About Farrukh Jaffar
Lived 1933 – 2021 (aged 87–88). Farrukh Jaffar was an Indian actor, film actor, composer and radio presenter.
Farrukh Jaffar (1933 – 15 October 2021) was an Indian actress and radio presenter in Bollywood. Most remembered for her roles in films like Swades, Peepli Live (2010) and Gulabo Sitabo for which won the Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actress. 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 Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actress for her performance as Fatima Begum in Gulabo Sitabo, becoming the oldest winner of an acting Filmfare.
Early life and education Farrukh Jaffar was born in 1933 in Chakesar village of Jaunpur district, United Provinces of British India (present-day Uttar Pradesh). She attended a local school and later moved to Lucknow, where she graduated from the Lucknow University.
1981
Umrao Jaan's biological mother 2004
Fatima Bi 2009
Mrs. Manikpuri / Amma 2013
Old Woman
Grandmother
Noor's grandmother
Jaanki's Grandma
Deepu's Landlord 2016
Sultan's grandmother
Bestemor
Badi Apa 2019
Daadi 2020
Fatima Begum
Mehrunisa
Ammaa
Short film
Daadi
TBA Final film role
Awards and nominations
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Indian actress and radio presenter
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Farrukh Jaffar was born in 1933 in Jaunpur district.
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Farrukh Jaffar died on 15 October 2021 in Lucknow.
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Farrukh Jaffar was an actor, film actor, composer and radio presenter.
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