Feroz Khan (actor)
| Zulfikar Shah Ali Khan | |
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| Born |
25 September 1939 Bangalore, Kingdom of Mysore, British India (now in Karnataka, India) |
| Died | 27 April 2009 (aged 69) Bangalore, Karnataka, India |
| Cause of death | Lung cancer |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Occupation | Actor, film editor, producer, director |
| Years active | 1960–2007 |
| Spouse(s) | Sundari (1965–1985) |
| Children |
Fardeen Khan (son) Laila Khan (daughter) |
Feroz Khan (Hindi: फ़िरोज़ ख़ान, Urdu: فیروزخان 25 September 1939 – 27 April 2009) was an Indian actor, film editor, producer and director in the Hindi film industry. He was popular for his flamboyant style, with cowboyish swagger, and cigar toting persona; this revolutionised the style quotient of the otherwise conventional "filmi" hero. He is known as the "Clint Eastwood of Bollywood" for introducing Western cowboy & dacoit style films.
He appeared in over 51 films in the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s, and became one of Bollywood's popular style icon.
Khan is best remembered for his films Khotte Sikkay, Dharmatma and Qurbani. Later he directed and acted in more films like ' Janbaaz (1986), 'Dayavan (1988) and 'Yalgaar' (1992). He won the Filmfare Best Supporting Actor Award for Aadmi Aur Insaan in 1970, and was honoured with the Filmfare Lifetime Achievement Award in 2000.
Khan was born on 25 September 1939 in Bangalore, India, to an Afghan immigrant. His father belonged to Tanoli Tribe of Pashtun ethnicity from Ghazni province of Afghanistan while his mother was of Persian background.
Khan was educated in Bishop Cotton Boys' School, Bangalore and St. Germain High School, Bangalore. His brothers are Sanjay Khan (Abbas Khan), Shahrukh Shah Ali Khan, Semir Khan and Akbar Khan. His sisters are Khurshid Shahnavar and Dilshad Begum Sheikh, popularly known as Dilshad Bibi. After his schooling in Bangalore, he traveled to Mumbai where he made his debut as second lead in Didi in 1960.
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