1. Best known for her character-driven roles in independent cinema and supporting work in mainstream Bollywood productions, Farida Jalal has received such accolades as four Filmfare Awards and two Bengal Film Journalists Association Awards.
15 Facts About Farida Jalal
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Farida Jalal went on to play leading and supporting roles in numerous motion pictures through the 1970s and early 80s.
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Farida Jalal is widely remembered for her roles in Aradhana, Paras, Henna and Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge, the last three of which garnered the Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actress.
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Farida Jalal became a household name after portraying motherly roles and strong female characters in the 1990s and the early 2000s.
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Farida Jalal has won the Filmfare Award for Best Actress for her role in Mammo.
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Farida Jalal won the Best Actress Award at the 2012 Harlem International Film Festival for her role in A Gran Plan.
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Farida Jalal has worked in numerous shows on Indian television alongside her work in films.
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Farida Jalal, who was born on 18 May 1950 in Bombay, started her career in the 1960s when she won the United Film Producers Talent Hunt sponsored by Filmfare in 1965.
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Farida Jalal got her first film offer for Taqdeer from Tarachand Barjatya who happened to be in the audience.
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Farida Jalal usually played the sister or rejected fiancee of the male lead.
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The film won the National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Hindi, and Farida Jalal won the Filmfare Award for Best Actress.
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Farida Jalal acted in many television serials, such as the sitcom Dekh Bhai Dekh.
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In 2003, Farida Jalal starred in Shararat, in which she played a leading role.
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Farida Jalal was married to actor Tabrez Barmavar, who hailed from Bhatkal, Karnataka.
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Farida Jalal met her husband on the sets of Jeevan Rekha and fell in love in the course of the film and got married in November 1978.