameo in Nasir Hussain's film ''[[Manzil Manzil]]'' (1984) with whom she had earlier done 6 films. Hussain also got her involved in distribution of 21 films, starting with ''[[Baharon Ke Sapne]]'' (1967).<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/jubilee-queen-once-more/article5478936.ece | location=Chennai, India | work=The Hindu | first=Anuj | last=Kumar | title=Jubilee queen, once more | date=19 December 2013}}</ref> Parekh was primarily known as a glamour girl/excellent dancer/tomboy in most of her films, until director [[Raj Khosla]] gave her a serious image by casting her in tragedienne roles in three of her favourite films; ''[[Do Badan]]'' (1966), ''[[Chirag]]'' (1969) and ''[[Main Tulsi Tere Aangan Ki]]'' (1978). Director [[Shakti Samanta]] gave her more dramatic roles in her other favourite films, ''[[Pagla Kahin Ka]]'' (1970) and ''[[Kati Patang]]'' (1970); the latter earned her the [[Filmfare Award for Best Actress]].

Many important directors repeatedly cast her in several of their films, including [[Vijay Anand (Hindi film maker)|Vijay Anand]] and Mohan Segal. Parekh acted in her mother tongue by starring in three [[Gujarati language|Gujarati]] films at the height of her fame in [[Hindi]] films, the first being ''Akhand Saubhagyavati'' (1963), which became a huge hit.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.indiantelevision.com/special/boxpopuli/y2k5/nov/boxpopuli44.htm |title=Indiantelevision.com > Box Populi by Subhash K Jha > 'Sa Re Ga Ma' still challenges new kids on the block |publisher=Indiantelevision.com |access-date=27 October 2008}}</ref> She also acted in some [[cinema of Punjab|Punjabi]] films, such as ''Kankan De Ohle'' (1971) opposite Dharmendra and ''Lambhardarni'' (1976) with Dara Singh, as well as the hit [[Kannada]] film ''[[Sharavegada Saradara]]'' (1989).<ref name="screenindia.com">{{cite web|url=http://www.screenindia.com/news/spice/428465/ |title=Spice |publisher=Screenindia.com |access-date=27 March 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090513004145/http://www.screenindia.com/news/spice/428465/ |archive-date=13 May 2009 }}</ref>

After her days as a leading lady ended, Parekh took on supporting roles as bhabhi (sister-in-law) and mother, but she called this the "awkward phase" of her career. So she stopped acting in films, and her friends recommended that she become a television director. She took their advice and became a television director in the early 1990s with the Gujarati serial ''Jyoti''. She formed a production company, ''Akruti'', and produced serials like ''Palash ke Phool'', ''Baaje Payal'', ''Kora Kagaz'' and a comedy, ''Dal Mein Kaala''. She was the president of the Cine Artistes' Association from 1994 to 2000. Parekh was the first female chairperson of the [[Central Board of Film Certification]] (Censor Board) of India. She held the post from 1998 to 2001 for which she received no salary, but plenty of controversy for censoring films and for not giving clearance to [[Shekhar Kapur]]'s ''[[Elizabeth (1998 movie)|Elizabeth]]''. Later, she became the treasurer of the Cine and Television Artists Association (CINTAA) and was later elected as one of its office-bearers.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.webindia123.com/news/articles/India/20061114/507147.html |title=Asha Parekh wins CINTAA elections |publisher=News.webindia123.com |access-date=27 October 2008}}</ref>

