Many Bollywood movie scripts demand heavy action stunts for both actors and actresses. While in some films actors and actresses perform these stunts themselves in others stuntmen and stuntwomen are hired. While having a stuntman is common in the 70s having a stuntwoman was a big deal. Today we will talk about the first stuntwoman in India who played the body double for Hema Malini in Ramesh Sippys Sholay. If you are wondering who we are talking about then the first stuntwoman in Bollywood is Reshma Pathan. Apart from Hema Reshma has been the body double for several heroines like Meena Kumari Dimple Kapadia Sridevi and Rekha. Born into a conservative Muslim family Reshma was the eldest of five siblings. At just 14 she became the familys breadwinner after her father fell ill and could no longer work.