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Farida Jalal

Biography

Farida Jalal was discovered by Filmfare's United Producers' Talent Hunt in the 1960s. She starred in her first movie as a teenager, in the Rajshri Productions' "TAQDEER' in 1967. Thereafter she has starred in more than 200 movies as a character actress mainly, but also as lead actor in some. She is known as Bollywood's all time Favourite Mother. She took a break for several years in the early 80s, and made a comeback and starred in roles of an elder sister, mother, grandmother, elderly neighbor, & widow. She is best remembered for her role as Rajesh Khanna's betrothed in the 1969 hit Aradhana and for her song 'Bhagon Mein Bahar Hai, Kaliyon Pe Nikhar Hai...'. She also played the betrothed of Rishi Kapoor in another hit Bobby in 1973. To date, She has won Five Filmfare awards for her performances in Paras, Majboor, Henna, Mammo, and Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jayenge. Tragedy visited her when Tabrez passed away in 2003. She is one of very few actresses that has had an important role in every major Bollywood hit.

Movie Career

Films
14
Career span
49 years1969 to 2018

Genres

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Best known for

The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.

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  1. Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge1995 Drama, Romanceas Lajwanti 'Lajjo' Singh

    IMDb rating 8.087K votes

  2. Kuch Kuch Hota Hai1998 Comedy, Drama, Musicalas Mrs. Khanna

    IMDb rating 7.563K votes

  3. Dil To Pagal Hai1997as Ajay's mother

    IMDb rating 7.027K votes

  4. Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham2001as Sayeeda

    IMDb rating 7.564K votes

  5. The Legend of Bhagat Singh2002as Vidyavati Sandhu

    IMDb rating 8.219K votes

  6. Batti Gul Meter Chalu2018as Lalita's Grandmother

    IMDb rating 5.96.6K votes

  7. Chori Chori Chupke Chupke2001as Asha Malhotra

    IMDb rating 5.56.0K votes

  8. Kaho Naa... Pyaar Hai2000as Lily Anthony Rodriques

    IMDb rating 6.919K votes

Most often with

Karan Johar directed three of these films. Shah Rukh Khan appears in six of them, more than any other actor. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.

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Films together

Box office

What Farida Jalal's films earned in cinemas worldwide.

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Combined worldwide box office

$192 million

9 of the 14 films have a worldwide figure.

Of the 14 films: 9 worldwide figure; 1 us gross only; 4 figure not found.

  • 9Worldwide figure
  • 1US gross only
  • 4Figure not found

Highest grossing

The eight biggest films earned 97% of the total. The bars are drawn to scale.

  1. 1
    Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge1995as Lajwanti 'Lajjo' Singh
    $100M52.0% of the total
  2. 2
    Kuch Kuch Hota Hai1998as Mrs. Khanna
    $26M13.4% of the total
  3. 3
    Student of the Year2012as Mrs. Singh, Abhimanyu's grandmother
    $14M7.2% of the total
  4. 4
    $11M5.9% of the total
  5. 5
    Dil To Pagal Hai1997as Ajay's mother
    $11M5.7% of the total
  6. 6
    Duplicate1998as Mrs. Chaudhary
    $10M5.2% of the total
  7. 7
    Batti Gul Meter Chalu2018as Lalita's Grandmother
    $9.6M5.0% of the total
  8. 8
    The Legend of Bhagat Singh2002as Vidyavati Sandhu
    $6.0M3.1% of the total
Hey Ram (2000), $4.9 million

$4.9 millionfrom the other 1 film with a worldwide figure, 3% of the total