Asha stopped acting in 1995 to pursue directing and producing television serials. Parekh received the [[Filmfare Lifetime Achievement Award]] in 2002.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://downloads.movies.indiatimes.com/site/april2002/ivw15.html |title=Filmfare – Print Edition |publisher=Downloads.movies.indiatimes.com |access-date=27 October 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090111084754/http://downloads.movies.indiatimes.com/site/april2002/ivw15.html |archive-date=11 January 2009 }}</ref> She has continued to receive other Lifetime Achievement Awards: the Kalakar Award in 2004;<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.kalakarawards.com/adver/105937cinema-awardee.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080220004457/http://www.kalakarawards.com/adver/105937cinema-awardee.htm |archive-date=20 February 2008 |title=Kalakar Awards |date=20 February 2008 |access-date=11 September 2011}}</ref> the [[International Indian Film Academy Awards]] in 2006;<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.asiaarts.ucla.edu/article.asp?parentid=47387 |title=Asia Pacific Arts: 8 June 2006: News From Abroad |publisher=Asiaarts.ucla.edu |author=APA Staff |access-date=27 October 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070807032359/http://www.asiaarts.ucla.edu/article.asp?parentid=47387 |archive-date= 7 August 2007 }}</ref> the Pune International Film Festival Award in 2007;<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.puneinternationalfilmfestival.com/news_2006 |title=Article which contains a picture of her receiving the award alongside her former leading man Dharmendra, who also received his own Lifetime Achievement Award |access-date=8 April 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071010105906/http://www.puneinternationalfilmfestival.com/news_2006 |archive-date=10 October 2007 }}</ref> and the Ninth Annual Bollywood Award in [[Long Island]], New York in 2007.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://news.yahoo.com/photo/070527/482/60024e3d22c344ffbe8d1831657a4543 |title=Yahoo! News Photos |publisher=News.yahoo.com |access-date=27 October 2008}}</ref> She received the Living Legend Award from the [[Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry]] ([[FICCI]]).<ref name=autogenerated2>{{cite web|url=http://in.news.yahoo.com/050405/139/2kkn7.html |title=Archived copy |access-date=6 August 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050918235409/http://in.news.yahoo.com/050405/139/2kkn7.html |archive-date=18 September 2005 }}</ref>

In 2008, she was a judge on the reality show ''Tyohaar Dhamaaka'' on the Indian entertainment channel 9X.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.screenindia.com/news/i-had-lost-interest-in-tv/374173/ |title=I had lost interest in TV |publisher=Screenindia.com |date=17 October 2008 |access-date=27 March 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081019004306/http://www.screenindia.com/news/i-had-lost-interest-in-tv/374173/ |archive-date=19 October 2008 }}</ref> In 2017, her autobiography (co-written by [[Khalid Mohammed]]) titled "The Hit Girl" was released.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.pinkvilla.com/entertainment/photos/374463/asha-parekhs-autobiography-titled-hit-girls-cover-speaks-her-charm |title=Asha Parekh's autobiography titled The Hit Girl's cover speaks of her charm |author=Apoorva Nijhara |date=17 March 2017 |access-date=4 March 2018}}</ref>

== Personal life ==
[[File:Asha Parekh on her 70th birthday.jpg|thumb|150x150px|Parekh celebrating her 70th Birthday with Sushmita Sen and Aruna Irani]]
