Jayant (actor)
Jayant (1915–1975) (real name Zakaria Khan) was a film actor in Bombay.[1]
Early life
He was born in Nodeh Payan (Nawa Kali) Peshawar, British India on 15 October 1915.[2][3]
Career
The name Jayant was given to him by director and producer Vijay Bhatt. He was tall and had a deep voice.
Personal life
Jayant was married and his children were Amjad Khan (of Gabbar Singh fame), Inayat Khan and Imtiaz Khan.[4] He was the grandfather of Shadaab Khan, Ahlam Khan, Seemaab Khan and Ayesha Khan and father-in-law of Shaila Khan and Krutika Desai Khan.
Death
He died in 1975.
Filmography
- Love and God (1986) .... Emir-E-Basra
- Simon (1980) .... Barundi
- Mera Gaon Mera Desh (1971) .... Hawaldaar-Major Jaswant Singh
- Reshma Aur Shera (1971) .... Sagad Singh
- Heer Raanjha (1970/I) .... Choudhury
- Maa Aur Mamta (1970) .... Taxi-driver
- Aag Aur Daag (1970)
- Ek Nanhi Munni Ladki Thi (1970)
- Inspector (1970) .... Marshal
- My Love (1970)
- Anmol Moti (1969)
- Do Raaste (1969) .... Khan
- Sapnon Ka Saudagar (1968) .... Thakur Rai Bahadur Harnam Singh
- Sunghursh (1968) .... Bhawani Prasad
- Sagaai (1966) .... Dwarkanath
- Thakur Jarnail Singh (1966)
- Himalay Ki Godh Mein (1965) .... Bankhe
- Sher Dil (1965)
- April Fool (1964) .... Mr. Lal
- Beti Bete (1964)
- Haqeeqat (1964) .... Indian Army Commanding Officer
- Leader (1964) .... Diwan Mahendranath
- Zindagi (1964)
- Son of India (1962)
- Bada Aadmi (1961)
- Jhumroo (1961)
- Maya (1961)
- Memdidi (1961) .... Sher Kahn (Shera)
- Parakh (1960) .... Rai Bahadur Tandav Tarafdar
- Kal Hamara Hai (1959) .... Seth Hiralal
- Madhumati (1958) .... Pawan Raja (Madhumati's Father)
- Naya Andaz (1956)
- Baap Re Baap (1955)
- Insaniyat (1955) .... Zangoora
- Musafirkhana (1955)
- Tangewali (1955)
- Yasmin (1955)
- Amar (1954) .... Sankat
- Amar Kirtan (1954)
- Rail Ka Dibba (1953)
- Nazneen (1951)
- Saiyan (1951)
- Pardes (1950) .... Rana Saheb
- Chaar Din (1949)
- Dulari (1949) .... Girija Shankar
- Zevaraat (1949)
- Roop Nagar (1947)
- Maa Baap Ki Laaj (1946)
- Shirin Farhad (1945)
- Poonji (1943)
- Apni Nagariya (1940)
- Sardar (1940)
- Sardar-e-Awwal (1939)
- State Express (1938) .... The Prince
- Azad Veer (1936)
- Snehlata (1936)
- Lal Chitta (1935)
References
- ↑ "Vijay Bhatt: The man the legend".
- ↑ http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0004099/
- ↑ "Obituary: Amjad Khan". The Independent. 23 October 2011. Retrieved 12 November 2015.
The son of Zakira Khan, a Pathan from the North-West Frontier Province and popular Bollywood character actor of the Fifties and Sixties (screen name Jayant), Khan was born in Bombay in 1943.
- ↑ "MIDDLEActing MP". The Times Of India. February 11, 2004.
External links
- Jayant at the Internet Movie Database
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