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- Birth nameZulfikar Ali Shah Khan
- Height6′ (1.83 m)
- Firoz was born in Bangalore on September 25, 1935 to a Pathan father, Sadiq, and an Iranian mother, Fatima. He has three brothers, Abbas alias Sanjay, Akbar, and Sameer. Both Sanjay and Akbar are actors within their own rights, while Sameer is a film-maker and assists in their Golden Palms Spa located in Bangalore.
He made his entry on the silver screen in 1960 after his return from a Bangalore-based English medium school. His career initially started as a hero in 'Didi', then he signed up for villain roles, and then made a comeback as a hero again.
His noteworthy movies are Oonche Log, Main Wohi Hoon, Aag, Mela, Upasna, Aprsdh. He became even more popular after the release of Dharmatma, Qurbani, Jaanbaaz, & Dayavan. he got an award for his role in Aadmi Aur Insaan. He died of cancer in his Bangloore farm house on 27 April, 2009.
He likes sports-car races and has included this sport in Apradh and then again in Janasheen. He prefers his character name to be either Rajesh or Rakesh. He is a worshipper of Bhagwan Shri Sai Baba and always wears a gold ring on his finger and has a picture close to him. Sai Baba is revered and worshiped by Muslims, Christians, Sikhs, and Hindus in India.
He got married to Sundari in 1965 and they became proud parents of Laila and Fardeen. Despite objections raised by an Islamic Moulvi, Feroz and Sanjay got their children married to non-Islamic families. Laila was married to Rajpal, while Fardeen married Natasha Madhwani, the daughter of Mayur and former Bollywood hottie Mumtaz. Sundari and Feroz have been divorced since 1985.
Feroz has kept away from controversies, though he did get himself banned by the conservative Pakistani government.
Apart from acting this talented artiste has also edited, produced, written, & directed movies. His latest 'Kurbani' is currently under production.- IMDb Mini Biography By: rAjOo
- SpouseSundari(1965 - 1985) (divorced, 2 children)
- Children
- RelativesSanjay Khan(Sibling)
- Wore fashionable western attire in most of his films.
- His on-screen characters were frequently named Rajesh or Rakesh.
- Completely shaven head in films he worked in post 2000.
- Prakash Mehra offered Feroz Khan the film Hera Pheri with Amitabh. Feroz refused the film as it would require him to work shift's on Sunday . As a rule, Feroz never worked on Sunday's.
- Two of his films remain completed and unreleased due to financial problems. Imtiaz Films Shikar Shikaari Ka (1976). Starring Feroz Khan ,Reena Roy, Amjad Khan,Anju Mahendru,Ajit and Prem Nath. Music by RD Burman,Produced and Directed by Imtiaz Khan.The second one is A.K. Movies Gul E Bakawali (1982). The film was previously titled Gulsonabar. Starring Feroz Khan,Reena Roy, Sulakshna Pandit, Bindu, Amjad Khan, Jeevan. Music by Rajesh Roshan.Produced by A.K. Nadiadwala. Directed by Ravikant Nagaich. Imtiaz claimed one of the reasons his film was shelved was because Reena Roy stopped giving her dates to the film. This was due to Imtiaz telling the press he was involved with her. This caused tension between her and Shatrughan Sinha.
- Had a step daughter Sonia Shahani (Sethia).Sonia was from Sundari's previous relationship. Sonia had exclusively worked in Feroz Khan' s Qurbani as the " Continuity Girl". She was in charge of making sure the stars looked the same in scenes after gaps in the shooting schedule. She was credited on screen as Sony Shahani.
- Feroz Khan also had a great love for the latest models of cars and got them for himself from any part of the world. His bungalow in Juhu was the envy of every star who saw it and even his rich friends from all over the world, including the Sheikhs of the Gulf.
- Feroz Khan was known to several leading politicians. The controversial chief minister of Karnataka was his personal friend and stayed with him whenever he was in Bombay. He was also a friend of all the leading Police Commissioners and strangely also with dons like Haji Mastan, Vardarajan Mudaliar and all the other notorious leaders of various gangs. "I know only the good human beings in them. I don't have anything to do with their underworld activities", Feroz once said.
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