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Farrukh Jaffar(1933-2021)

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  • Composer
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Farrukh Jaffar
Secret Superstar traces the journey of Insia, a 14 year old girl from Baroda, whose dream of becoming a singer changes her life and the lives of everyone around her.
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Secret Superstar (2017)
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Farrukh Jaffar was born in 1933 in Jaunpur. She was an actress and composer, known for Swades: Nous, le peuple (2004), Gulabo Sitabo (2020) and Sultan (2016). She was married to Syed Muhammad Jaffar. She died on 15 October 2021 in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India.
Born1933
DiedOctober 15, 2021
Born1933
DiedOctober 15, 2021
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  • Awards
    • 2 wins & 5 nominations total

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Known for

Shah Rukh Khan and Gayatri Joshi in Swades: Nous, le peuple (2004)
Swades: Nous, le peuple
8.2
  • Panch Fatima Bi
  • 2004
Amitabh Bachchan and Ayushmann Khurrana in Gulabo Sitabo (2020)
Gulabo Sitabo
6.3
  • Fatima Begum
  • 2020
Salman Khan and Anushka Sharma in Sultan (2016)
Sultan
7.1
  • Sultan's grandmother
  • 2016
Aamir Khan and Zaira Wasim in Secret Superstar (2017)
Secret Superstar
7.8
  • Badi Apa
  • 2017

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Actress

  • A Season of Mangoes (2022)
    A Season of Mangoes
    Short
    • Ajeet
    • 2022
  • Atul Srivastava, Inaamulhaq, Divyendu Sharma, Anupriya Goenka, and Anant Vidhaat in Mere Desh Ki Dharti (2022)
    Mere Desh Ki Dharti
    6.8
    • Dadi
    • 2022
  • Farrukh Jaffar in Mulaqat (2022)
    Mulaqat
    Short
    • 2022
  • Sehar (2021)
    Sehar
    8.8
    • 2021
  • Sanjay Mishra, Govind Namdeo, Hrishitaa Bhatt, Farrukh Jaffar, and Zakir Hussain in Ammaa Ki Boli (2021)
    Ammaa Ki Boli
    6.5
    • Ammaa
    • 2021
  • Mehrunisa (2021)
    Mehrunisa
    8.4
    • Mehrunisa
    • 2021
  • Amitabh Bachchan and Ayushmann Khurrana in Gulabo Sitabo (2020)
    Gulabo Sitabo
    6.3
    • Fatima Begum
    • 2020
  • Nawazuddin Siddiqui and Sanya Malhotra in Le photographe (2019)
    Le photographe
    6.8
    • Dadi
    • 2019
  • Aamir Khan and Zaira Wasim in Secret Superstar (2017)
    Secret Superstar
    7.8
    • Badi Apa
    • 2017
  • Maria Mozhdah in La Mauvaise Réputation (2017)
    La Mauvaise Réputation
    7.4
    • Bestemor
    • 2017
  • Salman Khan and Anushka Sharma in Sultan (2016)
    Sultan
    7.1
    • Sultan's grandmother
    • 2016
  • Manoj Bajpayee and Rajkummar Rao in Aligarh (2015)
    Aligarh
    7.8
    • Deepu's Landlord
    • 2015
  • Tannishtha Chatterjee, Radhika Apte, Surveen Chawla, and Lehar Khan in La saison des femmes (2015)
    La saison des femmes
    7.5
    • Janki's grandma
    • 2015
  • Pernia Qureshi and Imran Abbas in Jaanisaar (2015)
    Jaanisaar
    5.5
    • Noor's grandmother
    • 2015
  • Barefoot to Goa (2015)
    Barefoot to Goa
    5.7
    • Grandmother
    • 2015

Composer

  • Barefoot to Goa (2015)
    Barefoot to Goa
    5.7
    • Composer
    • 2015

Videos2

Official 'Secret Superstar' Trailer
Trailer 2:46
Official 'Secret Superstar' Trailer
Peepli Live
Trailer 2:27
Peepli Live
Peepli Live
Trailer 2:27
Peepli Live

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  • Born
    • 1933
    • Jaunpur
  • Died
    • October 15, 2021
    • Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India(stroke)
  • Spouse
    • Syed Muhammad Jaffar(2 children)

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