Farooq Shaikh

Farooq Shaikh

Born: March 25, 1948
Died: December 28, 2013
in Amroli, Surat, India

Movies for Farooq Shaikh...

Children of War
Title: Children of War
Character: Mojid
Released: May 18, 2014
Type: Movie
Children of War is a movie based on the true events of the 1971 Genocide. Can we, in search of power, become animals? A genocide; neglected! The first use of rape as a weapon of war; undocumented! The lives of millions; unaccounted! The culprits; unpunished!
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Youngistaan
Title: Youngistaan
Character: Akbar Uncle
Released: March 28, 2014
Type: Movie
Abhimanyu Kaul - a young, independent, Games Developer, living in Japan and the love of his life, Anwita Chauhan - a bubbly, passionate and full of life, summer intern. Their happy and content life faces the test of time, when blood ties and the pressure of being born into the first family of India tears a young Abhimanyu between his love for Anwita and a promise made to his dying father, the Prime Minister of India. Being a public figure, by reluctantly accepting to represent the governing party, much against his own wishes and at the cost of his private life, is a double-edged sword that Abhimanyu must walk on.
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Club 60
Title: Club 60
Character: Dr. Tarique
Released: December 6, 2013
Type: Movie
CLUB 60 is about Letting Go after spending the required time in grieving for the loss of a loved one. But what is the required time-frame to grieve? And is it right to always stay in a grieving position? What about the people around you, who are also hurting because of your grieving? And does grieving endlessly really help the one who is gone away? Club 60 is also about embracing life, post 60.
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Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani
Title: Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani
Character: Mr. Thapar
Released: May 31, 2013
Type: Movie
On a trekking trip, an introverted Naina falls for a charming ex-classmate, whose thirst for adventure drives them apart. Years later, their paths cross again.
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Listen...Amaya
Title: Listen...Amaya
Released: February 1, 2013
Type: Movie
"Book a coffee", is an offbeat library cum coffee shop. It is owned and run by Leela Krishnamoorthy, a middle aged widow. She herself is as interesting and free spirited as the café she runs! Amaya, Leelas only child is a fire-brand 22 year-old writer; quick witted, confident and open-minded. They adore each other as only mother daughter can.
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Shanghai
Title: Shanghai
Character: Principal Secretary Kaul
Released: June 8, 2012
Type: Movie
Prime leader of a campaign against a big government project is killed in what appears to be a road accident. An IAS officer is ordered to probe the incident and the veils of falsehood begin to drop.
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Tell Me O Kkhuda
Title: Tell Me O Kkhuda
Character: Ravi Kapoor
Released: October 27, 2011
Type: Movie
After finding she was adopted as child, a young woman sets out to look for her biological parents.
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Lahore
Title: Lahore
Character: S.K. Rao
Released: March 19, 2010
Type: Movie
Lahore reflects the need and the desire to bring about peace and harmony in the subcontinent. It tells us how sports could play a key role in building bridges and bringing the two countries like India and Pakistan together that has more than 50 years of the history of unrelenting hostility.
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Accident On Hill Road
Title: Accident On Hill Road
Character: Prakash Shrivastav
Released: December 31, 2009
Type: Movie
Accident on Hill Road is a cunning and energetic thriller that takes its premise from the real-life incident of a woman who hit a man, then drove home and parked the car in the garage with the man wedged halfway through her windshield. Celina Jaitly stars as Sonam Chopra, a hard-partying, overworked nursing assistant in this delicious, darkly humorous psychological thriller.
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Saas Bahu Aur Sensex
Title: Saas Bahu Aur Sensex
Character: Feroz Sethna
Released: September 19, 2008
Type: Movie
After a bitter divorce from her Kolkata-based husband, Binita Sen re-locates to live in Modern Society, Navi Mumbai, along with her resentful daughter, Nitya. She is soon befriended by a kitty-party group consisting of Jasbeer Brar, Anita Jethmalani, Dilnavaz Noorani, Parimal Bhosle, Lata Kodialbal, and Sania Noorani, whose primary interest appears to be a daytime soap featuring modern characters of two lovers, Kunti and Arjun. Binita gets hired as a teacher, while Nitya gets a job at a call-center, MacMillan & Modi, through stock broker Feroz Sethna and Ritesh Jethmalani respectively. While Nitya gets attracted to Ritesh, she is a little dejected after she finds he has a steady girlfriend in Kirti Wagaskar.