Parekh has remained unmarried, claiming that her reputation of being unapproachable made people hesitate in asking for her hand in marriage. In her memoir "The Hit Girl", she confirmed rumours<ref>https://www.webcitation.org/query?url=http://www.geocities.com/fareeha7/intthr3.html&date=2009-10-25+22:03:38 [[Sadhana Shivdasani|Sadhana (actress)]] referred to a relationship between Asha and [[Nasir Hussain]], but also acknowledged that she did not know the extent of their relationship]</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.filmfare.com/features/lucky-strike-asha-parekh-4661.html|title=Lucky strike: Asha Parekh|website=filmfare.com}}</ref> that she was romantically involved with director [[Nasir Hussain]] who was already married, but out of respect for both their families, she couldn't marry him.<ref>Parekh, Asha and Mohammed, Khalid. ''The Hit Girl''. New Delhi: Om Books International (2017), p. 214-217</ref> Previously, Parekh would only state that she had a longtime boyfriend but declined to elaborate on the relationship, only stating that "it was nice while it lasted."<ref name=autogenerated1>{{cite news |url=http://movies.indiatimes.com/articleshow/msid-3077619,prtpage-1.cms |title=Asha Parekh: "No hero made passes at me… My male co-stars were intimidated by me!"- Interviews-News & Gossip-Indiatimes – Movies |publisher=Movies.indiatimes.com |access-date=27 October 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090113142026/http://movies.indiatimes.com/articleshow/msid-3077619,prtpage-1.cms |archive-date=13 January 2009 |url-status=dead}}</ref> She said she had not seen Nasir Hussain during the last year of his life, as he became reclusive because of his wife's death,<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.indiavarta.com/Startrek/Archives.asp?Page=&ID=IEE20020314053551&dt=14|title=March 2002 indiavarta.com – Startrek|access-date=25 December 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080618042659/http://www.indiavarta.com/Startrek/Archives.asp?Page=|archive-date=18 June 2008|url-status=dead}}</ref> but she did speak to him the day before he died in 2002.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://cities.expressindia.com/fullstory.php?newsid=12071 |title=Express India |publisher=Cities.expressindia.com |access-date=27 March 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130616102124/http://cities.expressindia.com/fullstory.php?newsid=12071 |archive-date=16 June 2013 |url-status=dead}}</ref> She almost married an Indian professor living in America, but he didn't want to give up his girlfriend, so she called off their wedding plans. She had also tried to adopt a child, but he had birth defects, and the doctors refused to let her adopt him.<ref>{{cite news |title=Asha Parekh Talks About Her Journey As A Never-Married 77-Year-Old |url=http://www.vervemagazine.in/people/asha-parekh-talks-about-her-journey-as-a-never-married-77-year-old |access-date=6 December 2019 |work=Verve Magazine |date=26 November 2019}}</ref>

Today, Parekh concentrates on her dance academy Kara Bhavan and the Asha Parekh Hospital in [[Santa Cruz, Mumbai]], named in her honour because of her many humanitarian contributions.<ref name=autogenerated3 /><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/bollywood/felt-miserable-had-suicidal-thoughts-asha-parekh-on-her-most-successful-time/story-xX5P8DDn1UZgt88pHpYxbI.html|title=Felt miserable, had suicidal thoughts: Asha Parekh on her most successful time|date=6 April 2017|website=Hindustan Times}}</ref>

== Filmography ==
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* ''[[Maa (1952 film)|Maa]]'' (1952) as Child artist
* ''[[Aasmaan]]'' (1952) as (as Baby Asha Parekh)
* ''[[Dhobi Doctor]]'' (1954) as Child artist
