Farrukh Jaffar

Farrukh Jaffar (1933 – 15 October 2021) was an Indian actress and radio presenter in Bollywood. Having begun her career with Vividh Bharti in 1963, she made a transition into acting with a supporting role in the 1981 film Umrao Jaan. Jaffar continued to act sporadically, and beginning in the late 2010s, gained wider recognition for working in a spate of critically successful films.[1] At the age of 88, she won the Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actress for her performance as Fatima Begum in Gulabo Sitabo, becoming the oldest winner of an acting Filmfare.

Farrukh Jaffar
Jaffar in 2016
Born
Farukh Jaffar

1933 (1933)
Chakesar, United Provinces, British India
(present day Jaunpur, Uttar Pradesh, India)
Died15 October 2021(2021-10-15) (aged 88)
Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India
EducationLucknow University
Occupations
SpouseSyed Muhammad Jaffar
Children2

Personal life

Farrukh Jaffar was born in 1933 in Chakesar village of Jaunpur district, United Provinces of British India (present-day Uttar Pradesh).[2] She attended a local school and later moved to Lucknow, where she graduated from the Lucknow University. Jaffar was married to Syed Muhammad Jaffar, a journalist and politician. The couple have two daughters—Mehru Jaffar and Shaheen Ahmad .[2]

Jaffar died on 15 October 2021 in Lucknow at the age of 88.[3]

Filmography
Year Title[4] Role Notes
1981 Umrao Jaan Umrao Jaan's biological mother
2004 Swades Fatima Bi
2009 Peepli Live Mrs. Manikpuri / Amma
2013 Anwar Ka Ajab Kissa Old Woman
2015 Barefoot to Goa Grandmother
Jaanisaar Noor's grandmother
Parched Jaanki's Grandma
Aligarh Deepu's Landlord
2016 Sultan Sultan's grandmother
2017 What Will People Say Bestemor
Secret Superstar Badi Apa
2019 Photograph Daadi
2020 Gulabo Sitabo Fatima Begum
2021 Mehrunisa Mehrunisa
Ammaa Ki Boli Ammaa
2022 Mulaqat Short film
Mere Desh Ki Dharti Daadi
Sehar TBA Final film role

Awards and nominations
Year Award Film Category Result Ref.
2011 Producers Guild Film Awards Peepli Live Best Actress in a Supporting Role Nominated [5]
2020 FOI Online Awards Photograph Best Supporting Actress Nominated [6]
2021 Gulabo Sitabo Won [7]
Filmfare Awards Best Supporting Actress Won [8]

References
  1. Saxena, Deepa (12 June 2020). "Farrukh Jaffar, Gulabo Sitabo's sassy Begum is on a career high at 87, here's where you've seen her before". Hindustan Times. Retrieved 17 June 2020.
  2. "Farrukh Jaffar : Amma of Peepli Live, who started her career as 1st announcer of Akashvani Lucknow". Lucknow Society. Retrieved 17 June 2002.
  3. "Actor Farrukh Jaffer passes away at 88". The Indian Express. 16 October 2021. Retrieved 16 October 2021.
  4. "Farrukh Jaffar". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved 17 June 2020.
  5. "6th Apsara Film & Television Producers Guild Awards 2011". IMDb.
  6. "5th FOI Online Awards 2020".
  7. "6th FOI Online Awards 2021".
  8. "66th Filmfare Awards 2021".
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