Roopesh Kumar was born on January 16, 1946 in Bombay, India as Abbas Farashahi. He was an actor and director, known for Jaal (1986), Preet Ki Dori (1971) and Choron Ki Baaraat (1980). He died on January 29, 1995 in Mumbai, India.
Roopesh Kumar
Movies
Doosra Aadmi
Kanu decides to come out of the shadow of his illustrious father and set up an advertising agency. All is going well at home and at work for the newly weds until Kanu decides to hire the services of an ace designer Nisha (Rakhee). Nisha is the mysterious older woman…
Amar Deep
Raja was adopted by a criminal don (Ashok Kumar) at a very young age. After the death of the don, Raja inherits the property, and refrains from crime. However, the wealth and the power associated with it, make him arrogant. He desires Radha, the daughter of his servant, Ramu, and…
Sawan Ko Aane Do
Birju lives in a small village and likes to sing. The village zamindar’s city-educated daughter, Chandrika returns to the village and is thrilled by Birju’s voice. She encourages him to share his talents with the world and thus earn a living. Eventually both fall in love. Her father is angered…
Jeevan Mrityu
Ashok Tandon (Dharmendra) is a bank manager. He is in love with Deepa (Raakhee) and they are to be married soon. However, Ashok is arrested for theft from the bank. He asks Deepa to look after his mother (Leela Chitnis), which she agrees to. He is sentenced to prison for…
Fun Facts
Eldest of 7 children. 4 Boys, 3 Girls.
Changed his name from Abbas Sayyed to Roopesh Kumar for his career.
Passed away during the 1995 Filmfare awards.He was told by the organizers to sit behind for the function as the front seats were reserved for Sunil Dutt.Few moments after this he suffered an heart attack on the venue and was rushed to hospital where he passed away.
Cousin to actress Mumtaz.
Roopesh Kumar had 3 daughters. Eldest daughter Mumtaz Khan is married to Dilip Kumar nephew Zahid Khan . They have two children. A son named Ahad and a daughter named Aglabi. They are based in Mumbai. Another daughter of Roopesh is Mahtab Knoori (Noori) and she is married to a dentist in Pune named Mohammed K Noori. They have a daughter named Melissa and a young son. Another daughter of Roopesh is Mojdeh Arab Farashahi. She works for the world famous MUAH as a make up artiste.
Brother named Akbar.
Wife name is Harziya.
Daughters Mahtab Farashahi and Mojdeh Farashahi wrote the screenplay for his home production Meri Aan.
Daughter Mumtaz Farashahi wrote the story of his home production Meri Aan.
Cousin of actors Shahrukh Aksari and Shehzad Aksari (Actress Mumtaz's younger brother's). Shehzad starred opposite Gita Siddharth in Arth. Shahrukh starred in Dhoom Dhadaka. Shehzad is also the father of actor Vicky Khan .
Producer Director Nanabhai Bhatt changed is name from Abbas Farashahi to Roopesh Kumar for his film career.