Farida Jalal

 Some Lesser Known Facts About Farida Jalal

• Does Farida Jalal  smoke?: Not Known

• Does Farida Jalal drink alcohol?: Not Known

• Farida Jalal is a veteran Indian actress, who is majorly known for her work in Hindi cinema.

• She was selected in a Young Talent Contest held by United Picture Producer sponsored by Filmfare. She was the one among the selected girls, and the Late Rajesh Khanna was the one among the boys.

• She was born in New Delhi and was raised by her grandmother and her mother as her parents got separated when she was 2.

• She started her acting career in 1967 with Taqdeer and has acted in over two hundred Bollywood films.

• She was a household name after playing so many motherly roles in the 1990s.

• She acted in many television serials such as the hit sitcoms- Dekh Bhai Dekh & Shararat.

•  In 2005, she co-hosted the 50th Filmfare Awards alongside Saif Ali Khan and Sonali Bendre held in Mumbai.

• She was the victim of a death hoax in 2017.

• She married her co-actor Tabrez Barmavar, whom she met on the sets of the film Jeevanrekha. They have a son together named Yaseen. His husband also had a detergent factory in Bangalore.

• She got 5 filmfare awards, the Best Actress Award at Harlem International Film Festival( 2012) for ‘A Gran Plan’ and many awards for the Best Supporting Actress.

•  She is a trained Kathak dancer.