Feroz Khan

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Feroz Khan in Dharmatma (1975)

Feroz Khan (Hindi: फ़ेरोज़ ख़ान, Urdu: فیروز خان), born 25 September 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.

1 Biography
2 Awards
- 2.1 Trivia
3 Filmography
4 External links

[edit] Biography

[edit] Early life

Feroz Khan was born in Bangalore, India to an Afghan father, Sadiq Ali Khan (Naib Khel) and an Iranian mother, Fatima. He has three brothers named Sanjay Khan actor Sameer Khan actor and film maker Akbar Khan. After acquiring an English accent from a Bangalore school, he arrived in Bombay where he made his debut as second lead in Didi (1960).

[edit] Career

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. His first big hit was in 1965 with the release of Oonche Log. It was his first big hit, but failed to attain the success he deserved. 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.

But "hero" roles were still beyond the actor's reach. He turned producer and director so as to improve his career opportunities as the first lead or hero. His 1975 film Dharmatma was the first Indian film to shoot in and was also his first superhit as "hero". This was an Indian version of Hollywood film Godfather.

Throughout the 1970s and 1980s, he was the top "hero" in films. The movie Qurbani (1980) was the biggest hit of his career and also launched the singing career of Nazia Hasan. After he made Yalgaar (1993), he took a break in acting for 11 years and took to producing, directing and even editing a few films. He made a comeback with Janasheen (2003). His latest film is Chitappa (2005).

[edit] Personal life

In 1965, he married Sundari. They had two children together, Laila and Fardeen Khan (b. 1972). 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. Feroz Khan's height is 5'10.

[edit] Awards

Feroze Khan

[edit] Trivia

He is famous for his styles and dressings.
During his visit to Pakistan, for the popularity of his brother's directed film Taj Mahal, he was blamed for showing an offensive behaviour and for abusing the people and Government of Islamic Republic of Pakistan. He then had to pay for this, as Pakistan's President General Pervez Musharraf banned his entrance in Pakistan by black listing him.
His character in most of the movies he did usually had the name Rajesh or Rakesh.