* ''[[Baap Beti]]'' (1954) as Child artist
* ''[[Shri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu (film)|Shri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu]]'' (1954) as Child artist
* ''Ayodhyapati'' (1956)
* ''Ustad'' (1957) as Child artist
* ''[[Aasha (1957 film)|Aasha]]'' (1957) (as Asha)
* ''[[Dil Deke Dekho]]'' (1959) as Neeta Narayan
* ''[[Hum Hindustani]]'' (1960) as Sudha
* ''[[Ghunghat (1960 film)|Ghunghat]]'' (1960) as Laxmi
* ''[[Jab Pyar Kisise Hota Hai]]'' (1961) as Nisha R. Singh
* ''[[Gharana (1961 film)|Gharana]]'' (1961) as Usha Gupta
* ''[[Chhaya (film)|Chhaya]]'' (1961) as Sarita J. Choudhary
* ''[[Apna Banake Dekho]]'' (1962)
* ''[[Phir Wohi Dil Laya Hoon]]'' (1963) as Mona
* ''[[Meri Surat Teri Ankhen]]'' (1963) as Kavita
* ''Bin Badal Barsaat'' (1963) as Sandhya Gupta
* ''[[Bharosa]]'' (1963) as Gomti
* ''Akhand Saubhagyavati'' (1963) as Usha
* ''[[Ziddi (1964 film)|Ziddi]]'' (1964) as Asha Singh
* ''[[Mere Sanam]]'' (1965) as Neena Mehra
* ''[[Teesri Manzil]]'' (1966) as Sunita
* ''[[Love in Tokyo]]'' (1966) as Asha
* ''[[Do Badan]]'' (1966) as Asha
* ''[[Aaye Din Bahar Ke]]'' (1966) as Kanchan
* ''[[Upkar]]'' (1967) as Kavita
* ''[[Baharon Ke Sapne]]'' (1967) as Geeta
* ''[[Shikar (1968 film)|Shikar]]'' (1968) as Kiran
* ''[[Kahin Aur Chal]]'' (1968) as Rajni
* ''[[Kanyadaan (1968 film)|Kanyadaan]]'' (1968) as Rekha
* ''[[Sajan (1969 film)|Sajan]]'' (1969) as Rajni
* ''[[Pyar Ka Mausam]]'' (1969) as Seema Kumar
* ''[[Mahal (1969 film)|Mahal]]'' (1969) as Roopa Devi
* ''[[Chirag]]'' (1969) as Asha Chibber
* ''[[Aya Sawan Jhoom Ke]]'' (1969) as Aarti
* ''[[Pagla Kahin Ka]]'' (1970) as Dr. Shalini "Shalu"
* ''[[Naya Raasta]]'' (1970) as Shallo
* ''[[Kankan De Ole]]'' (Punjabi) (1970)
* ''[[Bhai-Bhai]]'' (1970) as Taaj
* ''[[Aan Milo Sajna]]'' (1970) as Varsha/Deepali
* ''[[Kati Patang]]'' (1971) as Madhavi "Madhu"
* ''[[Mera Gaon Mera Desh]]'' (1971) as Anju
* ''[[Jwala (1971 film)|Jwala]]'' (1971) (as Ashaparekh) as Ranjana
* ''[[Jawan Mohabbat]]'' (1971) as Komal Mathur
* ''[[Caravan (1971 film)|Caravan]]'' (1971) as Sunita/Soni
* ''[[Nadaan (1971 film)|Nadaan]]'' (1971) as Seema
* ''[[Samadhi (1972 film)|Samadhi]]'' (1972) as Champa
* ''[[Rakhi Aur Hathkadi]]'' (1972) as Janki/Kiran
* ''[[Heera (1973 film)|Heera]]'' (1973) as Asha
* ''Anjaan Raahen'' (1974) as Geeta
* ''[[Rani Aur Lalpari]]'' (1975) as Kamla
* ''[[Zakhmee]]'' (1975) as Asha
* ''[[Udhar Ka Sindur]]'' (1976) as Shanta
* ''Kulvadhu'' (1977) as Chandan
* ''[[Adha Din Adhi Raat]]'' (1977)
* ''[[Main Tulsi Tere Aangan Ki]]'' (1978) as Tulsi Chouhan
* ''[[Prem Vivah]]'' (1979)
* ''[[Bin Phere Hum Tere]]'' (1979) as Jamuna
* ''[[Sau Din Saas Ke]]'' (1980) as Sheela
* ''[[Bulundi]]'' (1980)
* ''[[Aakhri Mujra]]'' (1981)
* ''Khel Muqaddar Ka'' (1981)
* ''[[Kaalia]]'' (1981) as Shanti
* ''Pakhandi'' (1984)
* ''[[Dharam Aur Kanoon]]'' (1984)
* ''[[Manzil Manzil]]'' (1984) as Vijay's mother
* ''[[Lava (1985 film)|Lava]]'' (1985) as Amar's mother
* ''Preeti'' (1986)
* ''Car Thief'' (1986) as Mrs. Mehera
* ''[[Sagar Sangam]]'' (1988)
* ''[[Main Tere Liye]]'' (1988) as Priti
* ''Hamara Khandaan'' (1988) as Sharda Singh, Vishal's mother
* ''[[Hum To Chale Pardes]]'' (1988)
* ''[[Hathyar (1989 film)|Hathyar]]'' (1989) as Avinash's mother
* ''[[Batwara]]'' (1989) as Bade Thakur's wife
* ''[[Sharavegada Saradara]]'' (1989) as Janaki
* ''[[Professor Ki Padosan]]'' (1993) as Shobha, professor's wife
* ''[[Bhagyawan]]'' (1994) as Savitri
* ''[[Ghar Ki Izzat (1994 film)|Ghar Ki Izzat]]'' (1994) as Seeta
* ''[[Andolan (1995 film)|Andolan]]'' (1995)