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Title: Jeena Isi Ka Naam Hai
Character: Host
Released: March 22, 2002
Type: TV
Host Farooq Shaikh interviews many well-known Bollywood faces as well as television celebrities and gives a peek into their private and professional lives.
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Mohabbat
Title: Mohabbat
Character: Shekhar Sharma
Released: September 19, 1997
Type: Movie
Rohit and Gaurav become best friends. Both unknowingly fall in love with the same woman.
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Mohini
Title: Mohini
Released: June 15, 1995
Type: Movie
Mohini is raped and her boyfriend Rawmen is killed. How will Indian society view her?
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Ab Insaf Hoga
Title: Ab Insaf Hoga
Character: Ramcharan
Released: January 5, 1995
Type: Movie
Janki lives a poor lifestyle in a small village consisting of her dad, Bhervi Prasad and her mom. She meets and falls in love with her school-teacher, Ramcharan, and both want to get married. Ramcharan's brother is opposed to this marriage as Bhervi is unable to pay any dowry, nevertheless the marriage does take place, but the couple are turned out of Kalicharan's house, and instead go to live with Ramcharan's friend, Ashok Mishra.
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Maya Memsaab
Title: Maya Memsaab
Character: Dr. Charu Das
Released: July 2, 1993
Type: Movie
A frustrated housewife whose marriage to an average man does not meet her expectations enters into an affair with a younger man. Of course, there are no easy escapes from reality.
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Toofan
Title: Toofan
Character: Gopal Sharma
Released: August 10, 1989
Type: Movie
Two brothers (Toofan and Shyam) are separated at birth by their father, a police inspector. One grows up to be a magician, and the other, the legendary Toofan, hero of the poor. His father was falsely accused of stealing millions in gold and Toofan is on a mission to clear his father's name from the police records.
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Picnic
Title: Picnic
Released: June 30, 1989
Type: Movie
A TV film by Aparna Sen.
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Biwi Ho To Aisi
Title: Biwi Ho To Aisi
Character: Suraj Bhandari
Released: August 22, 1988
Type: Movie
Suraj secretly marries village belle Shalu against his domineering mother Kamla's wishes. In a bid to get rid of Shalu, Kamla frames her and accuses her of stealing jewellery and money.
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Gharwali Baharwali
Title: Gharwali Baharwali
Character: Sunil Khanna
Released: January 1, 1988
Type: Movie
This is a movie about a married man who falls in love with another woman. How his wife is able to get him back and how he realises his mistake is the plot.
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Rajlakshmi
Title: Rajlakshmi
Character: Shrikant
Released: August 31, 1987
Type: Movie
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Title: Shrikant
Character: Shrikant
Released: May 22, 1987
Type: TV
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Mahananda
Title: Mahananda
Released: January 1, 1987
Type: Movie
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Ek Pal
Title: Ek Pal
Released: November 1, 1986
Type: Movie
Based on a short story by Maitreyi Devi, Kalpana Lajmi’s directorial debut tells a story of extramarital affair in the tea gardens of Assam. Famous Assamese singer-composer Hazarika contributes some fine compositions, overcoming the mandatory emphasis on regional folk-music in films set in exotic locales.
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Peechha Karro
Title: Peechha Karro
Character: Vijay
Released: June 17, 1986
Type: Movie
Giri Haridhara (Satish Shah) and Hari Giridhara (Ravi Baswani ) are two bumbling detectives, who believe that Brigadier (Amjad Khan) is leaking defense secrets to enemy countries. Vijay (Farooque Shaikh) is in love with Brigadier’s daughter Roma. Vijay is the son of Kandha Raam (Rajendranath) who is a mortician. Vijay disguises himself as his father and goes to meet Amjad Khan to fix his alliance with Roma. Giri Haridhara and Hari Giridhara come to know of this secret and use this as a weapon to blackmail him to spy on the Brigadier. What ensues is complete hilarity.
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Mere Saath Chal
Title: Mere Saath Chal
Character: Amit
Released: January 1, 1986
Type: Movie
Geeta (Smita Patil) has been institionalized as she had suffered mental trauma in her childhood. She is unable to recall the incidents surrounding the trauma, and is unable to get appropriate treatment. Amit (Farooq Shaikh) meets with Geeta, and falls in love with her. She is able to relate to Amit, and the doctors observe some progress in her treatment. Amit and Geeta both fall in love with each other. However, Amit is to marry Neena (Prema Narayan), and Amit's elder brother, Ravi (Shreeram Lagoo) will not permit him to marry a girl with a mental condition. There are only two options left for Amit - run away from home and marry Geeta; or leave Geeta to a uncertain fate, and marry Neena.
