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Feroz Khan was born on 25 September 1939 in [[Bangalore]], [[India]], to "Sadiq Ali Khan Tanoli" - a Pathan from Ghazni province of Afghanistan and his mother Fatima, had [[Iranian peoples|Iranian]] ancestry.<ref name=Britannica>{{cite web |url=http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/1556489/Feroz-Khan |title=Feroz Khan |publisher=[[Encyclopædia Britannica]] |accessdate=2012-11-02}}</ref><ref name=Bharat>{{cite news |url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2009-04-28/mumbai/28055231_1_feroz-khan-fardeen-sanjay-khan |title=Feroz Khan |work=The Times of India |first=Dubey |last=Bharati |date=April 28, 2009 |accessdate=2012-11-02}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Feroz Khan laid to rest in Bangalore|date=29 April 2009|website=Mangalorean.com|url=http://www.mangalorean.com/news.php?newstype=local&newsid=122324|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714210401/http://www.mangalorean.com/news.php?newstype=local&newsid=122324|archivedate=14 July 2014|df=dmy-all}}</ref><ref name=nytimes.com>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/29/arts/29khan.html |title=Feroz Khan, Bollywood Actor, Dies at 69 |work=The New York Times |date=April 29, 2009 |accessdate=2012-08-23 |first=Agence |last=France-Presse}}</ref>
Feroz Khan was born on 25 September 1939 in [[Bangalore]], [[India]], to "Sadiq Ali Khan Tanoli" - a Pathan from Ghazni province of Afghanistan and his mother Fatima, had [[Iranian peoples|Iranian]] ancestry.<ref name=Britannica>{{cite web |url=http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/1556489/Feroz-Khan |title=Feroz Khan |publisher=[[Encyclopædia Britannica]] |accessdate=2012-11-02}}</ref><ref name=Bharat>{{cite news |url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2009-04-28/mumbai/28055231_1_feroz-khan-fardeen-sanjay-khan |title=Feroz Khan |work=The Times of India |first=Dubey |last=Bharati |date=April 28, 2009 |accessdate=2012-11-02}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Feroz Khan laid to rest in Bangalore|date=29 April 2009|website=Mangalorean.com|url=http://www.mangalorean.com/news.php?newstype=local&newsid=122324|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714210401/http://www.mangalorean.com/news.php?newstype=local&newsid=122324|archivedate=14 July 2014|df=dmy-all}}</ref><ref name=nytimes.com>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/29/arts/29khan.html |title=Feroz Khan, Bollywood Actor, Dies at 69 |work=The New York Times |date=April 29, 2009 |accessdate=2012-08-23 |first=Agence |last=France-Presse}}</ref>


Khan was educated at [[Bishop Cotton Boys' School]] and [[St. Germain High School]], [[Bangalore]]. His brothers are [[Sanjay Khan|Shah Abbas Khan]] (Sanjay Khan), Shahrukh Shah Ali Khan, Semir Khan and [[Akbar Khan (director)|Akbar Khan]]. His sisters are Khurshid Shahnavar and Dilshad Begum Sheikh, popularly known as Dilshad Bibi.{{cn|date=August 2020}}
Khan was educated at [[Bishop Cotton Boys' School]] and [[St. Germain High School]], [[Bangalore]]. His brothers are [[Sanjay Khan|Shah Abbas Khan]] (Sanjay Khan), Shahrukh Shah Ali Khan, [[Sameer Khan (actor)|Sameer Khan]] and [[Akbar Khan (director)|Akbar Khan]]. His sisters are Khurshid Shahnavar and Dilshad Begum Sheikh, popularly known as Dilshad Bibi.{{cn|date=August 2020}}<ref>{{cite web |title='I have never known FEAR' |url=http://archive.indianexpress.com/news/i-have-never-known-fear/745256/ |website=Indian Express |publisher=The Indian Express ltd. |access-date=10 December 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Feroz Khan: 1939-2009 |url=https://www.rediff.com/movies/2009/apr/27remembering-feroz-khan.htm |website=Rediff.com |access-date=10 December 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Feroz Khan lived life king size |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Feroz-Khan-lived-life-king-size/articleshow/4454287.cms |website=Times of India |publisher=Bennett, Coleman & Co. Ltd |access-date=10 December 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=How a movie star cheated death |url=https://www.rediff.com/movies/special/how-a-movie-star-cheated-death/20181212.htm |website=Rediff.com |access-date=10 December 2020}}</ref>



After his schooling in Bangalore, he traveled to [[Mumbai|Bombay]] (present-day Mumbai) where he made his debut as second lead in ''Didi'' in 1960.<ref>{{cite news |author=IANS |title=Feroz Khan - Bollywood's all time style icon |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/movies/story/feroz-khan-bollywoods-all-time-style-icon-45798-2009-04-27 |work=India Today |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Farhana |first1=Farhana |title=We remember the late actor, Feroz Khan |url=https://www.filmfare.com/features/we-remember-the-late-actor-feroz-khan-36361-2.html |work=filmfare.com |date=25 Sep 2019 |language=en}}</ref>
After his schooling in Bangalore, he traveled to [[Mumbai|Bombay]] (present-day Mumbai) where he made his debut as second lead in ''Didi'' in 1960.<ref>{{cite news |author=IANS |title=Feroz Khan - Bollywood's all time style icon |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/movies/story/feroz-khan-bollywoods-all-time-style-icon-45798-2009-04-27 |work=India Today |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Farhana |first1=Farhana |title=We remember the late actor, Feroz Khan |url=https://www.filmfare.com/features/we-remember-the-late-actor-feroz-khan-36361-2.html |work=filmfare.com |date=25 Sep 2019 |language=en}}</ref>

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This article is about Hindi film actor-director producer. For other people, see Feroz Khan.

