Legendary actress Asha Parekh celebrates her birthday today. She has had a glorious run at the movies and was defined by her aura, enigma and resonating film choices. As it is common for all the aspiring and established female actors, Parekh too, commenced her career in Hindi cinema as a child artist, making her celluloid debut at the tender age of ten in Bimal Roy’s Maa, in the year 1952.

Serendipity and rejections made her a sensation when she debuted as an actor in Nasir Hussain's Dil Deke Dekho, where she played the role of a starlet who has one too many admirers. It was a charming tale of lies, love and mistaken identities powered by Shammi Kapoor's inimitable charm and Parekh's breathtaking beauty.