Firoz was born in Bangalore on September 25, 1939 to a Pathan father, Sadiq, and an Iranian mother, Fatima. He has three brothers, Abbas alias Sanjay, Akbar, and Sameer. Both Sanjay and Akbar are actors within their own rights, while Sameer is a film-maker and assists in their Golden Palms Spa located in Bangalore.He made his entry on the silver screen in 1960 after his return from a Bangalore-based English medium school. His career initially started as a hero in ‘Didi’, then he signed up for villain roles, and then made a comeback as a hero again.His noteworthy movies are Oonche Log, Main Wohi Hoon, Aag, Mela, Upasna, Aprsdh. He became even more popular after the release of Dharmatma, Qurbani, Jaanbaaz, & Dayavan. he got an award for his role in Aadmi Aur Insaan. He died of cancer in his Bangloore farm house on 27 April, 2009. He likes sports-car races and has included this sport in Apradh and then again in Janasheen. He prefers his character name to be either Rajesh or Rakesh. He is a worshipper of Bhagwan Shri Sai Baba and always wears a gold ring on his finger and has a picture close to him. Sai Baba is revered and worshiped by Muslims, Christians, Sikhs, and Hindus in India.He got married to Sundari in 1965 and they became proud parents of Laila and Fardeen. Despite objections raised by an Islamic Moulvi, Feroz and Sanjay got their children married to non-Islamic families. Laila was married to Rajpal, while Fardeen married Natasha Madhwani, the daughter of Mayur and former Bollywood hottie Mumtaz. Sundari and Feroz have been divorced since 1985.Feroz has kept away from controversies, though he did get himself banned by the conservative Pakistani government.Apart from acting this talented artiste has also edited, produced, written, & directed movies. His latest ‘Kurbani’ is currently under production.
Feroz Khan
Movies
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…
Ek Khiladi Ek Haseena
Arjun (Fardeen Khan) and his best friend Rohit (Rohit Roy) con people for a living. During their latest of escapades, both the duo manages to con the rich accountant of a don by the name of Sikander (Gulshan Grover), resulting in them stealing millions of rupees. Soon after, Rohit (Rohit…
Safar
Neela and Avinash are medical students, and are attracted to each other. But Avinash is poor and wants Neela to live a comfortable life. When Neela, who tutors Monto Kappor, meets his elder businessman brother, Shekhar, he instantly falls in love with her. He goes to propose marriage with her…
Bombay Velvet
Set against the backdrop of ambition, love, greed, and jazz – Bombay Velvet is the story of one ordinary man who goes against all odds and forges his destiny to become a ‘Big Shot’. Jazz clubs, a passionate love story, a growing metropolis and a phenomenal hunger for a good…
Bombay Vikings
Set against the backdrop of ambition, love, greed, and jazz – Bombay Velvet is the story of one ordinary man who goes against all odds and forges his destiny to become a ‘Big Shot’. Jazz clubs, a passionate love story, a growing metropolis and a phenomenal hunger for a good…
Om Shanti Om
Om Prakash Makhija is a Junior Artist in the 1970s Hindi film industry and in love with actress Shantipriya. Om rescues Shanti from an out-of-control fire scene and they become friends. His hopes seem to be coming true–until he finds out that she’s married to film producer Mukesh Mehra and…
Darinda
As kid Krishna is in love with Kirti who has a scar on her back considered to be unlucky.Krishna burns his hand and makes similar scar on his body so that they can get married.Thakur Sahab father of Kirti finds them to gather and throws Krishna in a river.He is…
Fun Facts
Father of Fardeen Khan
Born to an Afghan father, Sadiq Ali Khan and an Iranian mother, Fatima.
Brother of actor Sanjay Khan. Paternal uncle of 'Suzanne Khan', who is married to Bollywood heart-throb Hrithik Roshan
Has another brother Sameer who also acted in films, Andhera, Pyar Ka Rishta, Gomti Ke Kinare.
Father of Super Star Fardeen Khan.
Brother of Bollywood Actor/Director Akbar Khan.
Feroz was on his way to Germany to pursue a course in Engineering. This was after Feroz arrived in Bombay looking for work.Legendary filmmaker S Mukerji sent for Feroz as he had spotted him at a party. Feroz surprisingly was totally reluctant about joining films and was even dismissive about the offer. He did not want to chase the heroine around trees. They only Hindi movie he had watched was Kismat. But the money convinced him he could make a living as a actor in Bombay. He returned from Filmistan Studio with a three-film contract in his pocket.
Started a film titled Yalgaar in the 1987. After recording a song he shelved the film. The song was later used in Yalgaar. The song E Mere Watan sung by Mohd Aziz and Nitin Mukesh..
After his film Janasheen, Feroz Khan was starting a film titled "Nasha"". The film was to star himself with Amitabh Bachchan