Feroz Khan
Feroz Khan in 2005
Born
Zulfiqar Ali Shah Khan

(1939-09-25)25 September 1939
Bangalore, Mysore Kingdom, British India (Present day Bengaluru, Karnataka, India)
Died27 April 2009(2009-04-27) (aged 69)
Bangalore, Karnataka, India (Present day Bengaluru, Karnataka, India)
NationalityIndian
Other namesClint Eastwood of India
Occupation(s)Actor, film editor, producer, director
Years active1958–2007
Spouse
Sundari
​
​
(m. 1965; div. 1985)​
Children2, including Fardeen Khan
RelativesSanjay Khan (brother)
Sameer Khan (brother)
Akbar Khan(brother)
Sussanne Khan (niece)
Zayed Khan (nephew)
AwardsFilmfare Lifetime Achievement Award in 2001.[1]

Feroz Khan (25 September 1939 – 27 April 2009), born Zulfiqar Ali Shah Khan,[2] was an Indian actor, film editor, producer and director, who is best known for his work in hindi cinema. He appeared in over 60 films throughout his career, and became one of Bollywood's popular style icons.[3][4][5] Khan is best known for his roles in films such as Aurat (1967), Safar (1970), Mela (1971), Upaasna (1971), Apradh (1972), Khotte Sikkay (1974), Kala Sona (1975), Dharmatma (1975), and Qurbani (1980). He also directed and acted in films such as Janbaaz (1986), Dayavan (1988), Meet Mere Man Ke (1991), Yalgaar (1992), Prem Aggan (1998), Janasheen (2003), Om Shanti Om (2007), and Welcome (2007).[5][6] 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.[1]

Early life

Feroz Khan was born on 25 September 1939 in Bangalore, India, to "Sadiq Ali Khan Tanoli" - a Pathan from Ghazni province of Afghanistan and his mother Fatima, had Iranian ancestry.[7][8][9][10]

Khan was educated at Bishop Cotton Boys' School and St. Germain High School, Bangalore. His brothers are Shah Abbas Khan (Sanjay Khan), Shahrukh Shah Ali Khan, Sameer Khan and Akbar Khan. His sisters are Khurshid Shahnavar and Dilshad Begum Sheikh, popularly known as Dilshad Bibi.[citation needed][11][12][13][14]


After his schooling in Bangalore, he traveled to Bombay (present-day Mumbai) where he made his debut as second lead in Didi in 1960.[15][16]

Career

Through the early 1960s and 1970s, 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 (1965), where he was pitted against screen idols Raaj Kumar and Ashok Kumar; he gave a notable sensitive performance. It was followed by more small budget hit films like Samson, Ek Sapera Ek Lootera and Char Darvesh.[17][18] 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 Aadmi Aur Insaan (1969), Khan won his first Filmfare award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role. His other hit films were Khotey Sikkay, Geeta Mera Naam, Pyasi Sham, Shankar Shambhu and Safar. He appeared alongside his real-life brother Sanjay Khan in the hit films Upaasna (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 Apradh, 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 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 marked the appearance of actress Hema Malini in a glamorous avatar.[19] 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 launched the singing career of iconic Pakistani pop singer Nazia Hassan, with her memorable track "Aap Jaisa Koi".[18] In 1986, he directed and starred in Janbaaz, a box office hit,[20] 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 Dayavan, which was a remake of an Indian Tamil film titled Nayakan. 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. 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 Ek Khiladi Ek Haseena (2005) and made his last film appearance in Welcome (2007).

Controversy

Anti-Pakistan remarks

In May 2006, Feroz Khan was blacklisted by then Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf when he went there to promote his brother's film, Taj Mahal. In an intelligence report submitted to Musharraf, he was said to have gotten drunk and insulted Pakistani singer and anchor Fakhr-e-Alam and to have criticized the country, saying:

I am a proud Indian. India is a secular country. The Muslims there are making lot of progress unlike in Pakistan. Our President is a Muslim and our Prime Minister a Sikh. Pakistan was made in the name of Islam, but look how the Muslims are killing Muslims here.

Personal life

Feroz Khan married Sundari Khan in 1965 and they divorced in 1985.

