Farah (actress)

Farah Naaz Hashmi commonly credited as Farah is a leading Bollywood actress of the mid 1980s and early 1990s. She is the elder sister of Tabu.

Farah Naaz
Farah in November 2019
Born
Farah Naaz Hashmi

(1968-12-09) 9 December 1968
Hyderabad, Telangana, India
OccupationActress
Years active1984–2005
Spouse(s)
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(m. 1996; div. 2002)​

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(m. 2003)​
ChildrenFateh Randhawa (from Vindu Dara Singh)
RelativesTabu (sister)
Shabana Azmi (aunt)

Farha made her debut in "Faasle" in 1985 under the Yash Chopra films banner. She was one of the prominent actresses in Bollywood in the late eighties and early nineties. She was paired with Prosenjit Chatterjee in 1989 Bengali movie "Aamar Tumi". Farha's landmark films were Naseeb Apna Apna (1986), Imaandaar (1987), Hamara Khandaan (1987), Naqab (1989),[1] Yateem (1988), Baap Numbri Beta Dus Numbri (1990), Begunaah (1991), Bhai Ho To Aisa (1995) and Sautela Bhai (1996).

She retired from acting in 1996 after her first marriage,[2] though later did some television serials. She worked with almost all of the top actors of her time, including Rajesh Khanna, Rishi Kapoor, Sanjay Dutt, Sunny Deol, Anil Kapoor, Jackie Shroff, Aamir Khan, Mithun Chakraborty, Govinda and Aditya Pancholi

Early life and background

Farah was born in Hyderabad, India. She is the niece of Shabana Azmi and the elder sister of Tabu.[3][4]

Career

Farah made her debut in 1985 with Yash Chopra's Faasle opposite Mahendra Kapoor's son Rohan Kapoor.[5] Although Faasle was a disaster, Farah got many other big offers such as Shakti Samanta's Palay Khan, K.C. Bokadia's Naseeb Apna Apna and Pran Lal Mehta's Love 86.

She was part of hits such as Marte Dam Tak, Naseeb Apna Apna, Love 86,[6] Imaandaar, Ghar Ghar Ki Kahani, Diljalaa, Rakhwala, Hamara Khandaan, Woh Phir Aayegi, Veeru Dada, Baap Numbri Beta Dus Numbri, Begunaah and Muqabla. J.P. Dutta's Yateem got her critical acclaim, and it was one of her performance-oriented roles, along with films such as Kaarnama, Naqaab, Khatarnaak and Pati Patni Aur Tawaif, although they were commercial failures. Her performance in the hit films – Woh Phir Aayegi and Begunaah were critically acclaimed. In the 1990s, she worked with Aamir Khan in two films; Jawani Zindabad and Isi Ka Naam Zindagi,[7] but both flopped at the box office. She was signed for Khuda Gawah and she shot for a few scenes, but due to delays in production, she was later replaced with Shilpa Shirodkar. However, till date, her role in Ranjeet's Kaarnama opposite Vinod Khanna, Woh Phir Aayegi and Begunaah with Rajesh Khanna are considered her best roles ever offered to her. By the same time, she married Dara Singh's son Vindu Dara Singh.

Farah then started playing supporting roles in films such as Muqabla, Dhartiputra and Izzat Ki Roti. Muqabla was very successful, but later, her other films between 1993 and 1996 were not successful, though Sautela Bhai was a commercial hit and critically acclaimed. She later switched to television and did serials such as Amar Prem, Andaz, Ahaa (all three produced by Himesh Reshammiya), Vailayiti Babu , Angan , Ardhangini , Aurat Teri Yehi Kahani and Papa. Farah was also planning a mega serial called Taqdeer, but she shelved the project. She returned to films in 2004 with Hulchul.[8]

Personal life

Farah married actor Vindu Dara Singh in 1996, with whom she has a son Fateh Randhawa (b.1997). The couple divorced in 2002.[9] She later remarried fellow Bollywood and television actor Sumeet Saigal in 2003.[10][11]