* ''Sar Aankhon Par'' (1999) as Herself<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.rediff.com/movies/1999/oct/16par.htm|title=Rediff on the NeT, Movies: Sar Aankhon Par review|website=www.rediff.com}}</ref>
{{colend}}

== Philanthropy ==
Parekh has opened a hospital for those in need, called "Bcj Hospital And Asha Parekh Research Centre."<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nhp.gov.in/hospital/bcj-hospital-and-asha-parekh-research-centre-mumbai-maharashtra|title=National Health Portal}}</ref> She has stated that the hospital had been closed and reopened various times.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.dnaindia.com/mumbai/report-in-loss-asha-parekh-hospital-pulls-the-plug-2597361|title=In loss, Asha Parekh Hospital pulls the plug|date=25 March 2018|website=DNA India|language=en|access-date=17 June 2019}}</ref>

== Awards and nominations ==
# Gujarat State Award for Best Actress for ''Akhand Saubhagyavati'' (1963)<ref>Parekh, Asha and Mohammed, Khalid. ''The Hit Girl''. New Delhi: Om Books International (2017), p.150</ref>
# [[Filmfare Award]] Nomination as Best Actress for ''[[Chirag]]'' (1969)
# [[Filmfare Best Actress Award]] for ''[[Kati Patang]]'' (1971)
# [[Filmfare Award]] Nomination as Best Supporting Actress for ''[[Udhar Ka Sindur]]'' (1976)
# [[Filmfare Award]] Nomination as Best Supporting Actress for ''[[Main Tulsi Tere Aangan Ki]]'' (1978)
# [[Padma Shri]] awarded in the Arts (1992)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://india.gov.in/myindia/advsearch_awards.php |title=Search Awardees – Padma Awards – My India, My Pride – Know India: National Portal of India |publisher=India.gov.in |access-date=27 March 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.deccanherald.com/content/8858/asha-parekh-recall-value.html |title=Asha Parekh: Recall value |work=Deccan Herald |location=India |date=20 June 2009 |access-date=27 March 2011}}</ref>
# [[Filmfare Lifetime Achievement Award]] (2002)
# Indian Motion Picture Producers' Association (IMPPA) felicitated Parekh for her outstanding contribution to the Indian film industry (2003)
# Kalakar Awards – Lifetime Achievement Award (2004)
# [[International Indian Film Academy Awards]] for outstanding achievement in Indian cinema (2006)
# Saptarang Ke Saptashee Award (2006)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://entertainment.oneindia.in/bollywood/news/veteran-stars-291206.html |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120708140239/http://entertainment.oneindia.in/bollywood/news/veteran-stars-291206.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=8 July 2012 |title=Bollywood | Veteran Stars | Felicitation | Saptarang Ke Saptashee |publisher=Entertainment.oneindia.in |access-date=27 October 2008 }}</ref>
# Gujarati Association of North America (GANA)'s First International Gujarati Convention—Lifetime Achievement Award (2006)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.india4u.com/india4unews/newsview.asp?ID=7654 |title=by_emR3 SaVSaK.CoMIndia4u News Online |publisher=India4u.com |date=13 July 2006 |access-date=27 March 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110713024858/http://www.india4u.com/india4unews/newsview.asp?ID=7654 |archive-date=13 July 2011 }}</ref>
# Pune International Film Festival—Lifetime Achievement Award (2007)
# Bollywood Award—Lifetime Achievement Award (2007)
# Living Legend Award from the [[Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry]] ([[FICCI]]).