Farooq Sheikh
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- Farooq Sheikh
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- 25 marzo 1948
- Luogo di nascita
- Amroli
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- Scomparso a 65 anni
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- 🇮🇳 India
- Religione
- Sunni Islam
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- Professione
- Actor
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- Istruzione
- St. Xavier's College, Mumbai; Siddharth College of Law, Mumbai; St. Mary's School
- Coniuge
- Rupa Sheikh
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Biografia
Farooq Sheikh is 78 years old, an actor, from India.
Farooq Sheikh was an Indian actor, philanthropist and television presenter. He was best known for his work in Hindi films from 1973 to 1993 and for his work in television between 1988 and 2002. He returned to acting in films in 2008 and continued to do so until his death on 28 December 2013. His major contribution was in Parallel Cinema or the New Indian Cinema. He worked with directors like Satyajit Ray, Sai Paranjpye, Muzaffar Ali, Hrishikesh Mukherjee, Ayan Mukherjee and Ketan Mehta.
In his early days, he was active in theatre, doing plays with IPTA and with well-known directors like Sagar Sarhadi . In 1973, while Shaikh was in his final year of law school, MS Sathyu approached him for his directorial debut Garam Hawa . His first major film role was in the 1973 film Garam Hawa , where Farooque had a supporting role and the leading man was Balraj Sahni . The film is credited for being a pioneer of a new wave of Hindi Art cinema. His salary for his debut film was only Rs. 750.
He first gained recognition as a quiz master on radio, but it was his participation as an anchor on Bombay Doordarshan shows such as Yuvadarshan and Young World that made him a household name. Shaikh in Gaman (1978) acted as the migrant Bombay taxi driver from Badaun in Uttar Pradesh hoping to return to meet his wife, but never saves up enough to return home.
He went on to act in several notable films such as Satyajit Ray 's Shatranj Ke Khiladi (Chess Players) (1977), Noorie (1979), Chashme Buddoor (1981), Umrao Jaan (1981), Bazaar (1982), Saath Saath (1982), Rang Birangi (1983), Kissi Se Na Kehna (1983), Ek Baar Chale Aao (1983), Katha (1983), Ab Ayega Mazaa (1984), Salma (1985), Faasle (1985), Peechha Karo (1986), Biwi Ho To Aisi (1988), and Maya Memsaab (1993). He formed a successful pair with Deepti Naval .
He also did a slightly negative role in Katha . He was paired opposite Shabana Azmi in Sagar Sarhadi's Lorie , Kalpana Lajmi's Ek Pal and Muzaffar Ali's Anjuman (1986) and then in the play Tumhari Amrita . His chemistry with Deepti Naval led to them being cast opposite each other in nine films, namely Chashme Buddoor , Katha , Saath Saath , Kissi Se Na Kehna , Rang Birangi , Ek Baar Chale Aao , Tell Me Oh Khuda , Faasle and Listen... Amaya .
They also appeared as the lead pair in an episode on Hasrat Mohani in the TV serial Kahkashan . In 2002, in an interview with The Times of India, Shaikh said, "I have never been commercially viable. People recognise me, smile and wave at me — but I have never received marriage proposals written in blood. In his heyday in 1970s and 1980s, when Rajesh Khanna drove down a street, the traffic stopped — I don't mind not receiving this kind of adulation.
But I do miss not having been able to command the kind of work I wanted which Khanna could always do. I miss not being 100 per cent commercially viable like him."
Career & Filmography
Movies(26)
| Year | Title |
|---|---|
| 2014 | The Bastard Child |
| 2013 | Listen... Amaya |
| 2013 | Club 60 |
| 2009 | Accident on Hill Road |
| 2002 | Jeena Isi Ka Naam Hai |
| 1995 | Ab Insaf Hoga |
| 1993 | Maya Memsaab |
| 1988 | Biwi Ho To Aisi |
| 1988 | Param Vir Chakra |
| 1986 | Ek Pal |
Famiglia
Relationships
Romantic History
| Person | Status |
|---|---|
| Rupa Sheikh | Married |
Then vs. Now
Debut in The Chess Players
Farooq Sheikh's debut was The Chess Players (1977).
36
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Linea temporale
Farooq Sheikh's debut was The Chess Players (1977).
25 March 1948
Farooq Sheikh was born on 1948-03-25 in Amroli.
Curiosità
- Farooq Sheikh (Hindustani pronunciation: [fɑːɾuːq ʃɛːx]; 25 March 1948 − 28 December 2013) was an Indian actor, philanthropist and television presenter.
- He was best known for his work in Hindi films from 1973 to 1993 and for his work in television between 1988 and 2002.
- He won the 2010 National Film Award for Best Supporting Actor for Lahore.
- Farooq Sheikh studied at St. Xavier's College, MumbaiSiddharth College of Law, Mumbai.
- Sheikh was born in 1948 at Amroli, 90 km off Vadodara in Navsari taluka, Gujarat, India to Farida and Mustafa Sheikh.
- His father was a lawyer who worked in Bombay and whose family came from Hansot in the Bharuch district of Gujarat.
- Shaikh came from a Zamindar family, and he grew up in luxurious surroundings in his ancestral village, before moving to Nagpada, Bombay while still a child.
- Mary's School in Bombay and then graduated from St.
- Xavier's College in the city before studying law at Siddharth College of Law, following his father into the profession.
- He did not, however, undertake a legal career, instead choosing theatre, having acted in college.
- Both were active in theatre and were later married after nine years; the couple have two daughters Sanaa and Shaista.
- Xavier's was important for both personal and professional reasons and he made many friends there, including Sunil Gavaskar, who was a contemporary.
- Actor Shabana Azmi, then known mainly as the daughter of noted poet Kaifi Azmi, was Roopa's classmate at St Xavier's.
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