Saeed Jaffrey (born 8 January1929) is an Indian actor. January 8 is the 8th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ...-1...
Jaffrey was born in Maler Kotla, Punjab. His film credits include The Man Who Would Be King (1975), Shatranj Ke Khilari (1977), Gandhi (1982), A Passage to India (1965 BBC version and 1984 film), The Jewel in the Crown (1984) and My Beautiful Laundrette (1985). He has also appeared in many Bollywood films in the 1980s and 1990s. For television he has starred in Little Napoleons. This article details the Indian state of Punjab. ... The Man Who Would Be King is a 1975 film adapted from the Rudyard Kipling story of the same title. ... Gandhi (1982) is an Anglo-Indian film, directed by Richard Attenborough, about the life of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi (also known as Mahatma Gandhi, Great Soul), leader of the nonviolent resistance movement against British colonial rule in India during the first half of the 20th century. ... A Passage to India (1924) is a novel by E. M. Forster about the tensions between natives of India and British colonials when a white woman, Adela Quested, accuses a native man, Dr. Aziz, of attempted rape. ... The Jewel in the Crown is a British television drama series produced by Granada Television for ITV and based on the Raj Quartet novels by Paul Scott. ... My Beautiful Laundrette is a 1985 film directed by Stephen Frears. ... Typical Bollywood movie poster Bollywood is the informal name given to the popular Mumbai-based Hindi language film industry in India. ... Little Napoleons was a 1994 British television serial starring Saeed Jaffrey, Norman Beaton, Simon Callow and Lesley Manville as four politicians involved in local council elections. ...
He was married to Madhur Jaffrey (divorced 1965). They have three daughters Meera, Zia, and Sakina Jaffrey. Madhur Jaffrey (born August 13, 1933) is an Indian actress, who has also become famous as food writer. ...