Farida Jalal

Infobox actor
name = Farida Jalal


imagesize = Farida Jalal in "Kuch Kuch Hota Hai"
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birthdate = May 18
birthplace = India
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yearsactive = 1960-present
spouse = Tabrez Barnavar (-2003)
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children = Yaseen Jalal
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filmfareawards= Best Supporting Actress: "Paras" (1972)
Best Supporting Actress: "Henna" (1992)
Best Actree (critics): "Mammo" (1995)
Best Supporting Actress: "Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge" (1996)

Farida Tabrez Barmavar née Jalal (born May 18) is a Bollywood actress.

Personal life

Jalal was married to actor Tabrez Barmavar who died in September 2003 and has a son named Yaseen. Tabrez belonged to a small place called BHATKAL.

Career

Farida Jalal started her career in the sixties, when she won the United Film Producers Talent Hunt sponsored by Filmfare: she usually played the sister or rejected fiancée of the male lead but almost never the female lead. One of her most critically acclaimed roles is in "Bobby" where she played the part of the mentally challenged would-be fiancée of Rishi Kapoor's Raj. During the eighties, her roles progressed from sister and girlfriend to aunt and mother, or, sometimes nanny. She is also remembered for her part in 'Aradhana' where she plays Rajesh Khanna's girlfriend and the song 'Bhagon me bahar hai, kaliyon pe nikhar hai' She acted for over forty years, only taking a break during 1983 and 1990, when she settled in Bangalore.

During the nineties, Jalal had a part in almost every major hit, among them "Raja Hindustani", "Kuch Kuch Hota Hai", "Dil To Pagal Hai", "Kya Kehna", "Kaho Naa... Pyaar Hai", "Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham" and "Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge" for which she won a "Filmfare Award" as "Best Supporting Actress". She also acted in many Television serials, such as, in the hit sitcom, Dekh Bahi Dekh.

She also was grandly acclaimed for her role in the 1994 film "Mammo", for which she received the "Filmfare Best Performance Award".

Also, she stars in Shararat (Thoda Sa Jadu, Thodi Si Nazaakat) in which she plays a leading role. The comedy is currently air on Disney channel.

In 2005, she co-hosted the 50th Filmfare Awards alongside Saif Ali Khan and Sonali Bendre, in Mumbai.

She is always a bubbly and gregarious character, even when playing the role of a mother or an old woman, such as the mentioned Shyam Benegal's "Mammo".

She recently made a special appearance in the Punjabi film "Yaariyan".

Awards

* 1972: Won Filmfare Best Supporting Actress Award for: "Paras (film)" (1971)
* 1992: Won Filmfare Best Supporting Actress Award for: "Henna (film)" (1991)
* 1995: Won Filmfare Critics Award for Best Performance for: "Mammo" (1994)
* 1996: Won Filmfare Best Supporting Actress Award for "Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge" (1995)

