Farah (actress)

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Farah
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Farah in November 2019
Born
Farah Naaz Hashmi

Occupation Actress
Years active1984–2005
Spouses
(m. 1996;div. 2002)
(m. 2003)
Children1
RelativesSee Azmi family

Farah Naaz Hashmi, commonly credited as Farah, is a leading Bollywood actress of the mid 1980s and Mid 1990s. She is the elder sister of Tabu.

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Farah made her debut in Faasle in 1985 under the Yash Chopra films banner. She was one of the prominent actresses in Bollywood in the late eighties and Mid nineties. She was paired with Prosenjit Chatterjee in 1989 Bengali movie Aamar Tumi. Farha's landmark films were Love 86 (1986), Naseeb Apna Apna (1986), Imaandaar (1987), Marte Dam Tak (1987), Woh Phir Aayegi (1988), Naqab (1989), [1] Yateem (1988), Baap Numbri Beta Dus Numbri (1990), Begunaah (1991), Bhai Ho To Aisa (1995) and Sautela Bhai (1996). She also did three films with Rajesh Khanna.

She retired from acting in 1996 after her first marriage, [2] though she later did a few television serials. She worked with almost all of the top actors of her time, including Rajesh Khanna, Vinod Khanna, Rishi Kapoor, Mithun Chakraborty, Sanjay Dutt, Sunny Deol, Anil Kapoor, Jackie Shroff, Raj Babbar, Govinda, Aditya Pancholi, Aamir Khan, Kumar Gaurav, And Rahul Roy .

Early life and background

Farah was born to Jamal Ali Hashmi and Rizwana in a Hyderabadi Muslim family. [3] [4] Her parents divorced soon after. [5] Her mother was a school-teacher and her maternal grandparents were retired professors who ran a school. Her grandfather, Mohammed Ahsan, was a professor of Mathematics, and her grandmother was a professor of English Literature.

She is the niece of Shabana Azmi, Tanvi Azmi and Baba Azmi and the elder sister of Tabu. [6] [7]

Career

Farah made her debut in 1985 with Yash Chopra's Faasle opposite Mahendra Kapoor's son Rohan Kapoor [8] Although Faasle was a disaster, Farah got many other big offers such as Shakti Samanta's Palay Khan , K.C. Bokadia's Naseeb Apna Apna and Pran Lal Mehta's Love 86 .

She was part of hits such as Marte Dam Tak , Naseeb Apna Apna , Love 86 , [9] Imaandaar , Ghar Ghar Ki Kahani , Diljalaa , Rakhwala , Woh Phir Aayegi , Veeru Dada , Baap Numbri Beta Dus Numbri and Begunaah

J.P. Dutta's Yateem got her critical acclaim, and it was one of her performance-oriented roles, along with films such as Hamara Khandaan , Kaarnama , Naqaab , Khatarnaak and Pati Patni Aur Tawaif , although they were commercial failures. Her performance in the hit films – Woh Phir Aayegi and Begunaah were critically acclaimed.

In the 1990s, she worked with Aamir Khan in two films; Jawani Zindabad and Isi Ka Naam Zindagi ,[ citation needed ] but both flopped at the box office. She was signed for Khuda Gawah and she shot for a few scenes, but due to delays in production, she was later replaced with Shilpa Shirodkar. However, till date, her role in Woh Phir Aayegi and Begunaah with Rajesh Khanna are considered her best performances. By the same time, she married Dara Singh's son Vindu Dara Singh.

Farah then started playing supporting roles in films such as Muqabla , Dhartiputra and Izzat Ki Roti. Muqabla was very successful, but later, her other films between 1993 and 1996 were not successful, though Sautela Bhai was a commercial hit and critically acclaimed.

She later switched to television and did serials such as Amar Prem , Andaz, Ahaa (all three produced by Himesh Reshammiya), Vailayiti Babu, Angan, Ardhangini, Aurat Teri Yehi Kahani and Papa. Farah was also planning a mega serial called Taqdeer, but the project got shelved. She then acted in 2004 in Hulchul .[ citation needed ]

Personal life

Farah married actor Vindu Dara Singh in 1996, with whom she has a son Fateh Randhawa (b.1997). The couple divorced in 2002. [10] She later remarried fellow Bollywood and television actor Sumeet Saigal in 2003. [11] [12]

Filmography

YearMovieRoleLanguage Hindi
2005 Shikhar Kusum Hindi
2004 Hulchul Gopi
2002Bharat Bhagya VidhataNagma
2000Bhai No 1Neha
1998 Achanak Madhu
1997 Lahoo Ke Do Rang Sangita B. Srivastav
1996 Hukumnama
Rab Dian RakhanSandhya Punjabi
Maahir ParoHindi
Namak Dr. Anju
Sautela Bhai Bindiya
1995 Bhai Ho To Aisa
Hijack Nandini Malayalam
Sarhad: The Border of Crime Sandhya MathurHindi
Taaqat Savitri
Fauji Roopa
1994 Janam Se Pehle Geeta Bhardwaj
Chauraha Dancer
Insaaf Apne Lahoo Se Rani
1993 Izzat Ki Roti Pinky
Dhartiputra Karma
Muqabla Vandana
Jeevan Ki Shatranj Radha V. Sharma
Kundan Shanno
Zakhmo Ka Hisaab Bindiya
1992 Isi Ka Naam Zindagi Chumki
Naseebwaala
1991Paap Ki AandhiInsp. Kiran Gupta
Begunaah Guddu/ Nirmala 'Nimmo'/ Bulbul
Balidaan Dancer/Singer
1990 Pati Patni Aur Tawaif Mrs. Shanti Saxena
Baap Numbri Beta Dus Numbri Rosie D'Souza
Haar Jeet
Jawani Zindabad Sugandha Srivastav
Jeene Do Chanda
Kaarnama Mala
Majboor Priya
Khatarnaak Dr. Sangeeta Joshi
Veeru Dada Rekha
1989 Ontari Poratam Telugu
Rakhwala RamtakiHindi
Do Qaidi Meenu
Aamar Tumi Jhilik Bengali
Kala Bazaar Kamini SampatHindi
Meri Zabaan Baby
Naqaab Asiya
1988 Paap Ko Jalaa Kar Raakh Kar Doonga Pooja Saxena/ Pooja D. Malhotra
Halaal Ki Kamai
Ghar Ghar Ki Kahani Asha Dhanraj
Mohabbat Ke Dushman Reshma
Hamara Khandan Ruby Miranda
Yateem Gauri S. Yadav
Mahakali
Woh Phir Aayegi Aarti
1987 Vijetha Vikram Usha Telugu
Diljalaa Mamta R. Gupta/ MaduriHindi
Imaandaar Renu S. Rai
7 Saal Baad
Marte Dam Tak Jyoti R. Dayal
1986 Love 86 Leena
Naseeb Apna Apna Radha
Palay Khan Helen Bonz
1985 Faasle Chandni
1984 Nasbandi

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