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Farida Jalal
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Farida Jalal at the 2024 premiere of Heeramandi
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Farida Sami
18 May 1950 Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
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| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1967–present |
| Spouse(s) |
Tabrez Barmavar
(m. 1978; died 2003) |
| Children | 1 |
Farida Jalal (born Farida Sami; 18 May 1950) is a famous Indian actress. She has mostly worked in Hindi films. Farida Jalal has been acting for almost fifty years and has appeared in over 200 movies!
She is well-known for playing strong characters in independent films. She also played many important supporting roles in big Bollywood movies. Farida Jalal has won many awards, including four Filmfare Awards.
She started her acting journey with the film Taqdeer in 1967. She played both main and supporting roles in movies throughout the 1970s and early 1980s. People especially remember her roles in Aradhana (1969), Paras (1971), Henna (1991), and Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge (1995). She won the Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actress for the last three films.
In the 1990s and early 2000s, she became very popular for playing motherly roles and other strong female characters. She also won the Filmfare Award for Best Actress (Critics) for her role in Mammo (1994). In 2012, she won the Best Actress Award at the Harlem International Film Festival for her movie A Gran Plan.
Besides films, Farida Jalal has also worked in many Indian television shows. Some of her well-known TV shows include Yeh Jo Hai Zindagi, Dekh Bhai Dekh, and Shararat.
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Farida Jalal's Acting Journey
Farida Jalal was born in Mumbai on May 18, 1950. She began her acting career in the 1960s. In 1965, she won a talent contest called the United Film Producers Talent Hunt. This contest was sponsored by Filmfare magazine. She and another famous actor, Rajesh Khanna, were chosen as winners.
Her first movie offer came from Tarachand Barjatya for the film Taqdeer. He saw her at the Filmfare Awards show. Farida Jalal once said that she started acting right after finishing school. She was excited to work with big stars like Rajesh Khanna and Dilip Kumar.
Playing Different Roles
In her early career, Farida Jalal often played the role of the hero's sister or a girlfriend who didn't end up with the hero. She explained that she loved playing these roles, especially when she got to be the sister of famous actors like Dilip Kumar or Amitabh Bachchan. She felt these roles often had more important and dramatic scenes than the main heroines. She even won her first award for playing a sister in the film Paras.
Popular Films and TV Shows
During the 1990s, Farida Jalal was in many big movies. These include Raja Hindustani, Dil To Pagal Hai, Kuch Kuch Hota Hai, Kaho Naa... Pyaar Hai, Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham..., and Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge. For Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge, she won the Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actress in 1996.
She also played the main role in the film Mammo. This movie won the National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Hindi. Farida Jalal won the Filmfare Award for Best Actress (Critics) for her acting in Mammo.
Farida Jalal also starred in many popular TV shows. Some of these were the comedy show Dekh Bhai Dekh and Shararat, where she played a leading role. In 2005, she helped host the 50th Filmfare Awards in Mumbai. Later, she appeared in the popular TV show Balika Vadhu.
Farida Jalal's Personal Life
Farida Jalal was married to actor Tabrez Barmavar. They met while working on the film Jeevan Rekha and got married in November 1978. After marriage, they moved to Bangalore. They have one son named Yaseen. Her husband passed away in September 2003.
In 2017, there were false reports on the internet that she had died. However, these were just rumors, and Farida Jalal was perfectly fine.
Awards and Recognition
Farida Jalal has won several awards for her acting:
- In 1971, she won the Bengal Film Journalists' Association Awards for Best Supporting Actress for Paras.
- In 1996, she won the Best Actress (Hindi) for Mammo.
- She has won four Filmfare Awards:
- Best Supporting Actress for Paras (1972)
- Best Supporting Actress for Henna (1992)
- Best Actress (Critics) for Mammo (1995)
- Best Supporting Actress for Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge (1996)
- In 2003, she won the Indian Television Academy Awards for Best Actress – Comedy for Shararat.
- She won the Best Actress award at the Harlem International Film Festival in 2012 for A Gran Plan.
- In 2015, she won the Best Actress award at the Los Angeles Indian Film Festival for the short film An Untold Story of a Known Irony.
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Farida Jalal at the 2024 premiere of Heeramandi
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