Curiosidades

He was awarded the OBE (Officer of the Order of the British Empire) in the 1995 Queen's Birthday Honours List for his services to drama.

Had three daughters from his marriage to actress/cookbook writer Madhur Jaffrey: Zia, Meera Jaffrey, and actress Sakina Jaffrey, who appeared with her father in the film Masala (1991).

Has appeared in Tandoori Nights (1985), Masala (1991), and Chicken Tikka Masala (2005), titles which are all references to ways of preparing food, most commonly chicken.

Wrote a autobiography book in 1998 titled "Saeed - An Actor's Journey". It was highly criticized for too much bold and sexual revelation of his life.

Grand uncle to Kiara Advani (brother who married Ashok Kumar's daughter's granddaughter).

Daughter Zia Jaffrey is a world famous author.

His brother, Hamid Jaffrey, is the son-in-law of Ashok Kumar.

Niece is model and beauty queen Shaheen Jaffrey (Hamid's daughter). She is often confused with Dilip Kumar's actress niece Shaheen (Mahasangram). She worked as a assistant to Mahesh Bhatt in the film Maarg.

Brother-in-law of actress Bharati Jaffrey. She is married to brother Hamid.

He played Mr. Hamidullah in two adaptations of E.M. Forster's 1924 novel "A Passage to India": A Passage to India (1965) and Passagem para a Índia (1984). Ishaq Bux also appeared in both productions.

Was the father of three daughters: Zia, Meera, and Sakina.

Daughter Meera Jafferey is a music teacher at The Learning Community Charter School in New Jersey USA.

Grandfather to actors Cassius Kumar Wilkinson and Jamila Wilkinson, who are Sakina Jaffrey's children.

Starred in a shelved film K.K. Films "Anaar" (1983) Starring Pradeep Khayyam, Pooja Saxena, Saeed Jaffery, Om Shivpuri, Music by Khayyam, Directed by K.K. Shahi.

Starred in the shelved movie Tahir Films "Hum Kya Badle"(1988) Starring Ravindra Mahajani, Upasna Khosla,Saeed Jaffery, Ramesh Deo,Seema Deo,Music by Usha Khanna, Yuvraj Singh.