Feroz Khan

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Feroz Khan
फ़ेरोज़ ख़ान

Born September 25, 1939 (1939-09-25) (age 68)
Bangalore, Flag of India India
Occupation Actor, editor, producer and director
Years active 1960 - present
Spouse(s) Sundari

Feroz Khan (Hindi: फ़ेरोज़ ख़ान, Urdu / Pashto: فیروز خان), born September 25, 1939, sometimes spelled as Firoz Khan or Feroze Khan is one of Bollywood's famous actors, film editor, producer and director. He is the father of the young and popular actor Fardeen Khan.

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Feroz Khan was born in Bangalore, India to an Pakistani-Afghan father, Sadiq Khan (Naib Khel) and an Iranian mother, Fatima. He has three brothers Sanjay Khan, Sameer Khan and Akbar Khan. After his schooling from Bangalore, he arrived in Bombay where he made his debut as second lead in Didi (1960).

For the next five years he was forced to play the second lead in most of the movies. Through the early 1960s he made low-budget thrillers opposite starlets. He also appeared in an English-language film titled Tarzan Goes to India in 1962 opposite Simi Garewal. His first big hit was in 1965 with the release of Oonche Log. It was his first major hit, but failed to attain the success he had hoped. Again, in the same year, he played a sacrificing lover in the mushy musical Arzoo. With this, Khan earned his entry into A-list second leads. With the film Aadmi Aur Insaan (1969), Khan won his first Filmfare award for Best Actor in Supporting Role. In 1971 he appeared alongside his real-life brother Sanjay Khan in the hit film Mela.

He turned producer and director so as to improve his career opportunities as a leading man. He produced, directed and starred in the 1975 film Dharmatma which was the first Indian film to shoot in Afghanistan and was also his first blockbuster hit as producer, director and star. This was an Indian inspiration from the Hollywood film The Godfather. In 1976 he was one of the many actors to appear in the cult classic horror film Nagin which also had his brother Sanjay in one of the leading roles.

Throughout the 1970s and 1980s, he was the top Bollywood star in films and often directed and starred in many of his films. The movie Qurbani (1980) was the biggest hit of his career and also launched the singing career of Nazia Hassan. In 1988 he directed and starred in Dayavan which was a remake of a South Indian film titled Nayagan. After he directed and starred in Yalgaar (1992), he took a long break from acting for 11 years and took to producing, directing and even editing a few films. He launched his son Fardeen Khan's career with the 1998 film Prem Aggan which was however a box office failure. He most recently produced and directed Janasheen (2003) which also starred his son Fardeen as well as Feroz in his acting comeback. He starred with his son again in Ek Khiladi Ek Haseena (2005) which was not directed by him.

In 1965, he married Sundari. They had two children together, Laila and Fardeen Khan (b. 1974). In 1985, after 20 years of marriage, he divorced his wife. His son recently married Natasha Madhwani, the daughter of his occasional on-screen lover Mumtaz. His daughter Laila is married to Indian tennis player Rohit Rajpal.

  • Height is 5'11"
  • Is a Muslim though the spouses of his daughter and son are Hindus.
  • He is famous for his styles and dressings.
  • His character in most of the movies he did usually had the name Rajesh or Rakesh.
  • Most of his films reference Afghanistan in one way or another. In some of his films he plays an Afghan who lives in India (ex. Janesheen).

  1. ^ http://deep750.googlepages.com/FilmfareAwards.pdf

1. http://deep750.googlepages.com/FilmfareAwards.pdf

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