Filmography

* "Chaudhvin Ka Chand" (1960) (as Baby Farida)
* "Yeh Raaste Hain Pyaar Ke" (1963)
* "Jahan Ara" (1964) (as Baby Farida)
* "Taqdeer" (1967) ... Geeta
* "Mahal" (1969)
* "Aradhana" (1969) ... Renu
* "Puraskar" (1970) ... Reshma
* "Naya Raasta" (1970) ... Radha Pratap Singh
* "Gopi" (1970) ... Nandini
* "Devi" (1970) ... Shobha
* "Paras" (1971) ... Bela Singh
* "Khoj" (1971)
* "Amar Prem" (1971) ... Mrs. Nandkishore Sharma
* "Pyar Ki Kahani" (1971) ... Lata
* "Zindagi Zindagi" (1972) ... Shyama
* "Rivaaj" (1972)
* "Buniyaad" (1972)
* "Heera" (1973)
* "Bobby" (1973) ... Alka Sharma 'Nikki'
* "Achanak" (1973)
* "Raja Rani" (1973) (uncredited) ... Anita
* "Loafer (film)" (1973) ... Roopa (Gopinath's daughter)
* "Naya Din Nai Raat" (1974)
* "Majboor" (1974) ... Renu Khanna
* "Uljhan" (1975) ... Kamla
* "Sankalp" (1975) ... Geeta Sehgal
* "Khushboo" (1975) ... Kusum's friend
* "Kala Sona" (1975) ... Bela
* "Do Jasoos" (1975) ... Hema Khushalchand
* "Dhoti Lota Aur Chowpatty" (1975) ... Rajni
* "Dharmatma" (1975) ... Mona
* "Aakraman" (1975) ... Asha
* "Shaque" (1976) ... Mrs. Subramaniam
* " Sabse Bada Rupaiya" (1976) ... Bindiya/Shobha
* "Koi Jeeta Koi Haara" (1976)
* "Bandalbaaz" (1976)
* "Kasam Khoon Ki" (1977) ... Ganga
* "Alaap" (1977) ... Sulakshana Gupta
* "Abhi To Jee Lein" (1977) ... The Nun
* "Aakhri Goli" (1977)
* "Shatranj Ke Khiladi" (1977) ... Nafisa, Mir's wife
* "Palkon Ki Chhaon Mein" (1977)
* "Naya Daur" (1978)
* "Ganga Ki Saugand"(1978) ... Champa (guest appearance)
* "Jurmana" (1979) ... Laila
* "Dhongee" (1979) ... Geeta Khanna
* "Patthar Se Takkar" (1980)
* "Chambal Ki Kasam" (1980)
* "Abdullah" (1980) (uncredited) ... Yashoda
* "Jwala Daku" (1981) ... Sita (Jwala's sister-in-law)
* "Yaarana" (1981) (uncredited) ... Mary (Governess)
* "Pushpak" (1988) ... Magician's wife
* "Henna" (1991) ... Bibi Gul
* "Paayal" (1992) ... Shanti Devi
* "Bekhudi" (1992) ... Aunty
* "Kal Ki Awaz" (1992) .... Akbari
* "Dil Aashna Hai" (1992) ... Razia
* "Gardish" (1993) .... Lakshmi (Shiva's mother)
* "Mammo" (1994) ... Mehmooda Begum Anwar Ali "Mammo"
* "Laadla" (1994) ... Gayetri Verma
* "Krantiveer" (1994) ... Mrs. Tilak (Pratap's Mother)
* "Elaan" (1994) ... Revati Chaudhry
* "Dulaara" (1994) ... Florence
* "Andolan" (1995)
* "Jawab" (1995)
* "Veergati" (1995)
* "Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge" (1995) ... Lajwanti
* "Shastra" (1996)
* "Rajkumar" (1996) ... Panna (Dai maa)
* "Loafer" (1996) ... Janki Kumar
* "Dushman Duniya Ka" (1996) ... Manager of women's shelter
* "Raja Hindustani" (1996) ... Chachi (Raja's aunt)
* "Ajay" (1996) ... Ajay's Mother
* "Saat Rang Ke Sapne" (1997) ... Yashoda
* "Mrityudaata" (1997) ... Mother Ghayal
* "Mohabbat" (1997) ... Geeta Kapoor
* "Judaai" (1997) ... Kajal's mom
* "Zor" (1997)
* "Lahoo Ke Do Rang" (1997) ... Halima
* "Ziddi" (1997) ... Jaya's mother
* "Dil To Pagal Hai" (1997) ... Ajay's mom
* "Aflatoon" (1997) ... Raja's mother
* "Salaakhen" (1998) ... Mother
* "Duplicate" (1998) ... Mrs. Chaudhary "Bebe"
* "Jab Pyaar Kisise Hota Hai" (1998) ... Komal's mother
* "Soldier" (1998) ... Shanti Sinha
* "Kuch Kuch Hota Hai" (1998) ... Mrs. Khanna (Rahul's mom)
* "Dil Kya Kare" (1999)
* "Hindustan Ki Kasam" (1999) ... Mother of Ajay and Tauheed
* "Khoobsurat" (1999) ... Sudha Chaudhary (Dadiji)
* "Kaho Naa... Pyaar Hai" (2000) ... Lily (Rohit's landlady)
* "Dulhan Hum Le Jayenge" (2000) ... Mrs. Oberoi
* "Pukar" (2000) ... Gayetri Rajvansh
* "Khauff" (2000) ... Mrs. Jaidev Singh
* "Kya Kehna" (2000) ... Rohini Baxi (Priya's mo] )
* "Bichhoo" (2000) ... Jeeva's mom
* "Tera Jadoo Chal Gayaa" (2000) .... Pooja's mother
* "Gaja Gamini" (2000) ... Noorbibi
* "Farz" (2001) ... Rukmani Singh
* "Zubeidaa" (2001) .... Mammo
* "Chori Chori Chupke Chupke" (2001) .... Asha Malhotra
* "Lajja" (2001) ... Mother of Bride
* "" (2001) ... Salim's mother
* "Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham" (2001) ... Sayeeda/Daijan/DJ
* "Pyaar Diwana Hota Hai" (2002) ... Mrs. Chaudhary
* "The Legend of Bhagat Singh" (2002) ... Vidyavati
* "Badhaai Ho Badhaai" (2002) ... Mrs. Chaddha
* "Kuch Tum Kaho Kuch Hum Kahein" (2002) .... Vishnupratap's wife
* "Deewangee" (2002) ... Mrs. Goyal
* "Pinjar" (2003) ... Mrs. Shyamlal
* "Aapko Pehle Bhi Kahin Dekha Hai" (2003) ... Jiji
* "Kaise Kahoon Ke Pyaar Hai" (2003)
* "Main Prem Ki Diwani Hoon" (2003) ... Mrs. Kapoor
* "" (2003) ... Sudha Kaul
* "Fun2shh... Dudes in the 10th Century" (2003) ... Mrs. DiSouza/Hiraka
* "" (2004) ... Mrs. Shakuntala Dixit
* "" (2004) ... Mrs. Chaudhary (Deven's mom)
* "Pyaar Mein Twist" (2005) ... Ms. Arya
* "Barsaat" (2005)
* "Deodhar Gandhi" (2006) (post-production)
* "Aryan" (2005)
* "Aashayein" ( Releasing on November 28, 2008 )

Television

* "Yeh Jo Hai Zindagi"
* "Dekh Bhai Dekh" (1990s) ... Suhasini/Balraj's wife
* "Shararat" (2003) ... Nani/Sushma

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