Farrukh Jaffar
Indian actress and radio presenter · India · On the map · Actors · Lived 1933 to 2021 · aged 88
Farrukh Jaffar was an Indian actress and radio presenter in Bollywood. Most remembered for her roles in films like Swades (2004), Peepli Live (2010) and Gulabo Sitabo for which won the Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actress.
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Gulabo SitaboFilm, Fatima Begum
Mee RaqsamFilm, 2020Amma Jaan2019
Ammaa Ki BoliFilm, Ammaa
PhotographFilm, 2019Dadi2017
Secret SuperstarFilm, Badi Appa Malik
What Will People SayFilm, 2017Grandmother2015
Barefoot to GoaFilm, Grandmother
ParchedFilm, 2015Janki's Grandma2013
Anwar Ka Ajab KissaFilm2010
Peepli LiveFilm, Amma2004
SwadesFilm, Fatima Bi1933BornPeople around Farrukh
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Swades 2004
What Will People Say 2017
Parched 2015
Peepli Live 2010
Secret Superstar 2017
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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. 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.
