Saeed Jaffrey Birthday Special
There are many actors in Hindi cinema who are known more for the characters they play than for their names. One such actor of Bollywood was Saeed Jaffrey, who may not be in this world today, but the characters played by him are still alive in the hearts of the audience. In most of the films, Saeed Jaffrey played the character of a rich father whose rich daughter fell in love with a poor Hori. Today is Saeed Jafri’s 96th birth anniversary. The late actor was born on this day i.e. 8 January 1929 and he left this world in 2015. Let us tell you some interesting things related to him today on his birth anniversary.
Saeed Jaffrey was the top Asian actor
Saeed Jafri’s popularity was different in the 80s and 90s. At one time he was known as Britain’s top Asian actor. Apart from films, Saeed Jaffrey also did television, radio and stage shows in his career and in his 6 decade career, he worked in more than 150 Hindi, British and American films and is the Indian actor who has worked in the most Hollywood films. But made my mark.
No one could break this record
Saeed Jaffrey worked in a total of 18 Hollywood films. The actor appeared in 18 international films including Gandhi, Masala, A Passage to India and My Beautiful Laundrette and no one could break his record. The Guinness citation regarding Saeed Jaffrey’s record states, He made his film debut in the 1977 Indian film The Chess Players (Shatranj Ke Khiladi) and has appeared in nearly 100 Hindi films and one Punjabi film. In 1998, Jaffrey moved away from Indian cinema and started working in international films and British television.
Got fame from this film
The British-Indian actor has appeared in several TV serials and Indian cinema. He began his acting career in theater in the 1950s, rising to fame in Satyajit Ray’s Khiladi in Satyajit Ray’s film ‘Shatranj’ in 1977. Saeed Jaffrey won the Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role in 1978. He then appeared in a cameo role in ‘Chashme Baddoor’, followed by Raj Kapoor’s Ram Teri Ganga Maili, Mehndi.
died on this day
Jaffrey also became the first Asian to be nominated for a British and Canadian film award nomination. He died of a brain hemorrhage at his London residence on 15 November 2015. After his death, he was posthumously awarded the Padma Shri award in 2016.
Connection with Kiara Advani
You will be surprised to know that Saeed Jaffrey has a special connection with Kiara Advani. The late actor appears to be Kiara’s maternal grandfather. Actually, Kiara’s mother Genevieve Advani is the daughter of Saeed Jaffrey’s brother Hamid and his first wife. Due to this, Saeed became Kiara’s maternal grandfather. Saeed achieved success in his career, but he also had to face a lot of struggles.
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