Farrukh Jaffar (1933 – 15 October 2021) was an Indian actress and radio presenter in

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. Having begun her career with Vividh Bharti in 1963, she made a transition into acting with a supporting role in the 1981 film '' Umrao Jaan''. Jaffar continued to act sporadically, and beginning in the late 2010s, gained wider recognition for working in a spate of critically successful films. At the age of 88, she won the

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for her performance as Fatima Begum in ''

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'', becoming the oldest winner of an acting

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Personal life

Farrukh Jaffar was born in 1933 in Chakesar village of Jaunpur district,

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(present-day

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). She attended a local school and later moved to

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, where she graduated from the

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. Jaffar was married to Syed Muhammad Jaffar, a journalist and politician. The couple have two daughtersMehru Jaffar and Shaheen Ahmad . Jaffar died on 15 October 2021 in Lucknow at the age of 88.

Filmography

Awards and nominations

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Jaffar, Farrukh 1933 births 2021 deaths Indian film actresses Actresses in Hindi cinema Filmfare Awards winners 20th-century Indian actresses People from Jaunpur district University of Lucknow alumni