Farrukh Jaffar (1933 – 15 October 2021) was an Indian actress and radio presenter in Bollywood. Most remembered for her roles in films like Swades (2004), Peepli Live (2010) and Gulabo Sitabo for which won the Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actress. [1] Having begun her career with Vividh Bharti in 1963, she made a transition into acting with a supporting role in the 1981 film Umrao Jaan. Jaffar continued to act sporadically, and beginning in the late 2010s, gained wider recognition for working in a spate of critically successful films.[2] At the age of 88, she won the Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actress for her performance as Fatima Begum in Gulabo Sitabo, becoming the oldest winner of an acting Filmfare.
She started her career in 1963 when she became one of the first radio announcers of Vividh Bharati (All India Radio), Lucknow.[1] Later at age 49, she made screen debut playing the role of actress Rekha’s mother in Muzaffar Ali’s film Umrao Jaan (1981).
Personal life
Jaffar was married to Syed Muhammad Jaffar, a journalist and politician, who remained a member of Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council (MLC) and Chief of Congress in the state. The couple have two daughters—Mehru Jaffar and Shaheen Ahmad .[3][4]
Jaffar died on 15 October 2021, following a brain stroke in Lucknow at the age of 88.[5][4]