<ref name=autogenerated2 />
# [[Film Federation of India]] honoured Parekh at its Golden Jubilee celebration ceremony (2008)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pyramid-saimira.com/ffireport.html |title=FFI Golden Jubilee Celebration |access-date=27 March 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080205175407/http://www.pyramid-saimira.com/ffireport.html |archive-date=5 February 2008}}</ref>
# Sahyadri Navratna Award given to Parekh for being a "woman of substance" (2008)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://sify.com/movies/fullstory.php?id=14657042 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120714114343/http://sify.com/movies/fullstory.php?id=14657042 |url-status=dead |archive-date=14 July 2012 |title=Asha Parekh receives Sahyadri Navratna Award |publisher=Sify.com |date=27 April 2008 |access-date=27 March 2011}}</ref>
# Solitaire for Life Award from the ABN Amro Solitaire Design Awards show (2008)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.newkerala.com/photo-news.php?action=fullnews&id=220 |title=@ NewKerala.Com News, India |publisher=Newkerala.com |access-date=27 October 2008}}</ref>
# Nashik International Film Festival—Lifetime Achievement Award (2009)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.niffindia.com/newsDesc.aspx?cid=8&sdhsdf89dfsdfsjdfsd7s8dfsdhsdjfsd7|title=NASHIK INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL - Dadasaheb Phalke Home Town Awards|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091019143735/http://www.niffindia.com/newsDesc.aspx?cid=8&sdhsdf89dfsdfsjdfsd7s8dfsdhsdjfsd7|archive-date=19 October 2009}}</ref>
# 'Lachchu Mahraj Puraskar' Award for Parekh's contribution to dance and acting (2009)<ref name="deccanherald.com">{{cite web|url=http://www.deccanherald.com/content/22959/asha-parekh-honoured-lachchu-mahraj.html |title=Asha Parekh honoured with Lachchu Mahraj award |work=Deccan Herald |location=India |date=2 September 2009 |access-date=27 March 2011}}</ref>
# 40th International Film Festival of India felicitated Parekh for completing 50 years in Hindi cinema (2009)<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.variety.com/article/VR1118011783.html?categoryId=1442&cs=1 | work=Variety | title='Wheat' opens India film festival | first=Naman | last=Ramachandran | date=24 November 2009}}</ref>
# 'Legends Live Forever Award' from the Immortal Memories Event (2009)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.indiaglitz.com/channels/hindi/gallery/events/20538.html |title=Events – Immortal Memories – An Award Nite |publisher=IndiaGlitz |date=26 December 2009 |access-date=27 March 2011}}</ref>
# Golden Laurel Award—Ninth Gr8 Women Achievers Awards (2010)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.zorsebol.com/parties-events/aishwarya-rai-bachchan-at-the-ninth-gr8-women-achievers-awards-2010-photos/ |title=Aishwarya Rai Bachchan at the Ninth GR8 Women Achievers Awards 2010 – Photos |publisher=Zorsebol.com |access-date=27 March 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110718160901/http://www.zorsebol.com/parties-events/aishwarya-rai-bachchan-at-the-ninth-gr8-women-achievers-awards-2010-photos/ |archive-date=18 July 2011 }}</ref>
# Prakarti Ratan Award (2010)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.timescontent.com/syndication-photos/reprint/entertainment/193916/asha-parekh-dinesh-sharma.html |title=Asha Parekh, Entertainment Photo, Veteran actress Asha Parekh, w |publisher=Timescontent.com |date=30 July 2010 |access-date=27 March 2011}}</ref>
# Jaipur International Film Festival—Lifetime Achievement Award (2011)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.indiantelevision.com/aac/y2k11/aac108.php |title=> All About Cinema...