In fact, the perky Sasha sits through the interview as her mother chats over cups of gur ki chai…Īt the onset she busts a myth, “I’m not from Pakistan. Her daughter Sasha Aagha is soon set to debut in Yash Raj Films’ Aurangzeb. She’s ready with a woman-oriented script, which she wants to direct. But today the 45-plus actor has hit equilibrium. Simultaneously, her personal life went through its high and low rhythms. Though it was difficult to repeat the success of Nikaah, Salma went on to act and sing in several films in the Asian subcontinent (Pakistan, India and Bangladesh) right up till the ’90s. “Everyone could relate to the song as all of us have been let down at some point or the other,” she says of the chartbuster, which she’s still asked to sing in her live shows. That year she earned a Filmfare nomination as Best Actress in addition to winning the Filmfare Best Female Playback Singer Award for Dil ke armaan, where the nominees were the formidable Lata Mangeshkar and Asha Bhosle. Not only did replicas of Nilufer’s (her character in the movie) shimmery ghararas and jadav jhumkas flood the bazaars but flocks of women (burqa clad and otherwise) found a voice for their silent subjugation through her revolt in the film. The London-bred Salma Aagha fit into the Indian canvas seamlessly and reminded you of the legendary singing star Noorjehan. Secondly, it introduced a hazel-eyed beauty who could not only portray the angst but could also sing it in plaintive notes. It was the first time that a film tackled the sensitive ‘ talaq’ (divorce) syndrome with an empathy hitherto not shown towards women. We will lodge the FIR once she comes to the police station.BR Chopra’s Muslim social Nikaah in 1982 broke new grounds in more ways than one. We approached her again, but she did not turn up. Asked about the delay in registering an FIR in the theft case, a senior official of the Versova police station had said and we quote, 'We register FIR the same day (of an incident), but the actress said she did not have time and will come later. Both the accused were on a high-end motorbike and a police "nakabandi" (blockade) was in place near the spot where the incident took place.' Coming to the incident, according to a police official, Salma Agha had told the police she was travelling in an auto-rickshaw from her home to a chemist shop in suburban Versova in the early hours of Saturday when the two men riding a motorbike snatched her handbag and sped away. Earlier, too, similar crimes have been reported.
She said, 'This was not first such incident in the locality. Today, I informed the Mumbai Police via Twitter.' She further alleged that this isn't the first incident in her vicinity.
After I reached (police station) with a complaint, an officer told me it will take three hours to file an FIR. Unhappy with the way things are being handled, the veteran actress told a news agency and we quote: 'There were two mobile phones, some cash, keys and other items in my bag. Agha then approached the police station but no FIR was registered, according to the actress.
As per police officials, the 65-year-old's handbag, which contained mobile phones and other valuable items was snatched by two thieves on a motorbike over the weekend. Veteran actress-singer Salma Agha doesn't seem too pleased with the way the Versova Police station is handling her handbag theft case.