Farida Jalal
| Farida Jalal | |
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فریدہ جلال फ़रीदा जलाल
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| Born |
March 14, 1949 New Delhi, Dominion of India |
| Occupation | Actress, comedian |
| Years active | 1967–2017 |
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| Children | Yaseen Jalal |
| Awards |
Best Supporting Actress: Paras (1972) Best Supporting Actress: Henna (1992) Best Actress (critics): Mammo (1995) Best Supporting Actress: Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge (1996) |
Farida Jalal (born 1949) is a veteran Indian actress, who has acted in over two-hundred Bollywood films. Known primarily for her work in Hindi cinema, she has also worked in Telugu, Tamil and English-language films.
Jala started her career with Taqdeer (1967). She went on to play leading and supporting roles in numerous motion pictures across the 1970s and early 80s. She is widely remembered for her roles in Paras (1971), Henna (1991) and Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge (1995), all of which garnered the Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actress. She became a household name after portraying motherly roles and strong female characters in the 1990s and the early 2000s. She has also won the Filmfare Critics Award for Best Performance for her role in Mammo (1994). She won the Best Actress Award at 2012 Harlem International Film Festival for her role in A Gran Plan (2012).
She has successfully transitioned to numerous shows on Indian television alongside her work in films. Some of her notable works are the sitcom Yeh Jo Hai Zindagi, Dekh Bhai Dekh, Shararat and Ammaji Ki Galli. She was seen in the soap opera Satrangi Sasural on channel Zee TV portraying the role of Gomti Vatsal a.k.a. Dadi Maa.
Farida Jalal, who was born in New Delhi, started her career in the 1960s, when she won the United Film Producers Talent Hunt sponsored by Filmfare in 1965. She along with Rajesh Khanna were chosen as finalists and were presented on stage as winners at the Filmfare Awards function. She got her first film offer for Taqdeer from Tarachand Barjatya who happened to be in the audience In an interview in 2014, she said, when asked her about initial part of her career, "I started my acting career when I was just out of my school St Joseph's Convent in Panchgani, in a film called Taqdeer. I took part in a talent contest and even won. Kaka (Rajesh Khanna) and I were the finalists. How was I to know that I'd soon be doing a film Aradhana with him?".
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