> Red Alert bags 2 awards, Asha Parekh gets Lifetime at Jaipur film fest |publisher=Indiantelevision.com |date=3 February 2011 |access-date=27 March 2011}}</ref>
# Bhishma Award by the Ashram Arts Academy (2012)<ref>{{cite web|author=Anupama Subramanian |url=http://www.deccanchronicle.com/channels/nation/south/no-more-awards-my-name-says-rajinikanth-133 |title=No more awards in my name, says Rajinikanth |work=Deccan Chronicle |date=20 January 2012 |access-date=4 March 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120122011329/http://www.deccanchronicle.com/channels/nation/south/no-more-awards-my-name-says-rajinikanth-133 |archive-date=22 January 2012 }}</ref>
# Kalakar Awards – Living Legend Award (2018)
# "Walk of the Stars" honour, where a tile bears her handprint (2013)<ref>{{cite news|url=http://archive.indianexpress.com/picture-gallery/asha-parekh-honoured-with-a-star/4050-1.html |title=Asha Parekh honoured with a star |work=[[The Indian Express]] |access-date=20 January 2019}}</ref>
# Stardust-Lifetime Achievement Award (2015)<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.deccanchronicle.com/150117/entertainment-bollywood/article/hopefully-not-my-last-award-asha-parekh |title=Hopefully this is not my last award: Asha Parekh |work=[[Deccan Chronicle]] |author=Subhash K. Jha |date=18 January 2015 |access-date=20 January 2019}}</ref>
# Most Stylish Lifetime Style Icon Award—Hindustan Times Most Stylish Awards (2017)<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/fashion-and-trends/amitabh-bachchan-deepika-padukone-anushka-sharma-ranveer-singh-alia-bhatt-karan-johar-varun-dhawan-ht-most-stylish-awards/story-JKFl3drsjTgfUF3cAK4LbM.html |title=HT Most Stylish awards: Of Bollywood's best blacks, blues, bandhgalas and more |work=[[Hindustan Times]]|author=Ram Iyer |date=25 March 2017 |access-date=20 January 2019}}</ref>
# Second Best Book Award for her memoir "The Hit Girl" at the 5th annual Pune International Literary Festival (PILF)(2017)<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/pune-news/there-s-a-lot-to-me-than-just-a-glamourous-actress-says-asha-parekh-at-pilf/story-JejUaZ0zRKALmWrwlbKIjP.html |title=There's a lot to me than just a glamourous actress, says Asha Parekh at PILF |work=[[Hindustan Times]] |author=Prachi Bari |date=10 September 2017 |access-date=20 January 2019}}</ref>
# Bimal Roy Memorial Lifetime Achievement Award (2019)<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.dnaindia.com/just-before-monday/interview-my-biggest-regret-is-turning-down-satyajit-ray-asha-parekh-2707211 |title=My biggest regret is turning down Satyajit Ray: Asha Parekh |work=[[Daily News and Analysis|DNA]] |author=Yogesh Pawar |date=13 January 2019 |access-date=20 January 2019}}</ref>
# Global Cinema Festival-Lifetime Achievement Award (2020)<ref>{{cite news |title=Yesteryear actor Asha Parekh to be honoured at Global Cinema Festival in Sikkim |url=http://www.uniindia.com/yesteryear-actor-asha-parekh-to-be-honoured-at-global-cinema-festival-in-sikkim/east/news/1857289.html |access-date=20 January 2020 |work=United News India |date=18 January 2020}}</ref>

== References ==
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==Further reading==
*{{cite book|title=Asha Parekh: The Hit Girl|author1=Asha Parekh|author2=[[Khalid Mohamed]]|year=2017|publisher=Om Books International|isbn=9789386316981}}

== External links ==
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* [http://www.rediff.com/entertai/2002/jun/10dinesh.htm Asha Parekh] - a profile by [[Dinesh Raheja]]

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