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'' (1975), Machchar in ''

Purana Mandir ''Purana Mandir'' ( ''The Old Temple'') is a 1984 Indian Hindi-language horror film directed by the Ramsay brothers and produced by Kanta Ramsay. The soundtrack was composed by Ajit Singh. Typical of Ramsay's other works, the film chronicles th ...

'' (1983), Salman Khan's dad in ''

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'' (1994) and directed the movie ''

Soorma Bhopali ''Soorma Bhopali'' is a 1988 Indian Hindi-language film produced by Naved and directed by Jagdeep, who previously played Soorma Bhopali in the movie ''Sholay''. This film is one of the earliest works for the music director duo Dilip Sen – ...

'', with his character as the protagonist. Jagdeep started his film career as a

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B. R. Chopra Baldev Raj Chopra (22 April 1914 – 5 November 2008) was a famous Indian director and producer of Bollywood industry and television series . Best known for directing Hindi films like ''Naya Daur'' (1957), '' Sadhna'' (1958), ''Kanoon'' (1961) ...

's '' Afsana'', then went on to do films as a child artist in films like ''

Ab Dilli Door Nahin ''Ab Dilli Dur Nahin'' (''Now Delhi is not far away'') is a 1957 Indian Hindi-language film directed by Amar Kumar and written by Rajinder Singh Bedi, Muhafiz Hyder and Raj Baldev Raj. The film was produced by Raj Kapoor and starred Yakub, A ...

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K. A. Abbas Khwaja Ahmad Abbas (7 June 1914 – 1 June 1987) was an Indian film directors, Indian film director, screenwriter, novelist, and journalist in Urdu, Hindi and English. He won four National Film Awards in India. Internationally, his films won t ...

's '' Munna'',

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's ''

Aar Paar ''Aar Paar'' () is a 1954 Indian Hindi-language noir comedy film. Directed by Guru Dutt, it has music by O.P. Nayyar and lyrics by Majrooh Sultanpuri. ''Aar-Paar'' stars Johnny Walker, Shyama, Shakila, Jagdeep, Jagdish Sethi. Raj Khosla and A ...

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Bimal Roy Bimal Roy (12 July 1909 – 8 January 1966) was an Indian film director. He is particularly noted for his realistic and socialistic films such as ''Do Bigha Zamin'', ''Parineeta (1953 film), Parineeta'', ''Biraj Bahu'', ''Devdas (1955 film), D ...

's ''

Do Bigha Zamin ''Do Bigha Zamin'' () is a 1953 Indian Hindi-language drama film directed by Bimal Roy. Based on Rabindranath Tagore's Bengali poem " Dui Bigha Jomi", the film stars Balraj Sahni, Nirupa Roy in lead roles. Known for its socialist theme, it is c ...

'' and AVM's ''

Hum Panchhi Ek Daal Ke ''Hum Panchhi Ek Dal Ke'' () is a 1957 Indian Hindi-language film starring Romi, Satish Vyas, Mohan Choti, Daisy Irani and Jagdeep in lead roles. It won the National Film Award for Best Children's Film. Cast * Romi as Rajendranath Mehra "Ra ...

''. He was launched as a leading man by AVM in the films ''

Bhabhi Bhabhi may refer to: * ''Bhabhi'' (1938 film) * ''Bhabhi'' (1957 film), a 1957 Hindi film * ''Bhabhi'' (1991 film), a 1991 Hindi film * ''Bhabhi'' (TV series), a 2002 Hindi TV series aired on StarPlus * ''Savita Bhabhi Savita Bhabhi is a ...

'', '' Barkha'' and '' Bindiya'', and went on to do a few more films as a leading man. He established himself as a comedian since the movie '' Brahmachari''. Some hit songs are picturised on him like "Paas baitho tabiyat bahal jayegi" from ''Punarmilan'', "In pyar ki rahon mein" from the same film, "Chal ud ja re Panchhi" and "Chali Chali re Patang", from the superhit movie ''Bhabhi'', where he is paired opposite Nanda, and "Aa Gaye Yaaro Jeene Ke Din" from ''Phir Wohi Raat''. He is also known for his appearances in many horror movies, especially in projects of the Ramsay Brothers. He appeared in famous hits like ''

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''. He died at his home in Mumbai on 8 July 2020, following age-related health issues.

Personal life

Jagdeep married three times and was the father of six children. In 1960, he married Sughra Begum. They had two sons,

Javed Jaffrey Syed Jaaved Ahmed Jaaferi (born 4 December 1963) is an Indian actor, dancer, and comedian who has appeared in Hindi films and television shows. He is son of the comedian Jagdeep. He joined the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) in March, 2014 and contested ...

and television producer/director Naved Jaffrey, Naved and Javed were hosts of the dance show ''

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.'' Later, Jagdeep married Nazima. They have one daughter together, Muskaan Jafri.

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