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Farah Naaz
Farah Naaz
	Naaz in November 2019
Born	Farah Naaz Hashmi; Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1984–2005
Spouses	; Vindu Dara Singh (m. 1996; div. 2002) ; Sumeet Saigal (m. 2003)
Children	1
Relatives	See Azmi family

Farah Naaz Hashmi, commonly credited as Farah, is a leading Bollywood actress of the mid 1980s and Mid 1990s. She is the elder sister of Tabu.

Farah made her debut in Faasle in 1985 under the Yash Chopra films banner. She was one of the prominent actresses in Bollywood in the late eighties and Mid nineties. She was paired with Prosenjit Chatterjee in 1989 Bengali movie Aamar Tumi. Farha's landmark films were Love 86 (1986), Naseeb Apna Apna (1986), Imaandaar (1987), Marte Dam Tak (1987), Woh Phir Aayegi (1988), Naqab (1989),^[1] Yateem (1988), Baap Numbri Beta Dus Numbri (1990), Begunaah (1991), Bhai Ho To Aisa (1995) and Sautela Bhai (1996). She also did three films with Rajesh Khanna.

She retired from acting in 1996 after her first marriage,^[2] though she later did a few television serials. She worked with almost all of the top actors of her time, including Rajesh Khanna, Vinod Khanna, Rishi Kapoor, Mithun Chakraborty, Sanjay Dutt, Sunny Deol, Anil Kapoor, Jackie Shroff, Raj Babbar, Govinda, Aditya Pancholi, Aamir Khan, Kumar Gaurav, And Rahul Roy .

Early life and background

Farah was born to Jamal Ali Hashmi and Rizwana in a Hyderabadi Muslim family.^[3]^[4] Her parents divorced soon after.^[5] Her mother was a school-teacher and her maternal grandparents were retired professors who ran a school. Her grandfather, Mohammed Ahsan, was a professor of Mathematics, and her grandmother was a professor of English Literature.

She is the niece of Shabana Azmi, Tanvi Azmi and Baba Azmi and the elder sister of Tabu.^[6]^[7]

Career

Farah made her debut in 1985 with Yash Chopra's Faasle opposite Mahendra Kapoor's son Rohan Kapoor^[8] Although Faasle was a disaster, Farah got many other big offers such as Shakti Samanta's Palay Khan, K.C. Bokadia's Naseeb Apna Apna and Pran Lal Mehta's Love 86.

She was part of hits such as Marte Dam Tak, Naseeb Apna Apna, Love 86,^[9] Imaandaar, Ghar Ghar Ki Kahani, Diljalaa, Rakhwala, Woh Phir Aayegi, Veeru Dada, Baap Numbri Beta Dus Numbri and Begunaah

J.P. Dutta's Yateem got her critical acclaim, and it was one of her performance-oriented roles, along with films such as Hamara Khandaan, Kaarnama, Naqaab, Khatarnaak and Pati Patni Aur Tawaif, although they were commercial failures. Her performance in the hit films – Woh Phir Aayegi and Begunaah were critically acclaimed.

In the 1990s, she worked with Aamir Khan in two films; Jawani Zindabad and Isi Ka Naam Zindagi,^[10] but both flopped at the box office. She was signed for Khuda Gawah and she shot for a few scenes, but due to delays in production, she was later replaced with Shilpa Shirodkar. However, till date, her role in Woh Phir Aayegi and Begunaah with Rajesh Khanna are considered her best performances. By the same time, she married Dara Singh's son Vindu Dara Singh.

Farah then started playing supporting roles in films such as Muqabla, Dhartiputra and Izzat Ki Roti. Muqabla was very successful, but later, her other films between 1993 and 1996 were not successful, though Sautela Bhai was a commercial hit and critically acclaimed.

She later switched to television and did serials such as Amar Prem, Andaz, Ahaa (all three produced by Himesh Reshammiya), Vailayiti Babu, Angan, Ardhangini, Aurat Teri Yehi Kahani and Papa. Farah was also planning a mega serial called Taqdeer, but the project got shelved. She then acted in 2004 in Hulchul.^[11]

Personal life

Farah married actor Vindu Dara Singh in 1996, with whom she has a son Fateh Randhawa (b. 1997). The couple divorced in 2002.^[12] She married actor Sumeet Saigal in 2003.^[13]^[14]

Filmography

Film

Year	Movie	Role	Language Hindi
2005	Shikhar	Kusum	Hindi
2004	Hulchul	Gopi
2002	Bharat Bhagya Vidhata	Nagma
2000	Bhai No 1	Neha
1998	Achanak	Madhu
1997	Lahoo Ke Do Rang	Sangita B. Srivastav
1996	Hukumnama
	Rab Dian Rakhan	Sandhya	Punjabi
	Maahir	Paro	Hindi
	Namak	Dr. Anju
	Sautela Bhai	Bindiya
1995	Bhai Ho To Aisa
	Hijack	Nandini	Malayalam
	Sarhad: The Border of Crime	Sandhya Mathur	Hindi
	Taaqat	Savitri
	Fauji	Roopa
1994	Janam Se Pehle	Geeta Bhardwaj
	Chauraha	Dancer
	Insaaf Apne Lahoo Se	Rani
1993	Izzat Ki Roti	Pinky
	Dhartiputra	Karma
	Muqabla	Vandana
	Jeevan Ki Shatranj	Radha V. Sharma
	Kundan	Shanno
	Zakhmo Ka Hisaab	Bindiya
1992	Isi Ka Naam Zindagi	Chumki
1992	Naseebwaala
1991	Paap Ki Aandhi	Insp. Kiran Gupta
	Begunaah	Guddu/ Nirmala 'Nimmo'/ Bulbul
	Balidaan	Dancer/Singer
1990	Pati Patni Aur Tawaif	Mrs. Shanti Saxena
	Baap Numbri Beta Dus Numbri	Rosie D'Souza
	Haar Jeet
	Jawani Zindabad	Sugandha Srivastav
	Jeene Do	Chanda
	Kaarnama	Mala
	Majboor	Priya
	Khatarnaak	Dr. Sangeeta Joshi
	Veeru Dada	Rekha
1989	Ontari Poratam		Telugu
	Rakhwala	Ramtaki	Hindi
	Do Qaidi	Meenu	Hindi
	Aamar Tumi	Jhilik	Bengali
	Kala Bazaar	Kamini Sampat	Hindi
	Meri Zabaan	Baby
	Naqaab	Asiya
1988	Paap Ko Jalaa Kar Raakh Kar Doonga	Pooja Saxena/ Pooja D. Malhotra
	Halaal Ki Kamai
	Ghar Ghar Ki Kahani	Asha Dhanraj
	Mohabbat Ke Dushman	Reshma
	Hamara Khandan	Ruby Miranda
	Yateem	Gauri S. Yadav
	Mahakali
	Woh Phir Aayegi	Aarti
1987	Vijetha Vikram	Usha	Telugu
	Diljalaa	Mamta R. Gupta/ Maduri	Hindi
	Imaandaar	Renu S. Rai
	7 Saal Baad
	Marte Dam Tak	Jyoti R. Dayal
1986	Love 86	Leena
	Naseeb Apna Apna	Radha
	Palay Khan	Helen Bonz
1985	Faasle	Chandni
1984	Nasbandi