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==Early life==
==Early life==
Feroz Khan was born in [[Bangalore]], [[India]] on 29 September 1939. His father was Sadiq Ali Khan [[Tanoli]], who was a [[Pathan]] originally from the [[Ghazni province]] of [[Afghanistan]]; his mother, Fatima, was of [[Iran]]ian origin. He has four brothers [[Sanjay Khan]], Sameer Khan and Akbar Khan, Shahrukh Ali Khan and one sister, Dilshad Begum. After his schooling in [[Bangalore]], he went to [[Mumbai]] where he made his debut as second lead Hero in Didi in 1960.
Feroz Khan was born in [[Bangalore]], [[India]] on 25 September 1939. His father was Sadiq Ali Khan [[Tanoli]], who was a [[Pathan]] originally from the [[Ghazni province]] of [[Afghanistan]]; his mother, Fatima, was of [[Iran]]ian origin. He has four brothers [[Sanjay Khan]], Sameer Khan and Akbar Khan, Shahrukh Ali Khan and one sister, Dilshad Begum. After his schooling in [[Bangalore]], he went to [[Mumbai]] where he made his debut as second lead Hero in Didi in 1960.


==Career==
==Career==

Revision as of 23:28, 30 April 2009

For the hockey player, see Feroze Khan (field hockey).
Feroz Khan
फ़िरोज़ ख़ान
Occupation(s)Actor, Editor, Producer, Director
Years active1960-2009
SpouseSundari (1965-1985)

Feroz Khan (Hindi: फ़िरोज़ ख़ान, Urdu: فیروز خان), (September 25, 1939 - April 27, 2009), was an Indian actor, film editor, producer and director in the Hindi film industry. For his flamboyant style, with cowboyish swagger and cigar toting persona which revolutionised the style quotient of the otherwise conventional Bollywood hero, he is known as the Clint Eastwood of the East and a style icon in the industry [2][3][4].

He appeared in over 50 films in the 1970s and 1980s, and became one of India's best-loved heroes with his role in the 1980 hit film Qurbani, which he also directed. Khan followed this multi-disciplinary acheivement by directing more successful films like Dayavan (1988) and Janbaaz (1986) [5][4]. He won the Filmfare Best Supporting Actor Award for Aadmi Aur Insaan in 1970, and was honoured with the Filmfare Lifetime Achievement Award in 2000 [6].

Early life

Feroz Khan was born in Bangalore, India on 25 September 1939. His father was Sadiq Ali Khan Tanoli, who was a Pathan originally from the Ghazni province of Afghanistan; his mother, Fatima, was of Iranian origin. He has four brothers Sanjay Khan, Sameer Khan and Akbar Khan, Shahrukh Ali Khan and one sister, Dilshad Begum. After his schooling in Bangalore, he went to Mumbai where he made his debut as second lead Hero in Didi in 1960.

Career

For the next five years he was forced to play the second to last lead in most of the movies in which he appeared. Through the early ninetten sixties and seventies he made low-budget thrillers opposite starlets. In 1962 he appeared in an English-language film titled Tarzan Goes to India opposite Simi Garewal. His first big hit was in 1965, with Phani Majumdar's Oonche Log, where he was pitted against screen idols Raaj Kumar and Ashok Kumar, despite which he gave a notable sensitive performance [7]. Again, in the same year, he played a sacrificing lover in the mushy musical Arzoo, starring Sadhana. With this, Khan earned his entry into A-list second leads. With the film Aadmi Aur Insaan (1969), Khan won his first Filmfare award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role. He also appeared alongside his real-life brother Sanjay Khan in the hit films Upaasna (1967), Mela (1971) and Nagin (1976).

He turned into a successful producer and director in 1971 so as to improve his career opportunities as a leading man with his first directorial film Apradh which was the first Indian movie showing Car Race in Germany and Mumtaaz was his co-star in the movie. He produced, directed and starred in the 1975 film Dharmatma which was the first Indian film to be shot in Afghanistan and was also his first blockbuster hit as producer, director and star, and also marked appearance of actress Hema Malini in a glamourous avtar [8]. This movie was inspired by the Hollywood film The Godfather.

