Feroz Khan (25 September 1939 – 27 April 2009), born Zulfiqar Ali Shah Khan, was an Indian actor, film editor, producer and director, who is best known for his work in

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. He appeared in over 60 films throughout his career, and became one of Bollywood's popular style icons.'Feroz Khan was an Indian style icon'
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, 27 April 2009. Khan is best known for his roles in films such as '' Aurat'' (1967), ''

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'' (1970), '' Mela'' (1971), ''

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'' (1971), ''

Apradh ''Apradh'' () is a 1972 action thriller romance Hindi film produced and directed by Feroz Khan. It was Feroz Khan's debut as a producer and a director. The film stars Feroz Khan, Mumtaz, Prem Chopra, Iftekhar, Helen, Faryal and Madan Puri. ...

'' (1972), ''

Khotte Sikkay ''Khote Sikkay'' () is a 1974 Indian Hindi-language action-adventure film directed by Narendra Bedi, starring Feroz Khan and Danny Denzongpa as part of a gang of men hired by a villager to save his village from the dacoits. The film also stars ...

'' (1974), ''

Kala Sona ''Kaala Sona'' () is a 1975 Hindi-language curry western film produced by Harish Shah and Vinod Shah and directed by Ravikant Nagaich. The film stars Feroz Khan, Parveen Babi, Prem Chopra, Farida Jalal, Danny Denzongpa, Helen, Durga Khote, K ...

'' (1975), ''

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'' (1975), and '' Qurbani'' (1980). He also directed and acted in films such as ''

Janbaaz ''Janbaaz'' () is a 1986 Indian action drama film, produced and directed by Feroz Khan, which became popular for its portrayal of drug addiction and Anil Kapoor and Dimple Kapadia's sex scene. Sridevi appeared in a cameo appearance, capitali ...

'' (1986), ''

Dayavan ''Dayavan'' () is a 1988 Indian Hindi-language action crime film directed by Feroz Khan. It is a remake of the 1987 Tamil film ''Nayakan''. The film stars Vinod Khanna, Feroz Khan and Madhuri Dixit with Aditya Pancholi in an important roles. ...

'' (1988), ''

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'' (1991), ''

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'' (1992), ''

Prem Aggan ''Prem Aggan'' (meaning:- ''The fire of love'') is a 1998 Indian Hindi-language romantic film written and directed by Feroz Khan. The film stars Fardeen Khan and Meghna Kothari and Shama Sikander. Fardeen is Feroz's son who made his debut in ...

'' (1998), ''

Janasheen ''Janasheen'' (transl. ''Heir'') is a 2003 Indian Hindi-language romantic action thriller film co-written, edited, produced and directed by Feroz Khan who stars along with his son, Fardeen Khan, and Celina Jaitly. It was partly shot in Afghanis ...

'' (2003).Bollywood actor Feroz Khan dies

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, Monday, 27 April 2009 He won the

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for ''

Aadmi Aur Insaan Aadmi Aur Insaan is a 1969 Hindi film produced by B. R. Chopra and directed by Yash Chopra. The film stars Dharmendra, Saira Banu, Feroz Khan, Mumtaz, Johnny Walker, Madan Puri, Ajit, Anwar, Iftekhar, Achla Sachdev, Kamini Kaushal and Nazi ...

'' in 1970, and was honoured with the

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in 2000.Bollywood's style icon Feroz Khan is dead
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'', 27 April 2009 He is known as ''

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'' of India.

Early life

Feroz Khan was born on 25 September 1939 in

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, India, to "Sadiq Ali Khan Tanoli" - an

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from

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and his mother Fatima, had

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ancestry from

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. Khan was educated at

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and

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. His brothers are Shah Abbas Khan (Sanjay Khan), Shahrukh Shah Ali Khan,

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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

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(present-day Mumbai) where he made his debut as second lead in ''Didi'' in 1960.

Career

Through the early 1960s and 1970s, he made low-budget thrillers opposite starlets. In 1962, he appeared in an English-language film titled ''

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'' opposite

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. His first big hit was in 1965, with

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's '' Oonche Log'' (1965), where he was pitted against screen idols

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and

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; he gave a notable sensitive performance. It was followed by more small budget hit films like ''Samson'', ''Ek Sapera Ek Lootera'' and ''Char Darvesh''. Again, in the same year, he played a sacrificing lover in the mushy musical '' Arzoo'', starring Sadhana. With this, Khan started to receive A-list second leads. With the film ''

'' (1969), Khan won his first

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for Best Actor in a Supporting Role. His other hit films were '' Khotey Sikkay'', ''

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'', '' Pyasi Sham'', ''

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'' and ''

''. He appeared alongside his real-life brother

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in the hit films ''

'' (1967), '' Mela'' (1971) and '' Nagin'' (1976). He became a successful producer and director in 1971 so as to improve his career opportunities as a leading man with his first directorial film ''

'', which was the first Indian movie showing auto racing in Germany; Mumtaaz was his co-star. He produced, directed and starred in the 1975 film ''

'', which was the first Indian film to be shot in

and was also his first blockbuster hit as producer, director and star and marked the appearance of actress

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in a glamorous avatar. This movie was inspired by the Hollywood film ''

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''. He also starred in the Punjabi film ''

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'' (1974). In 1980, he produced, directed and starred in '' Qurbani'', alongside

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and

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, which was the biggest hit of his career and launched the singing career of iconic Pakistani pop singer

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, with her memorable track "

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".Feroz Khan lived life king size
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''. 27 April 2009. In 1986, he directed and starred in ''

'', a box office hit, which some consider to be one of his best movies, featured an all-star cast and possessed great songs and excellent cinematography. In 1988, he directed and starred in ''

'', which was a remake of an Indian Tamil film titled ''

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''. In 1991, he starred in ''

'', an outside production which was directed by

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'' (1992), he took a long break from acting for 11 years. He launched his son

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's career with the 1998 film ''

'', which, however, was a box office bomb. In 2003, he produced and directed ''

'', also starring alongside his son Fardeen. This film marked his return to acting after 11 years and was also the last film he directed. Apart from sports cars, he also used performing animals in his films — a chimpanzee and lion were used in ''Janasheen''. He starred alongside his son again in an outside production '' Ek Khiladi Ek Haseena'' in 2005. He made his last film appearance in the 2007 comedy film ''

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''.

Personal life

Feroz Khan married Sundari Khan in 1965 and they divorced in 1985. They have two children, Laila Khan (born 1970) and

(born 1974). Fardeen is married to Natasha Madhwani, daughter of former Bollywood actress

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Death and funeral

Feroz Khan died of lung cancer on 27 April 2009 at the age of 69. He was undergoing treatment at Breach Candy hospital in Mumbai, but expressed his desire to visit his farmhouse in Bangalore. Accordingly, he was brought here, where he died at around 1 a.m. He was buried in Bangalore near his mother's grave at

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Kabristan.

Awards and nominations

for ''

'' (1971) *

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Award for Best Supporting Actor for ''

'' (1971) *

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Nomination as Best Supporting Actor for ''

'' (1971) *

Nomination as Best Supporting Actor for ''

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'' (1975) *

in 2001 *

Nomination as Best Villain for ''

'' (2004) *

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in 2004 *

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in 2008 * "Pride of the industry" at the Max

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2009.

Filmography

Actor Films as Director

References

External links

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