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-'''Reshma Pathan''' is the first stunt woman of the [[Indian Film Industry|Indian film industry]]. She is also known as the ''Sholay Girl'', as she played [[Hema Malini]]’s stunt double in ''[[Sholay]]''. The film, ''[[The Sholay Girl]]'', is a biopic about her life. She is also the first female to become a member of the Movie Stunt Artists Association. She has performed thousands of dangerous stunts in almost 400 films.<ref name="indianexpress.com">{{Cite web|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/womensday/the-show-must-go-on-the-story-of-indias-first-stunt-woman-reshma-pathan-5615835/|title=‘The show must go on’ — The story of India’s first stunt woman, Reshma Pathan|date=2019-03-08|website=The Indian Express|language=en-IN|access-date=2019-11-23}}</ref>
+'''Reshma Pathan''' is an Indian actress and the first stuntwoman of the [[Cinema of India|Indian film industry]]. She is also known as the ''Sholay Girl'', as she played [[Hema Malini]]’s stunt double in ''[[Sholay]]''. The film, ''[[The Sholay Girl]]'', is a biopic about her life. She is also the first female to become a member of the Movie Stunt Artists Association. She has performed thousands of dangerous stunts in almost 400 films.<ref name="indianexpress.com">{{Cite web|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/womensday/the-show-must-go-on-the-story-of-indias-first-stunt-woman-reshma-pathan-5615835/|title=‘The show must go on’ — The story of India’s first stunt woman, Reshma Pathan|date=2019-03-08|website=The Indian Express|language=en-IN|access-date=2019-11-23}}</ref>
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'''Reshma Pathan''' is the first stunt woman of the [[Indian Film Industry|Indian film industry]]. She is also known as the ''Sholay Girl'', as she played [[Hema Malini]]’s stunt double in ''[[Sholay]]''. The film, ''[[The Sholay Girl]]'', is a biopic about her life. She is also the first female to become a member of the Movie Stunt Artists Association. She has performed thousands of dangerous stunts in almost 400 films.<ref name="indianexpress.com">{{Cite web|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/womensday/the-show-must-go-on-the-story-of-indias-first-stunt-woman-reshma-pathan-5615835/|title=‘The show must go on’ — The story of India’s first stunt woman, Reshma Pathan|date=2019-03-08|website=The Indian Express|language=en-IN|access-date=2019-11-23}}</ref>

== Career ==
Reshma began working as a stunt double when she was 14 when the Fight Director S. Azim offered her to join the film industry. She began her career by playing [[Laxmi Chhaya|Laxmi Chaya]]’s double in the film [[Ek Khiladi Bawan Pattey|''Ek Khiladi Bawan Patte'']] (1972). Reshma describes, "I started with 175 rupees per day. I got 100 rupees in hand. I was swindled of the transport money. But I was happy. I wouldn’t have been able to make this amount even if I was a graduate. Fulfilling the needs of my family was my priority"<ref name=":02">{{Cite web|url=https://www.filmfare.com/interviews/reshma-pathan-on-life-as-a-stuntwoman-in-bollywood-35219.html|title=Reshma Pathan on life as a stuntwoman in Bollywood|website=filmfare.com|language=en|access-date=2019-11-23}}</ref> Reshma has played the stunt double for [[Waheeda Rehman]], [[Rekha]], [[Hema Malini]], [[Sridevi]], [[Dimple Kapadia]], and [[Meenakshi Seshadri|Meenakshi Sheshadri]], among [[Bollywood]] actress. She has also done stunts in many [[Bhojpuri cinema|Bhojpuri]] and [[Cinema of South India|South Indian]] films and bilingual films like [[Gandhi (film)|Gandhi]], [[Mangal Pandey: The Rising|Mangal Pandey]] and [[The Warriors (film)|The Warrior]].<ref name=":02"/> She was the stunt woman for almost all film actresses through the 1970s and 80s in Hindi film industry.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.imdb.com/name/nm10543507/bio|title=Reshma Pathan|website=IMDb|access-date=2019-11-23}}</ref>

== Personal life ==
Reshma took to doing stunts in films in order to financially support her family. Fight Director S. Azim offered her to join the film industry. “I was a tomboy. Fight director S. Azim uncle had seen my antics in the area. ''Area ki behen banne ka bahut shauk tha''. He suggested I do stunts,” she recalls.<ref name=":02"/> However, her father was against her performing stunts. He believed that the huge risk involved while performing a stunt could not be covered by any given amount of money. Eventually, she managed to convince her family.<ref name="indianexpress.com"/>

In 1980s, she married stunt director Shakoor Pathan. She and her husband faced great financial challenges when a law banning stunts in films was passed in 1984. “One day I had no money for our next meal. I had the habit of leaving coins and rupees in nook and corners of the house. I frantically searched cups, boxes, containers… hoping to find some money. I found some 1600 rupees and cried with relief,” she recalls. She believes that stunt-masters have an uncertain future and ensured that her sister's sons (whom she raised) and her own complete their education and got stable jobs. “One is an engineer, the second a manager in a car company, while my son is a doctor.”<ref name=":02" />

She has actively spoken out against the [[sexism]] in the Indian film industry.<ref>{{Citation|title=Women's Day 2019: Meet Reshma Pathan, the first Indian stuntwoman|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mdNZxiiq5nY|language=en|access-date=2019-11-23}}</ref> She received many indecent proposals from men in her career and retorted harshly. "If you remain quiet the first time someone misbehaves, they’re encouraged. I tactfully used my tongue, though I could have used my fists to defend myself," she told [[Filmfare]]''.''<ref name=":02" />

== Awards ==
* Extraordinary Achievement Award at the Critics Choice Film Awards (CCFA)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.shethepeople.tv/top-stories/reshma-pathan-bollywoods-first-stunt-woman|title=Meet Reshma Pathan, Bollywood's First Stunt Woman|last=Srivastava|first=Anushika|date=2019-05-09|website=SheThePeople TV|language=en-US|access-date=2019-11-23}}</ref>

== References ==
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