

Here, too, pieces of cloth lie scattered on the floor. Returning, Sulakshana leads me to a smaller room. A huge Ganpati calendar is stuck on the wall near a window that opens onto the sea. Parts of the false ceiling have given way. It is a large one by Mumbai standards-two flats have been combined to make up one comprising around 2000 square feet. Her glazed eyes try to focus on the unaccustomed sight of a visitor and when I introduce myself, she excuses herself to freshen up. She may well have just stepped out of the beauty parlor after an expensive facial. The one thing that's intact about Sulakshana is her complexion. The woman in front of me is dressed in a faded nightie teamed with a salwar, her neck weighed down by a massive brass figurine of Balaji hanging on a nada. But a far cry from the Sulakshana Pandit I knew, a woman who loved piling on the make- up, the clothes, the jewelery. "There's someone to meet you." The face that looks at me is familiar. As I move warily into the living room, my escort addresses a figure on the four-seater sofa that has obviously seen better days. A meal couldn't have been cooked here in months. A door on the right leads to the kitchen, in which I can see only a gas stove. The walls are bare, the rooms bereft of furniture, clothes lie strewn all over the floor. I hesitate to enter the open doorway before me. FHM (India) ranked her at 29 on the list of top 100 Sexiest Women In The World 2013.This is one of the saddest interveiws ever! It's so bad that she has been so badly treated by life, such a famous actress of her time who lives like she has never earned or done anything in her life!.Her vocal influence was her mother- Salma Agha and her first ever recorded song was ‘Barbaadiyaan’ from the film ‘Aurangzeb’ (2013).She debuted her acting career with the Bollywood movie- Aurangzeb (2013).She is also distantly related to actors Karisma Kapoor, Kareena Kapoor, and Ranbir Kapoor. The music composer’s duo Sajid-Wajid are her maternal uncles. Jahangir Khan and Torsam Khan (Squash players) are her paternal uncles.She is the granddaughter of Nasrullah Khan- the great Pakistani Squash player. Her maternal grandfather Jugal Kishore Mehra, great-grandmother Zarina Ghaznavi, aunt Shaheena Ghaznavi, great grandfather Rafiq Ghaznavi and great-grandmother Anwari Begum were all associated with acting.She was born to Pakistani squash player Rehmat Khan and Bollywood singer Salma Agha.Writing Music & Poetry, Cooking and Travelling Sisters- Suraiya Khan & Natasha Khan (Half Sisters) Dubai American Scientific School, United Arab Emiratesįather- Rehmat Khan (aka Rehmatullah Khan, a former Pakistani Squash Player)īrothers- Liaqat Ali Khan (Badminton Player), Tariq Khan (Half Brother)
