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#GoldenFrames is a series that will bring to you every Friday a pictorial biography of Indian Cinema’s greatest legends…
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Born as Zulfiqar Ali Shah Khan in Bengaluru, Karnataka, India on September 25, 1939, to Sadiq Ali Khan Tanoli, an Afghan Pashtun Tanoli from Ghazni, Afghanistan his mother Fatima, with a Persian ancestry from Iran, the actor had the features from best of both worlds. Feroz Khan brought the wild west with his leather boots, hats and cigars in his movies. In fact, he was once called the ‘The Clint Eastwood of the East’ in Bollywood. He revolutionised the style of the conventional hero of Bollywood with his swag. Feroz Khan was a style icon who never fell for the rat race—he was choosy about his roles. The yesteryear heartthrob worked in over sixty movies during his 45-year-long career.
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02 / 15
Feroz Khan did his schooling at Bishop Cotton Boys' School and St. Germain High School, Bengaluru. He grew up with siblings Shah Abbas Khan (Sanjay Khan), Shahrukh Shah Ali Khan, Sameer Khan, Akbar Khan, Khurshid Shahnavar and Dilshad Begum Sheikh. After schooling in Bengaluru, he travelled to Mumbai, where he debuted as the second lead in 'Didi' (1960).
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03 / 15
Feroz Khan made low-budget thrillers opposite starlets in the early 1960s and 1970s. He appeared in an English-language movie 'Tarzan Goes to India' (1962) opposite Simi Garewal. His first big hit was with Phani Majumdar's 'Oonche Log' (1965), followed by more small budget hit movies like 'Samson' (1964), 'Char Darvesh' (1964), 'Ek Sapera Ek Lootera' (1965) and 'Arzoo' (1965). With the movie 'Aadmi Aur Insaan' (1969), Khan won his first Filmfare award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role.
(Photo: Dharmendra, Mumtaz and Feroz Khan in a still from the movie 'Aadmi Aur Insaan')
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04 / 15
His other hit movies were 'Khotey Sikkey' (1974), 'Geeta Mera Naam' (1974), 'Pyasi Sham' (1969), 'Shankar Shambhu' (1976) and 'Safar' (1970). Feroz Khan appeared alongside his real-life brother Sanjay Khan in the hit movies such as 'Upaasna' (1967), 'Mela' (1971) and 'Nagin' (1976).
(Photo: Still from the movie 'Khotey Sikkey')
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05 / 15
Feroz Khan was branded as a womaniser from his bachelorhood days. It all changed when Feroz met Sundari, and it was love at first sight for these two. The couple dated for around five years before tying the knot. In 1965, Feroz Khan married Sundari Khan, and together they have two children, Laila Khan, born in 1970 and Fardeen Khan, born in 1974.
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06 / 15
After a few years of marriage, Feroz Khan had a decade-long affair with air hostess Jyotika Sabrina Dhanrajgir, hailed from a royal family. He was madly in love with the daughter of Raja Mahendragir Dhanrajgir. When Sundari found out about their affair, she decided to end the marriage with Feroz Khan. Meanwhile, he began a live-in relationship with Jyotika in Bengaluru. After years of persuasion to get married, Jyotika decided to move out of the relationship as she was fed up with Feroz’s fake assurances. She left him for good and settled in London after Feroz denied even knowing Jyotika in an interview. However, it is believed that Feroz was heartbroken when Jyotika left him.
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07 / 15
Meanwhile, Sundari had a newfound confidence and independence after she started with her own business. She was doing well for herself. On the other hand, Feroz was always a friend to her and a dear father to his children. He began bonding more with his family. Feroz also realised that Sundari was the only woman who really understood him. Eventually, he returned to Sundari and his estranged kids, but the relationship was never the same again. Feroz and Sundari lived separately under the same roof, and both focused on their own work. The couple divorced in 1985. His daughter Laila Khan married Farhan Furniturewala, who was earlier married to Pooja Bedi, with whom he has two kids—Bollywood actress Alaya F and son Omar Furniturewalla.
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08 / 15
Khan became a successful producer and director to improve his career opportunities as a leading man with his first directorial movie, 'Apradh' (1971), the first Indian movie showing auto racing in Germany. Mumtaaz was his co-star. He fell in love with Mumtaz and wanted to marry her. Sadly, Feroz's family refused to accept a second marriage, and their romance never reached its destination. Mumtaz eventually married businessman Mayur Madhavani, an NRI, in 1974. His son, Fardeen Khan, married Natasha Madhwani, daughter of former Bollywood actress Mumtaz. Khan produced, directed and starred in the movie 'Dharmatma' (1975), inspired by the Hollywood movie 'The Godfather'. This movie was the first Indian movie shot in Afghanistan and was also his first blockbuster hit as producer, director and star. It also marked the appearance of actress Hema Malini in a glamorous avatar.
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09 / 15
Khan loved making larger-than-life movies and transformed Hema Malini's image as Reshma in 'Dharmatma' (1975). In one of her interviews, Hema Malini recalls, "He was the first and last man who called me 'Baby'. No one has ever dared. I wish they would. What a suave man he was. When I agreed to do Dharmatma he made it very clear I was there in the first half only. He said, 'You can't say no, Baby!' That was a new experience for me. My mother was more shocked than I was. With everyone addressing me as 'ji' it feels nice if someone comes up with a term of endearment. He decided to take on the challenge of making me look more glamorous and sensuous than ever before. That was a tough job because I was constantly fighting to cover myself up more than those costumes by Parmeshwar Godrej allowed. I don't think I've ever used so many safety pins in my entire lifetime. He wanted me to be as uninhibited as today's heroines. That wasn't possible for me. We shot Dharmatma in Afghanistan. I don't think any film unit had gone there before. It was a memorable experience. And we really had to rough it out. It was freezing cold in Kabul. We had to stay in tents. In the evenings we'd all sit together and prepare for the next day's scenes. Otherwise, after shooting I always kept to myself. But he persuaded not just me but also my mother to join the unit in the evening. 'Come on, Mom. Join us.' My mother was taken aback. We're basically very shy people. But he'd make her part of the discussions. That's the way to make films. One gets so charged and enthusiastic. I wish Feroz Khan and I had done more films together."
(Photo: Hema Malini and Feroz Khan in a still from the movie 'Dharmatma')
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10 / 15
He also starred in the Punjabi movie 'Bhagat Dhanna Jat '(1974). Feroz produced, directed and starred in 'Qurbani' (1980), alongside Vinod Khanna and Zeenat Aman, the biggest hit and launched the singing career of iconic Pakistani pop singer Nazia Hassan with her memorable track 'Aap Jaisa Koi'. Zeenat Aman reminisces her time with filmmaker Feroz Khan during the shoot of 'Qurbani' when she was asked in an interview, "We shot the song Laila oh laila for another film altogether with another title. After we shot it, Feroz Khan being the mercurial movie mogul that he was, decided to scrap the original film, script and title. He instead decided to make Qurbani overnight. We were fine with the decision because we had only shot that song ‘Laila oh laila’… So ‘Qurbani’ was born after we filmed the song. When we were shooting the song we never thought it would acquire such an iconic status. I mean, we had a lot of fun shooting it. But I never thought I'd be remembered by ‘Laila oh laila’ and ‘Aap jaisa koi’ in ‘Qurbani’ to this day. I don't remember if we had a formal choreographer on the sets. But I do remember Feroz just told me to do my own thing."
(Photo: Zeenat Aman and Feroz Khan in a still from the movie 'Qurbani')
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