Farida Jalal was discovered by Filmfare’s United Producers’ Talent Hunt in the 1960s. She starred in her first movie as a teenager, in the Rajshri Productions’ “TAQDEER’ in 1967. Thereafter she has starred in more than 200 movies as a character actress mainly, but also as lead actor in some. She is known as Bollywood’s all time Favourite Mother.She took a break for several years in the early 80s, and made a comeback and starred in roles of an elder sister, mother, grandmother, elderly neighbor, & widow.She is best remembered for her role as Rajesh Khanna’s betrothed in the 1969 hit Aradhana and for her song ‘Bhagon Mein Bahar Hai, Kaliyon Pe Nikhar Hai…’. She also played the betrothed of Rishi Kapoor in another hit Bobby in 1973.To date, She has won Five Filmfare awards for her performances in Paras, Majboor, Henna, Mammo, and Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jayenge.Farida got married to Tabrez Barmavar, and shortly thereafter gave birth to a son, Yaseen Barmavar. Tragedy visited her when Tabrez passed away in 2003.She is one of very few actresses that has had an important role in every major Bollywood hit.”
Farida Jalal
Movies
Kaash Tum Hote
Adi (Mukesh Bharti), a creative painter is ambitious and when he meets Simran (Manju Bharti), a pretty lady of his dreams, he immediately decides to get married to her. However, amidst this fairytale wedding, there comes a twist when Adi, in a sudden turn of events falls in love with…
Dil Kya Kare
Anand Kishore (Ajay Devgan), his wife, Kavita (Mahima Chaudhary), and only child, a daughter, Neha (Akshita Garud), live a happy and serene life in Delhi, India. The peace and quiet of this happy family is disrupted when a mysterious woman begins to secretly meet Neha who develops an instant fondness…
Dil Laya Dimaag Laya
Anand Kishore (Ajay Devgan), his wife, Kavita (Mahima Chaudhary), and only child, a daughter, Neha (Akshita Garud), live a happy and serene life in Delhi, India. The peace and quiet of this happy family is disrupted when a mysterious woman begins to secretly meet Neha who develops an instant fondness…
Songs
Dil To Pagal Hai
DIL TO PAGAL HAI is the story of Rahul (Shahrukh Khan), who does not believe in love. Rahul fails to understand how two people can spend their lives together. It is the story of Pooja (Madhuri Dixit), who believes that there is someone who is made for her and she…
Aashayein
Aashayein is the story of Rahul (John Abraham), a gambler. He collapses down just after his long-time girlfriend Nafisa(Sonal Sehgal) accepts his marriage proposal. Later, on medical check-up, it is revealed that Rahul has got Lung Cancer, presumably by his smoking habits, and that he has got only 3 more…
Krantiveer – The Revolution
Afraid of traveling in trains due to bomb blasts, outspoken critic of corruption in modern secular India, Roshni, the daughter of activist, Pratap Narayan Tilak, gets hired with Live India as a news reporter and decides to expose corruption – especially at the hands of two politicians, P.P. Patankar and…
Kuch Tum Kaho Kuch Hum Kahe
Two feuding neighboring families are brought together to celebrate the wedding anniversary of Vishnupratap Singh (Vikram Gokhale) and his wife (Farida Jalal), much to the dislike of Rudra Pratap (Sharad Kapoor). During this get together Abhayendra Singh (Fardeen Khan) falls in love with Mangala Solanki (Richa Pallod). Abhayendra comes to…
Kya Kehna
The story is about Priya Bakshi (Preity Zinta), the daughter of Gulshan (Anupam Kher) and Rohini Bakshi (Farida Jalal). Priya has her parents, brothers and best friend, Ajay (Chandrachur Singh) who all love and support her. She enters her first year in college and catches the eye of Rahul (Saif…
Lajja
Vaidehi (Manisha Koirala) gets married to Raghuvir (Jackie Shroff), an NRI. Suffering the agony of an unhappy marriage, she decides to run away from him when she learns that she is pregnant and he wants to take the child away from her. In her pursuit for freedom, she meets Mythili…
Aradhana
Arun meets Vandana during a vacation and very soon they secretly get married.Arun is a air force pilot an dies in a crash leaving pregnant Vandana heartbroken.As her marriage was never formalized she decides not to accept the kid her father to dies in between this.Vandana gives birth to her…
Main Prem Ki Diwani Hoon
The Kapoor family are very rich Indians who live in India and want their youngest daughter,Sanjana,to get married to an American-Indian businessman named Prem. Prem is welcomed, and after a few misunderstandings, both Sanjana and Prem fall in love with each other. Then chaos descends upon the Kapoor family when…
Mammo
13 year old Riyaz lives a poor lifestyle in Bombay, India, with his grandmother, Fayyuzi, and her sister, Mehmooda alias Mammo. Quite outspoken and embittered over his dad abandoning him, Riyaz does not have many friends, save for Rohan. When Mammo plans a surprise birthday party for him, Riyaz is…
Henna
Orphan Chander Prakash is employed as a menial laborer in a timber mart; he meets with wealthy Chandni only to fall in love with her and the marriage is arranged with the blessings of Chandni’s parents. Unfortunately on the day of the marriage Chander meets with a vehicle accident and…
Chaar Din Ki Chandni
Yeh Jo Mohabbat Hai
Yeh Jo Mohabbat Hai is a dramatic love story of two young people who are caught between love for each other and the generations old enmity between their respective Rajput families. The film begins with the birth of Karishma and Karan on the same day in the same hospital. 23…
Fun Facts
Has become very successful at playing motherly roles in Bollywood movies today.
Partner of actor Tabrez.
Started her career as a child artiste. But is often confused with child actress Baby Farida. The other Baby Farida starred in Ram Aur Shyam.
Her brother Khalid Mohammed was the secretary of actress Zeba Bhaktiar. Earlier he directed the film Kanhaiya under the name "Khalid Sami"". Khalid also directed a film titled Nargis starring Hema Malini