Throughout the late 1970s and 1980s, he was a leading Bollywood star directing and starring in many of his films. He also starred in the Punjabi film Bhagat Dhanna Jat (1974). The 1980 film Qurbani, with Zeenat Aman was the biggest hit of his career and also launched the singing career of iconic Pakistani pop singer Nazia Hassan, with her memorable track 'Aap Jaisa Koi' [7]. In 1986 he directed and starred in Janbaaz which was a box office hit.[9], which some consider to be one of his best movies, featured an all star cast and was possessed of great songs and excellent cinematography. In 1988 he directed and starred in Dayavan which was a remake of a South Indian film titled Nayagan. After directing and starring in Yalgaar (1992), he took a long break from acting for 11 years.

He launched his son Fardeen Khan's career with the 1998 film Prem Aggan which however was a box office bomb. In 2003 he made his acting comeback as well as produced and directed Janasheen which also starred his son Fardeen. He always used performing animals in his films - a chimpanzee and lion were used in Janasheen but People for Animals (PFA) Haryana -[2] chairman Naresh Kadyan moved a complaint in the court of law at Faridabad for animal cruelty and legal action as per law against the producer, director and actor. He starred alongside his son again in Ek Khiladi Ek Haseena (2005) and made his last film appearance in Welcome (2007).

Feroz Khan was ahead of his time in terms of his unmatchable style which reflected in his movies and music. His movies like Qurbani, Dharmatma are cult favourites in Hindi cinema. Though he was not considered a superstar he would remain the immortal for several years to come.

Feroz Khan was known as an ardent patriot of India and an Indian Muslim nationalist. He was banned from entering the Islamic state of Pakistan for allegedly "insulting Islam" by stating that Muslims in India were better off than Muslims in Pakistan [3].

Personal life

In 1965, he married Sundari, a designer and part of the Page Three circuit in Mumbai.[10] They had two children together, Laila and Fardeen Khan (b. 1974). In 1985, after 20 years of marriage, he divorced his wife.

His son married Natasha Madhwani, the daughter of his occasional on-screen lover Mumtaz. His daughter Laila is married to Indian tennis player Rohit Rajpal.

He died on Monday, 27 April, 2009 at the age of 69, in his Bengaluru farm house, where he shifted only three days ago, from a Mumbai hospital, where he was undergoing cancer treatment, after being diagnosed with lung cancer over a year prior to his death [11][12].

As he was an animal lover and to mark respect and as a homage and tribute to him, a representative of the International Organization for Animal Protection - OIPA in India - lit a candle for him.[13]

Awards and nominations

Filmography

References

  1. ^ [1]
  2. ^ ..one of Bollywood's biggest stars; with his swagger and tough-guy styling he was compared to American leading men like Clint Eastwood or Steve McQueen. The Telegraph, Apr 27, 2009.
  3. ^ Feroz Khan, the ultimate trendsetter of Bollywood buried Press Trust of India.
  4. ^ a b 'Feroz Khan was an Indian style icon' R G Vijayasarathy in Bengaluru, Rediff.com, April 27, 2009.
  5. ^ Bollywood actor Feroz Khan dies BBC News, Monday, 27 April, 2009.
  6. ^ Bollywood's style icon Feroz Khan is dead Economic Times, Apr 27, 2009.
  7. ^ a b Feroz Khan lived life king size The Times of India, Apr 27, 2009.
  8. ^ Feroz Khan was the only man who called me baby: Hema Malini Hindustan Times, April 28, 2009.
  9. ^ http://www.hindu.com/mp/2003/12/01/stories/2003120101690400.htm
  10. ^ http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/1300638.cms
  11. ^ Fardeen Khan fulfills Feroz Khan's last wish entertainment.oneindia.in. Tuesday, April 28, 2009.
  12. ^ Legendary actor Feroz khan dead CNN IBN
  13. ^ http://www.gratefulness.org/candles/message.cfm?l=eng&cid=8280043
  14. ^ 1st Filmfare Awards 1953
  15. ^ http://bollywoodlens.blogspot.com/2009/02/stardust-awards-2009.html
  16. ^ http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/features/2009/02/16/4855/index.html
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