Achala Sachdev was born on 3 May 1920 in Peshawar . Achala worked for All India Radio, Lahore before the partition of India, and then at Delhi All India Radio. Achala made her film debut with Fashionable Wife (1938), and acted in over 130 Hindi films.
What happened to Achala Chakravartini’s husband?
Achala’s husband passed away in 2002. After her husband’s death, Achala lived alone in Pune. On 8 September 2011, when Achala went into her kitchen to get herself water, she slipped and broke her leg. She was taken to Poona Hospital and Research Centre by her attendant after the incident, but she was discharged soon.
What happened to Achala Peters?
After Peters died, Achala lived alone. Five years before her death, she gave away her flat in Pune to the Janseva Foundation, a charitable organization, on the condition that they should take care of her as long as she lived. In September 2011, Achala slipped and fell in her kitchen.
How was Sachdev introduced to Peter Peters?
In an almost filmy turn, Sachdev was introduced to Peters by Yash Chopra on the sets of a film in Mumbai. Peter’s first wife had died by then and Sachdev herself was a divorcee.