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Congregation
Title: Congregation
Character: Sajid (Sajju)
Released: January 1, 1986
Type: Movie
A young woman leads impoverished embroidery workers in a strike against the greedy wholesalers who exploit them.
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Faasle
Title: Faasle
Character: Sanjay
Released: September 17, 1985
Type: Movie
Vijay and Chandni are in love. Her father does not approve.
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Mera Damad
Title: Mera Damad
Character: Jai Khanna
Released: March 8, 1985
Type: Movie
Utpal Dutt stars as Chaudhry, a landowner who comes to town looking to get his daughter Sunita (Zarina Wahab) married to the son of his childhood friend Khanna. Khanna's son, Jai (Farooque Shaikh), isn't interested in marrying anyone, but his determined father nonetheless plans a trip to Chaudhry's village for Jai, hoping things will work out. What ensues is a hilarious comedy of errors.
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Salma
Title: Salma
Character: Iqbal
Released: January 1, 1985
Type: Movie
Lucknow-based Nawabzada Aslam lives a wealthy lifestyle along with his dad, Bakar, and mom. He writes poems under the pen name of Raj Lakhnavi, and is a close friend of Iqbal. One day he meets and falls in love with Salma Banarsi, a Banaras-based Courtesan. When his parents arrange his marriage with his foreign-returned cousin, Mumtaz, he informs them that he loves Salma and incurs their displeasure so much so that his dad shoots him, and he gets hospitalized. When he recovers fully he is shocked to find that Salma has not only accepted Iqbal as her lover, but has also taken a lot of money and jewelry from his mother. He takes to alcohol in a big way and swears to exact vengeance against Salma by getting married to Mumtaz and forcing Salma to sing and dance at his wedding.
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Lakhon Ki Baat
Title: Lakhon Ki Baat
Character: Alok Prakash
Released: July 6, 1984
Type: Movie
Freelance photographer, Alok Prakash, while photographing women hockey players in action, is hit by the puck, loses his senses and his hospitalized. His brother-in-law, a lawyer by the name of Prem Sagar, decides to capitalize on this accident, and to sue Alok's employer for a large sum of money, so that they can live comfortably for the rest of their lives. He explains his plan to Alok, and asks the rest of the family also to go on with this charade - with hilarious results - that will change their lives forever.
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Lorie
Title: Lorie
Released: June 6, 1984
Type: Movie
A woman, depressed that she in unable to bear children, abducts a child, and wants to keep him for her own. The child belongs to a large family consisting of 11 other children.
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Ab Ayega Mazaa
Title: Ab Ayega Mazaa
Character: Vijay
Released: April 12, 1984
Type: Movie
Vijay and Nupur start liking each other after a chance meeting at a bus stop. Suresh (Sidey) is Vijay's boss' son and wants to marry Nupur but ends up liking Nupur's maid, Imarti. Sidey's father is under the influence of a pot-smoking Swami who has a terrible secret hidden from everyone.
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Kissi Se Na Kehna
Title: Kissi Se Na Kehna
Character: Kailashpati Trivedi
Released: December 30, 1983
Type: Movie
Kailashpati is a widower, and father of an only son, Ramesh. He feels that his son has come of age, and must get married. He goes to see a number of young ladies for him, but is disappointed with them, as he feels they are too modern, speak English, and listen to foreign music. He feels that Ramesh will be better off marrying a non-English speaking lady, preferably from a small village. But the predicament of Ramesh is that he is already in love with Ramola, a very well qualified, English speaking Doctor, and he knows fully well that she will not be approved by his dad. So Ramesh, Ramola and Lalaji concocts a plot, making Ramola masquerade as a naive, non-English speaking village belle, with hilarious and unpredictable results.
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Katha
Title: Katha
Character: Bashudev
Released: August 16, 1983
Type: Movie
A modern retelling of the classic folktale about the hare and the tortoise. Rajaram P. Joshi is a middle-class Clerk living in a chawl in Bombay. He is secretly in love with his neighbor, Sandhya Karnik but is unable to disclose his love for her. Rajaram's fast-tallking friend, Bashudev comes for a visit and makes himself at home. Bashudev starts wooing Sandhya and soon her parents decide to marry Sandhya and Bashudev, much to misery of Rajaram. But on the day of the engagement, Bashudev disappears, leaving behind a devastated, and pregnant Sandhya. Will Rajaram accept Sandhya?
