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| birth_place = [[Peshawar]], [[North-West Frontier Province (1901–55)|North-West Frontier Province]], [[British Raj|British India]]<br/> (now inpresent-day [[Pakistan]])

| spouse = Clifford* DouglasGyan PetersSachdev (Divorced)

| children = 1Jyotin Sachdev (lives in USA)

'''Achala Sachdev''' (3 May 1920 – 30 April 2012) was an Indian actress who appeared in classic films of [[Hindi film|Hindi language film]] industry., She was from [[Peshawar]] andwho started her career as a child actor. She later became known for mother and grandmother roles in [[Hindi]] films. Her most memorable roles were as [[Balraj Sahni]]'s wife in ''[[Waqt (1965 film)|Waqt]]'' (1965) and [[Kajol]]'s grandmother in ''[[Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge]]'' (1995).

Achala became a resident of [[Pune]] after marrying Clifford Douglas Peters, who had a factory in Pune's [[Bhosari]] industrial estate, named Morris Electronics, producing small electronics parts such as diodes. The factory was later sold to the Piramal Group.<ref name=exp/><ref>{{cite news |author=Umesh Isalkar |url=httphttps://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-12-22city/pune/30546414_1_filmBollywood-industryforgets-wardan-boysailing-poonaAchala-hospitalSachdev/articleshow/11201286.cms |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140102191931/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-12-22/pune/30546414_1_film-industry-ward-boys-poona-hospital |url-status=deadlive |archive-date=2 January 2014 |title=Bollywood forgets an ailing Achala Sachdev |date=22 December 2011 |newspaper=[[The Times of India]] |access-date=12 July 2012}}</ref> 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. They married. Peters, a mechanical engineer, had a factory in Bhosari and the couple lived in a bungalow in the same area for some time before shifting to Hadapsar. 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.<ref>[http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news/Achala-Sachdev-abandoned-by-Bamprsquowoodltbr-/ampnbsp/articleshow/11229396.cms Death report in Times of India]</ref>

In September 2011, Achala slipped and fell in her kitchen. She sustained a fracture in her leg. After that, she was diagnosed with multiple embolisms in her brain. This resulted in total paralysis and the loss of her vision. She was survived by son Jyotin.<ref name=toi>{{cite news |title=Bollywood actress Achala Sachdev passes away |url=httphttps://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-04-30entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news-interviews/31505883_1_legendaryBollywood-songactress-puneAchala-researchSachdev-centrepasses-away/etarticleshow/12937027.cms |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120517192817/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-04-30/news-interviews/31505883_1_legendary-song-pune-research-centre |url-status=deadlive |archive-date=17 May 2012 |newspaper=[[The Times of India]] |date=30 April 2012}}</ref>

* [[Shagird (1967 film)|Shagird]] (1967)

[[Category:ActorsActresses from Mumbai]]