Farida Jalal
Age: N/A | From: Bombay, India [now Mumbai]
Person Details
Birthday:
Aliases: फरीदा ज़लाल , Farida Jalaal , فریدا جلال
Gender: Female
Place of birth: Bombay, India [now Mumbai]
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Movie Involvements: 80
TV Involvements: 2
Most Famous Work
Biography
Farida Jalal (née Sami; born March 14, 1949) is an Indian actress active in Hindi cinema and television. In a career spanning nearly half a century, she has acted in over 200 films, and has received accolades such as four Filmfare Awards, two Bengal Film Journalists Association Awards, a Filmfare Critics Award for Best Performance, and the Best Actress Award at the 2012 Harlem International Film Festival. Jalal started her career in film as a teenager and went on to play leading and supporting roles in numerous motion pictures through the 1970s and early 80s. Later, she established herself as a household name for portraying motherly roles in the 1990s and the early 2000s. Since then, she successfully transitioned to television and appeared in numerous shows, including sitcoms, soap operas, and Netflix originals.
Most Famous Work
Heeramandi: The Diamond Bazaar
(2024) Qudsia Begum
Kuch Kuch Hota Hai
(1998) Mrs. Khanna
Parchhayee: Ghost Stories By Ruskin Bond
(2019) Ricky's Dadi
Aradhana
(1969) Renu
Taarzan: The Wonder Car
(2004) Mrs. Chaudhary
Kaho Naa... Pyaar Hai
(2000) Lily Anthony Rodriques
Raja Hindustani
(1996) Chachi
Hey Ram
(2000) Kasturba GandhiActing
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Qudsia Begum | |
| 2022 | Dadi | |
| 2021 | N/A | |
| as Fatima Bibi | ||
| 2019 | Ricky's Dadi | |
| 2018 | Lalita's Grandmother | |
| 2017 | Zabira | |
| N/A | ||
| 2016 | Herself | |
| N/A | ||
| 2015 | N/A | |
| 2014 | N/A | |
| Satvinder Kaur Bedi | ||
| 2013 | Maria | |
| Self | ||
| 2012 | Abhimanyu's Grandmother | |
| N/A | ||
| 2011 | Beeji | |
| N/A | ||
| 2010 | Fatima | |
| Madhu | ||
| 2007 | Sitadevi S. Gandhi / Sharma | |
| 2006 | Mrs. Braganza | |
| Herself | ||
| 2005 | Kajal's grandmother | |
| 2004 | Mrs. Chaudhary | |
| Mrs.Dixit | ||
| 2003 | Mrs. Shyamlal | |
| Sudha Kaul | ||
| Sushma "Nani" Malhotra | ||
| Asha 'Jiji' | ||
| 2002 | Mrs. Goyal | |
| Vishnupratap's wife | ||
| Vidyavati K. Singh | ||
| Mrs. Chaudhary | ||
| Herself | ||
| 2001 | Sayeeda “Daijaan / DJ” Naaz | |
| Mrs. Saroj | ||
| Asha Malhotra | ||
| Mammo | ||
| Rukmani Singh | ||
| 2000 | Noorbibi | |
| Shalu's Mom | ||
| Pooja's mother | ||
| N/A | ||
| Rohini Bakshi | ||
| Mrs. Oberoi | ||
| Mrs. Jaidev Singh | ||
| Kasturba Gandhi | ||
| Gayetri Rajvansh | ||
| Lily Anthony Rodriques | ||
| N/A | ||
| 1999 | Sudha Chaudhary | |
| N/A | ||
| N/A | ||
| Mother of Ajay / Raju / Tauheed | ||
| 1998 | Mrs. Khanna | |
| N/A | ||
| Komal's Mother | ||
| Mrs. Chaudhary | ||
| Gayetri S. Agnihotri | ||
| N/A | ||
| Yashoda | ||
| 1997 | Raja's Mother | |
| Ajay's mother | ||
| Geetarani M.Kapoor | ||
| N/A | ||
| Jaya's mother | ||
| N/A | ||
| Kaajal's Mother | ||
| 1996 | Chachi | |
| Aunty | ||
| Shyam's mother | ||
| Manager of women's shelter | ||
| Janki Kumar | ||
| Panna (Dai maa) | ||
| N/A | ||
| 1995 | Lajwanti 'Lajjo' Singh | |
| Parvati | ||
| Rajeshwar's maidservant | ||
| 1994 | Mrs. Tilak | |
| Gayetri Verma | ||
| Mrs. Florence Joyner | ||
| Revati Chaudhry | ||
| Mammo | ||
| 1993 | Laxmi Sathe | |
| Suhasini Deewan | ||
| 1992 | Razia | |
| Akbari | ||
| Aunty | ||
| 1991 | Bibi Gul | |
| 1987 | Magician's wife | |
| 1984 | N/A | |
| 1983 | Deepa R. Pandey | |
| 1981 | N/A | |
| Sita (Jwala's sister-in-law) | ||
| 1980 | Yashoda | |
| 1979 | Laila | |
| 1978 | Champa | |
| 1977 | N/A | |
| Valesia | ||
| Nafisa | ||
| Sulakshana Gupta | ||
| 1976 | Malti | |
| N/A | ||
| 1975 | Bela | |
| N/A | ||
| Asha | ||
| Manno | ||
| Mona | ||
| N/A | ||
| Hema Nihalchand | ||
| 1974 | Renu Khanna | |
| N/A | ||
| 1973 | Alka 'Nikki' Sharma | |
| N/A | ||
| Roopa | ||
| Anita | ||
| Nurse Radha | ||
| Laheriya | ||
| 1972 | Shyama | |
| Renu | ||
| 1971 | N/A | |
| Durga | ||
| N/A | ||
| 1970 | N/A | |
| N/A | ||
| 1969 | Renu | |
| Nurse | ||
| 1968 | N/A | |
| 1967 | N/A | |
| 1964 | N/A | |
| Naani | ||
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