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Rang Birangi
Title: Rang Birangi
Character: Prof. Jeet Saxena
Released: April 23, 1983
Type: Movie
Sparkling comedy about a meddling friend whose attempt to rekindle the spark in his friend's relationship with his wife of seven years leads to complications to their lives, and to the lives of his secretary and her boyfriend he has not 'scripted' ... Splendid performances by Amol Palekar, Deepti Naval, Parveen Babi and Farooq Shaikh, a perfectly pitched script, witty dialogue and a plethora of aptly placed film references make this a film one can watch over and over and never fail to laugh out loud.
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Katha
Title: Katha
Released: December 22, 1982
Type: Movie
Secretly in love with his neighbor, a mild-mannered clerk is heartbroken when his much bolder, more charming friend wins her heart instead.
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Bazaar
Title: Bazaar
Character: Sarju
Released: March 11, 1982
Type: Movie
Najma is in platonic love with Salim Akhtar but cannot marry him until he is financially stable. An elderly Shakir promises to help Akhtar set up his business in exchange for Najma finding a suitable bride for him.
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Saath Saath
Title: Saath Saath
Character: Avinash Verma
Released: March 4, 1982
Type: Movie
The story is about a simple man with high moral values. Avinash (Farookh Shekh) is a poor but self respected guy. His policy is to earn while you learn. He excels in his studies and wishes for an idealistic society to live in. He wants to change the world with truth and simplicity. Movie has beautiful Gazals from Jagjit Singh and Chitra Singh
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Chashme Buddoor
Title: Chashme Buddoor
Character: Siddharth Parashar
Released: April 30, 1981
Type: Movie
Womanizing slackers Omi and Jai attempt to woo the new girl in the neighborhood, and fail - miserably. Their third roommate - shy, and a bookworm - succeeds, much to their chagrin. The two scheme up comical ideas to split the two lovebirds, so that their secrets and humiliation are not revealed.
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Umrao Jaan
Title: Umrao Jaan
Character: Nawab Sultan
Released: March 16, 1981
Type: Movie
Amiran is sold to a brothel by a corrupt cop after her father testifies against him. Many years later, she grows up to be an accomplished poetess and a renowned courtesan, Umrao Jaan.
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Noorie
Title: Noorie
Character: Yusuf Fakir Mohammed
Released: May 11, 1979
Type: Movie
Noorie is a 1979 Hindi movie produced by Yash Chopra, and directed by Manmohan Krishna. Noorie (Poonam Dhillon) lives in the Bhaderwah valleys with her father, Ghulam Nabi (Iftekhar) and her dog Khairoo, she has a boyfriend Yusuf (Farooq Shaikh), they decide to get married, the date is decided and preparations begin. But fate had something else in store. As another villager Bashir Khan (Bharat Kapoor) takes a liking to Noorie and approaches Noorie's father for her hand, to which Ghulam Nabi refuses.
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Gaman
Title: Gaman
Character: Ghulam Hasan
Released: January 1, 1978
Type: Movie
In order to improve their lifestyle, Lucknow based Ghulam Hussain decides to re-locate to Bombay, leaving his ailing mother and wife, Khairun, behind. He arrives in Bombay, and looks up his close friend, Lalulal Tiwari, who gets him a job of cleaning taxis. Ghulam subsequently learns how to drive, and is hired to drive a taxi. Despite his best efforts he is unable to save enough money to visit Lucknow. Lalulal has problems of his own, inspite of being settled in Bombay for several years; having a sweetheart, Yashodra, he is unable to even rent a decent apartment, and lives in a shanty tenement, which is slated to be demolished by the Bombay Municipal Corporation. Will Lalulal and Ghulam be able to improve their lives or will they be caught up in just surviving on a day to day basis?
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The Chess Players
Title: The Chess Players
Character: Aqueel
Released: October 2, 1977
Type: Movie
It is the year 1856. Nawab Wajid Ali Shah is the king of Awadh, one of the last independent kingdoms of India. The British colonialists, intent on controlling this rich land, have sent general Outram on a secret mission to clear the way for an annexation. Pressure is mounting amidst intrigue and political manoeuvres, but the Nawab whiles away his time in pursuit of pleasure and religious practice. The court is of no help either—Court nobles Mir and Mirza, ignoring the situation of their country and all their duties towards their families, spend their days playing endless games of chess. The film is based on Munshi Premchand's short story of the same name.
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Garm Hava
Title: Garm Hava
Character: Sikandar
Released: January 5, 1973
Type: Movie
In post-Partition India, a Muslim businessman and his family struggle for their rights in a country which was once their own.