Filmography
Year Movie Role Director Language Hindi
2005 Shikhar Kusum John Matthew Matthan Hindi
2004 Hulchul Gopi Priyadarshan Hindi
2002 Bharat Bhagya Vidhata Nagma Ashok Tyagi Hindi
2000 Bhai No 1 Neha Deepak Anand Hindi
1998 Achanak Madhu Naresh Malhotra Hindi
1997 Lahoo Ke Do Rang Sangita B. Srivastav Mehul Kumar Hindi
1996 Hukumnama Hindi
1996 Rab Dian Rakhan Sandhya Dara Singh Punjabi
1996 Maahir Paro Lawrence D'Souza Hindi
1996 Namak Dr. Anju Kawal Sharma Hindi
1996 Sautela Bhai Bindiya B.R. Ishara Hindi
1995 Bhai Ho To Aisa Manmohan Desai Hindi
1995 Hijack Nandini KS Gopalakrishnan Malayalam[12]
1995 Sarhad: The Border of Crime Sandhya Mathur Mahendra Shah Hindi
1995 Taaqat Savitri Talat Jani Hindi
1995 Fauji Roopa Lawrence D'Souza Hindi
1994 Janam Se Pehle Geeta Bhardwaj B.R. Ishara Hindi
1994 Chauraha Dancer Sadaqat Hussain Hindi
1994 Insaaf Apne Lahoo Se Rani Latif Khan Hindi
1993 Izzat Ki Roti Pinky K. Pappu Hindi
1993 Dhartiputra Karma Iqbal Durrani Hindi
1993 Muqabla Vandana T. Rama Rao Hindi
1993 Jeevan Ki Shatranj Radha V. Sharma S.A. Chandrasekhar Hindi
1993 Kundan Shanno K.C. Bokadia Hindi
1993 Zakhmo Ka Hisaab Bindiya Talukdars Hindi
1992 Isi Ka Naam Zindagi Chumki Kalidas Hindi
1992 Naseebwaala Kalpataru Hindi
1991 Paap Ki Aandhi Insp. Kiran Gupta Mehul Kumar Hindi
1991 Begunaah Guddu/ Nirmala 'Nimmo'/ Bulbul Anil Suri Hindi
1991 Balidaan Dancer/Singer Ravi Tandon Hindi
1990 Pati Patni Aur Tawaif Mrs. Shanti Saxena Rajkumar Kohli Hindi
1990 Baap Numbri Beta Dus Numbri Rosie D'Souza Aziz Sejawal Hindi
1990 Haar Jeet Hindi
1990 Jawani Zindabad Sugandha Srivastav Arun Bhatt Hindi
1990 Jeene Do Chanda Rajesh Sethi Hindi
1990 Kaarnama Mala Ranjeet Hindi
1990 Majboor (1989 film) Priya Tatineni Rama Rao Hindi
1990 Khatarnaak Dr. Sangeeta Joshi Bharat Rangachary Hindi
1990 Veeru Dada Rekha K.R. Reddy Hindi
1989 Ontari Poratam K. Raghavendra Rao Telugu
1989 Rakhwala Ramtaki Adurthi Subba Rao Hindi
1989 Do Qaidi Meenu Ajay Kashyap Hindi
1989 Aamar Tumi Jhilik Bimal Ray (Jr.) Bengali
1989 Kala Bazaar Kamini Sampat Rakesh Roshan Hindi
1989 Majboor Rama Rao Tatineni Hindi
1989 Meri Zabaan Baby Shibbu Mitra Hindi
1989 Naqaab Asiya Hindi
1988 Paap Ko Jalaa Kar Raakh Kar Doonga Pooja Saxena/ Pooja D. Malhotra K.R. Reddy Hindi
1988 Halaal Ki Kamai Swaroop Kumar Hindi
1988 Ghar Ghar Ki Kahani Asha Dhanraj Kalpatru Hindi
1988 Mohabbat Ke Dushman Reshma Prakash Mehra Hindi
1988 Hamara Khandan Ruby Miranda Anwar Pasha Hindi
1988 Yateem Gauri S. Yadav J.P. Dutta Hindi
1988 Mahakali S.R. Pratap Hindi
1988 Woh Phir Aayegi Aarti B.R.Ishara Hindi
1987 Vijetha Vikram Usha S.S. Ravichandra Telugu
1987 Diljalaa Mamta R. Gupta/ Maduri M. Das Hindi
1987 Imaandaar Renu S. Rai Sushil Malik Hindi
1987 7 Saal Baad Hindi
1987 Marte Dam Tak Jyoti R. Dayal Mehul Kumar Hindi
1986 Love 86 Leena Esmayeel Shroff Hindi
1986 Naseeb Apna Apna Radha Rama Rao Tatineni Hindi
1986 Palay Khan Helen Bonz Ashim Samanta Hindi
1985 Faasle Chandni Yash Chopra Hindi
1984 Nasbandi *Tarkieb farha new Roshni Sister Hindi

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  5. "Ruhan Kapoor enthralls India's judicial elite with a live performance in Delhi". The Times of India. 8 January 2016. Retrieved 7 May 2016.
  6. Deedwania, Bapu (11 February 2011). "Actress Farah Naaz sues TV channel". Mumbai Mirror. Retrieved 7 May 2016.
  7. Jawani Zindabad (1990) . IMDb
  8. Hulchul (2004) Hulchul (2004). IMDb
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