Farooq Sheikh
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Born: March 1948
Farooque Shaikh (born 25 March 1948) is an Indian actor, philanthropist and a popular television presenter. He is best known for his films during the 1970s and 1980s. His major contribution was in Parallel Cinema or the New Indian Cinema. He has worked with directors like Satyajit Ray, Muzaffar Ali, Hrishikesh Mukherjee and Ketan Mehta.He has acted in many serials and shows on television and performed on stage in famous productions such as Tumhari Amrita (1992), alongside Shabana Azmi, directed by Feroz Abbas Khan, and presented the TV show, Jeena Isi Ka Naam Hai (Season 1). He won the 2010 National Film Award for Best Supporting Actor for Lahore. Shaikh was born to Mustafa Shaikh, a Mumbai lawyer and Farida Shaikh in Amroli District, Amroli. His family was Zamindari, and he grew up in a luxurious surroundings. He was eldest of five children.He went to St Mary's School, Mumbai and then to St. Xavier's College, Mumbai. He studied law at Siddharth College of Law. In his early days, he was active in theatre, doing plays with IPTA and with well-known directors like Sagar Sarhadi. His first major film role was in the 1973 film Garam Hawa. He went onto act in several notable films such as Satyajit Ray's Shatranj Ke Khiladi (Chess Players) (1977), Noorie (1979), Chashme Buddoor (1981) and Kissi Se Na Kehna (1983).In the 1990s he acted in fewer films and made his last few film appearance in Saas Bahu Aur Sensex (2008) and Lahore (2009), for which he won the 2010 National Film Award for Best Supporting Actor.In the late 90s, Farooq Sheikh acted in a number of television serials. Chamatkar on Sony and Ji Mantriji on Star plus are among the few.
Saath Saath is 1982 Hindi language Movie directed by Raman Kumar and starring Rakesh Bedi, Farooq Shaikh, Neena Gupta, Deepti Naval. read more
A woman, depressed that she in unable to bear children, abducts a child, and wants to keep him for her own. The child belongs to a large family consisting of 11 other children. Geeta Malhotra (Shabana Azmi) gets married to a young man, Bhupinder (Farooq Shaikh) her mom (Rohini Hattangadi) and dad do not approve of. They are happy together and she soon expects a baby. Unfortunately, tragedy strikes... read more
Accident on Hill Road (2009) is a 2009 Bollywood film, directed by Mahesh Nair and produced by Nari Hira, starring Farooq Sheikh, Abhimanyu Shekhar Singh, Celina Jaitley. he film is an authorised remake of the 2007 Hollywood film Stuck which is in turn based on the true story of Chante Mallard. When Sonam (Celina Jaitley) runs over a man Prakash (Farooq Sheikh) on her way home from a party one nig... read more
Najma and Salim are in love, but their's is a platonic relationship, as Salim is a deep thinker and prefers that women like Najma be financially independent, and not be dependent on men. On the other hand, Sarju and Shabnam are in love, and would like to get married, however, Shabnam's dad has finalized her marriage with a much older man, who is wealthy, and has shown an interest in Shabnam. An en... read more
Ab Insaf Hoga is a 1995 Bollywood Movie directed by Harish Shah. Janki lives a poor lifestyle in a small village consisting of her dad, Bhervi Prasad and her mom. She meets and falls in love with her school-teacher, Ramcharan, and both want to get married. Ramcharan's brother is opposed to this marriage as Bhervi is unable to pay any dowry, nevertheless the marriage does take place, but the couple... read more
On a scenic location in India, Vijay meets with beautiful Chandni and both fall in love with each other. They return home, Hoping to marry each other soon by introducing themselves to their respective families. Then Vijay has an unpleasant encounter with a very wealthy man by the name of Vikram. Vikram finds Vijay's behavior uncouth, rash, and arrogant. When Vijay presents himself to Chandni's par... read more