They have two children, Laila Khan (born 1970) and Fardeen Khan (born 1974). Fardeen is married to Natasha Madhwani, daughter of former Bollywood actress Mumtaz.[21]

Death and funeral

He died from lung cancer on 27 April 2009 at the age of 69. During his illness he returned to rest at his farmhouse in Bangalore.[22]

He was buried in Bangalore near his mother's grave at Hosur Road Shia Kabristan.[23]

Awards and nominations

Award Movie Category Won/Nominated
Filmfare Awards Aadmi Aur Insaan Best Supporting Actor Won
BFJA Aadmi Aur Insaan Best Supporting Actor Won
Filmfare Awards Safar Best Supporting Actor Nominated
International Crook Best Supporting Actor Nominated
Filmfare Lifetime Achievement Filmfare Lifetime Achievement Award (2001) Won
IIFA Awards Janasheen Best Performance in Negative Role Won
Zee Award Lifetime Achievement Zee Cine Award for Lifetime Achievement (2008) Won
Stardust Awards Pride Of Industry Pride Of Industry (2009) Won

Filmography

Actor

Year Title Role Producer Director Notes
1956 Ham Sab Chor Hain Driving car in song Humko Haste Dekh Zamana Jalta Hain
1957 Zamana
Bade Sarkar Newly wed Man
1959 Didi Madhu
1960 Ghar Ki Laaj Suresh
1961 Mr. India Feroz
1962 Private Detective
Tarzan Goes to India Prince Raghu Kumar
Reporter Raju Rajkumar
Main Shaadi Karne Chala Kewal
1963 Bahurani Vikram
1964 Suhagan Shankar
Samson Salook
Char Dervesh Qamar Bhakt
1965 Arzoo Ramesh
Oonche Log Rajnikant "Rajjo"
Teesra Kaun Prakash
Ek Sapera Ek Lootera Mohan / Vijay Pratap Singh
1966 Tasveer Prakash
Main Wohi Hoon Vijay
1967 Raat Aur Din Anil
Aurat Anand
Woh Koi Aur Hoga Gopal
Raat Andheri Thi Dilip
C.I.D. 909 Raju / C.I.D. Agent 909
Aag Shankar
1968 Nadir Shah
Aaja Sanam Dr. Satish
Jahan Mile Dharti Akash
Anjaam Shekhar
1969 Anjaan Hai Koi Anand
Aadmi Aur Insaan Jai Kishan / J.K.
Pyasi Shaam Ashok
1970 Safar Sharmila Tagore
1971 Ek Paheli Sudhir
Upaasna Advocate Ram
Mela Shakti Singh
1972 Apradh Ram Khanna / Ramu Yes Yes
1973 Kashmakash Satish Gupta
1974 Kisan Aur Bhagwan Shyamu
Bhagat Dhanna Jatt Shyamu
Khote Sikkay Horseback rider
Geeta Mera Naam Raja
Anjaan Raahein Anand
International Crook SP Rajesh
1975 Dharmatma Ranbir Yes Yes
Kaala Sona Rakesh
Rani Aur Laal Pari Gulliver (Special Appearance)
1976 Nagin Raj
Shankar Shambhu Shankar / Badey Thakur
Sharafat Chhod Di Main Ne Raju
Kabeela Mangal
1977 Jadu Tona Dr. Kailash
Darinda Rajesh
1980 Chunaoti Vijay
Qurbani Rajesh Kumar / Kailash Nath Yes Yes
1980 Lahu Pukarega Sandeep
1981 Khoon Aur Paani Ram Singh / Thanedar Singh
1982 Kachche Heere Nephew of Kamal Singh
1985 Ram Tere Kitne Naam Himself Uncredited
1986 Janbaaz Inspector Rajesh Singh Yes Yes
1987 Raj Kapoor Himself (during funeral)
1988 Dayavan Shankar Waghmare Yes Yes
Do Waqt Ki Roti Shankar
Akarshan Himself At Movie Premiere
1991 Meet Mere Mann Ka Thakur Jagat Pratap Singh
1992 Yalgaar Rajesh Ashwini Kumar Yes Yes
1998 Prem Aggan Translator Yes Yes (song "Har Dam Dam Badam"), Uncredited
2002 Kuch Tum Kaho Kuch Hum Kahein Himself (a scene from a movie)
2003 Janasheen Saba Karim Shah Yes Yes
2005 Chitappa
Ek Khiladi Ek Haseena Jehangir Khan
2007 Om Shanti Om Himself Cameo
Welcome Ranvir 'RDX' Dhanraj Xaja (final film role)

Films as Director

Year Title Producer Notes
1972 Apradh Yes
1975 Dharmatma Yes
1980 Qurbani Yes
1986 Janbaaz Yes
1988 Dayavan Yes Vinod Khanna as Dayavan
1992 Yalgaar Yes
1998 Prem Aggan Yes Launched son Fardeen Khan
2003 Janasheen Yes

References

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  3. ^ "Feroz Khan". The Daily Telegraph. London. 27 April 2009. ..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.
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  5. ^ a b 'Feroz Khan was an Indian style icon' R G Vijayasarathy in Bengaluru, Rediff.com, 27 April 2009.
  6. ^ Bollywood actor Feroz Khan dies BBC News, Monday, 27 April 2009
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  21. ^ Trivedi, Krupa (27 April 2020). "Fardeen Khan related to veteran actor Mumtaz? Here are the details". Republic World.
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