Farooq Shaikh
Also Known As: Farooq Sheikh, Farook, Farooque Shaikh
Biography: Farooq Sheikh was an Indian actor, philanthropist and television presenter. He was best known for his work in Hindi films from 1973 to 1993 and for his work in television between 1988 and 2002. He returned to acting in films in 2008 and continued to do so until his death on 28 December 2013.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Amroli, Surat, India
Birthday: March 25, 1948
Deathday: December 28, 2013
Adult: No
Gender: Male
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Mohabbat
Overview: Rohit and Gaurav become best friends. Both unknowingly fall in love with the same woman.
Genres: Romance
Original Language: hi
Release Date: 1997-09-19
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Accident On Hill Road
Overview: 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.
Genres: Thriller
Original Language: hi
Release Date: 2009-12-31
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Chashme Buddoor
Overview: 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.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: hi
Release Date: 1981-04-30
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Salma
Overview: 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.
Genres: Drama Music Romance
Original Language: ur
Release Date: 1985-01-01
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Mere Saath Chal
Overview: 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.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1986-01-01
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Umrao Jaan
Overview: 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.
Genres: Drama Music
Original Language: ur
Release Date: 1981-03-16
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Ab Ayega Mazaa
Overview: 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.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: hi
Release Date: 1984-04-12
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Kissi Se Na Kehna
Overview: 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.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: hi
Release Date: 1983-12-30
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Rang Birangi
Overview: 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.
Genres: Comedy Drama Romance
Original Language: hi
Release Date: 1983-04-23
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Katha
Overview: 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?
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: hi
Release Date: 1982-12-22
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Maya Memsaab
Overview: 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.
Genres: Drama Mystery Romance
Original Language: hi
Release Date: 1993-07-02
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Club 60
Overview: 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.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: hi
Release Date: 2013-12-06
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Bazaar
Overview: 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.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: hi
Release Date: 1982-03-11
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Mohini
Overview: Mohini is raped and her boyfriend Rawmen is killed. How will Indian society view her?
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: bn
Release Date: 1995-06-15
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Children of War
Overview: 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!
Genres: Drama History War
Original Language: hi
Release Date: 2014-05-18
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Rajlakshmi
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: hi
Release Date: 1987-08-31
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Peechha Karro
Overview: 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.
Genres: Comedy Thriller
Original Language: hi
Release Date: 1986-06-17
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Garm Hava
Overview: In post-Partition India, a Muslim businessman and his family struggle for their rights in a country which was once their own.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ur
Release Date: 1973-01-05
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Picnic
Overview: A TV film by Aparna Sen.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1989-06-30
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Listen... Amaya
Overview: Fiery 22-year old writer Amaya struggles to balance working life with family life after finding out that her mom is dating her current collaborator at work.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: hi
Release Date: 2013-02-01
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Ek Pal
Overview: 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.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: hi
Release Date: 1986-11-01
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Youngistaan
Overview: 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.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: hi
Release Date: 2014-03-28
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Lakhon Ki Baat
Overview: 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.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: hi
Release Date: 1984-07-06
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Biwi Ho To Aisi
Overview: 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.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: hi
Release Date: 1988-08-22
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Katha
Overview: Secretly in love with his neighbor, a mild-mannered clerk is heartbroken when his much bolder, more charming friend wins her heart instead.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: hi
Release Date: 1983-01-07
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Noorie
Overview: 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.
Genres: Romance
Original Language: hi
Release Date: 1979-05-11
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Saath Saath
Overview: 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
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: hi
Release Date: 1982-03-04
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Gaman
Overview: Despite their determination and effort, two working class friends in Bombay struggle to improve their lives.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: hi
Release Date: 1978-01-01
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Tell Me O Kkhuda
Overview: After finding she was adopted as child, a young woman sets out to look for her biological parents.
Genres: Family
Original Language: hi
Release Date: 2011-10-27
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Saas Bahu Aur Sensex
Overview: 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.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: hi
Release Date: 2008-09-19
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Mahananda
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Genres: Romance
Original Language: hi
Release Date: 1987-01-01
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Mera Damad
Overview: 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.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: hi
Release Date: 1985-03-08
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Congregation
Overview: A young woman leads impoverished embroidery workers in a strike against the greedy wholesalers who exploit them.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: hi
Release Date: 1986-01-01
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Faasle
Overview: Vijay and Chandni are in love. Her father does not approve.
Genres: Drama Family
Original Language: hi
Release Date: 1985-09-17
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Toofan
Overview: 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.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: hi
Release Date: 1989-08-10
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Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani
Overview: 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.
Genres: Romance Comedy
Original Language: hi
Release Date: 2013-05-31
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Shanghai
Overview: 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.
Genres: Thriller Crime Mystery
Original Language: hi
Release Date: 2012-06-08
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The Chess Players
Overview: In the year 1856, Nawab Wajid Ali Shah is the King of Awadh, one of the last independent kingdoms of India. The British intend to control this rich land and send General Outram to clear way for an annexation. Pressure is mounting amidst intrigue and political maneuvers, but the Nawab whiles away his time in pursuit of pleasure and religious practice. The court is of no help either — noblemen Mir and Mirza ignore all duties and spend their days playing endless games of chess. Based on Munshi Premchand's short story of the same name. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in partnership with The Film Foundation in 2010.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: hi
Release Date: 1977-10-02
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Lahore
Overview: 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.
Genres: Action Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2010-03-19
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Ab Insaf Hoga
Overview: 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.
Genres: Action Drama
Original Language: hi
Release Date: 1995-01-05
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Gharwali Baharwali
Overview: 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.
Genres: Family
Original Language: hi
Release Date: 1988-01-01
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Lorie
Overview: 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.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: hi
Release Date: 1984-06-06
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