Farida Jalal

Farida Jalal is a veteran Indian actress, who has acted in over twohundred Bollywood films. Known primarily for her work in Hindi cinema, she has also worked in Telugu, Tamil and Englishlanguage films.

Farida Jalal, who was born in New Delhi, started her career in the 1960s, when she won the United Film Producers Talent Hunt sponsored by Filmfare. She along with Rajesh Khanna were chosen as finalists and were presented on stage as winners at the Filmfare Awards function. She got her first film offer for Taqdeer from Tarachand Barjatya who happened to be in the audience In an interview in 2014, she said, when asked her about initial part of her career, I started my acting career when I was just out of my school St Josephs Convent in Panchgani, in a film called Taqdeer. I took part in a talent contest and even won. Kaka and I were the finalists. How was I to know that Id soon be doing a film Aradhana with him.

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