Farah

Farah Naaz Hashmi is an Indian Hindi film actress of the mid-1980s and mid-1990s. She is Tabu's elder sister.

Farah made her debut in Faasle in 1985 under the Yash Chopra films banner. She was one of the prominent actresses in Bollywood in the late 1980s and the mid-1990s. She was paired with Prosenjit Chatterjee in the 1989 Bengali movie Aamar Tumi. Farha's landmark films were Love 86 (1986), Naseeb Apna Apna (1986), Imaandaar (1987), Marte Dam Tak (1987), Woh Phir Aayegi (1988), Naqab (1989), Yateem (1988), Baap Numbri Beta Dus Numbri (1990), Begunaah (1991), Bhai Ho To Aisa (1995) and Sautela Bhai (1996). She also did three films with Rajesh Khanna.

She retired from acting in 1996 after her first marriage, though she later did a few television serials. She has worked with almost all of the top actors of her time, including Rajesh Khanna, Vinod Khanna, Rishi Kapoor, Mithun Chakraborty, Sanjay Dutt, Sunny Deol, Anil Kapoor, Jackie Shroff, Raj Babbar, Govinda, Aditya Pancholi, Aamir Khan, Kumar Gaurav, and Rahul Roy.

Early life and background Farah was born to Jamal Ali Hashmi and Rizwana in a Hyderabadi family. Her parents divorced soon after. Her mother was a school-teacher and her maternal grandparents were retired professors who ran a school. Her grandfather, Mohammed Ahsan, was a professor of Mathematics, and her grandmother was a professor of English Literature.

She is the niece of Shabana Azmi and Baba Azmi, and the elder sister of Tabu.

Career Farah made her debut in 1985 with Yash Chopra's Faasle opposite Mahendra Kapoor's son Rohan Kapoor. Although Faasle was a disaster, Farah got many other big offers such as Shakti Samanta's Palay Khan, K.C. Bokadia's Naseeb Apna Apna and Pran Lal Mehta's Love 86.

She was part of hits such as Marte Dam Tak, Imaandaar, Ghar Ghar Ki Kahani, Diljalaa, Rakhwala, Woh Phir Aayegi, Veeru Dada, Baap Numbri Beta Dus Numbri and Begunaah. Her performance in the hit films – Woh Phir Aayegi and Begunaah were critically acclaimed.

J.P. Dutta's Yateem got her critical acclaim, and it was one of her performance-oriented roles, along with films such as Hamara Khandaan, Kaarnama, Naqaab, Khatarnaak and Pati Patni Aur Tawaif, although they were commercial failures.

In the 1990s, she worked with Aamir Khan in two films; Jawani Zindabad and Isi Ka Naam Zindagi, but both flopped at the box office. She was signed for Khuda Gawah and she shot for a few scenes, but due to delays in production, she was later replaced with Shilpa Shirodkar. However, till date, her role in Woh Phir Aayegi and Begunaah with Rajesh Khanna are considered her best performances. Around the same time, she married Dara Singh's son Vindu Dara Singh.

Farah then started playing supporting roles in films such as Muqabla, Dhartiputra and Izzat Ki Roti. Muqabla was very successful, but later, her other films between 1993 and 1996 were not successful, though Sautela Bhai was a commercial hit and critically acclaimed.

She later switched to television and did serials such as Amar Prem, Andaz, Ahaa (all three produced by Himesh Reshammiya), Vailayiti Babu, Angan, Ardhangini, Aurat Teri Yehi Kahani and Papa. Farah was also planning a mega serial called Taqdeer, but the project got shelved. She then acted in 2004 in Hulchul.

Personal life Farah married actor Vindu Dara Singh in 1996, with whom she has a son Fateh Randhawa (b. 1997). The couple divorced in 2002. She married actor Sumeet Saigal in 2003.

Filmography Film Year Movie Role Language 2005 Shikhar Kusum Hindi 2004 Hulchul Gopi 2002 Bharat Bhagya Vidhata Nagma 2000 Bhai No 1 Neha 1998 Achanak Madhu1997 Lahoo Ke Do RangSangita B. Srivastav 1996 Hukumnama Rab Dian Rakhan SandhyaMaahir Paro Hindi Namak Dr. Anju Sautela Bhai Bindiya 1995 Bhai Ho To Aisa Hijack Nandini Malayalam Sarhad: The Border of Crime Sandhya Mathur Hindi Taaqat Savitri Fauji Roopa 1994 Janam Se Pehle Geeta Bhardwaj Chauraha Dancer Insaaf Apne Lahoo Se Rani 1993 Izzat Ki Roti Pinky Dhartiputra Karma Muqabla Vandana Jeevan Ki Shatranj Radha V. Sharma Kundan Shanno Zakhmo Ka Hisaab Bindiya 1992 Isi Ka Naam Zindagi Chumki Naseebwaala 1991 Paap Ki Aandhi Insp. Kiran Gupta Begunaah Guddu/ Nirmala 'Nimmo'/ Bulbul Balidaan Dancer/Singer 1990 Pati Patni Aur Tawaif Mrs. Shanti Saxena Baap Numbri Beta Dus Numbri Rosie D'Souza Haar Jeet Jawani Zindabad Sugandha Srivastav Jeene Do Chanda Kaarnama MalaMajboor Priya Khatarnaak Dr. Sangeeta Joshi Veeru Dada Rekha 1989 Ontari Poratam Telugu Rakhwala Ramtaki HindiDo Qaidi Meenu Aamar Tumi Jhilik Bengali Kala Bazaar Kamini Sampat Hindi Meri Zabaan Baby Naqaab Asiya 1988 Paap Ko Jalaa Kar Raakh Kar Doonga Pooja Saxena/ Pooja D. Malhotra Halaal Ki Kamai Ghar Ghar Ki Kahani Asha Dhanraj Mohabbat Ke Dushman Reshma Hamara Khandan Ruby Miranda Yateem Gauri S. Yadav Mahakali Woh Phir Aayegi Aarti 1987 Vijetha Vikram Usha Telugu Diljalaa Mamta R. Gupta/ Maduri Hindi Imaandaar Renu S. Rai 7 Saal Baad Marte Dam Tak Jyoti R. Dayal 1986 Love 86 Leena Naseeb Apna Apna Radha Palay Khan Helen Bonz 1985 Faasle Chandni 1984Nasbandi