Saeed Jaffrey

Saeed Jaffrey was born on 8 January 1929 in Punjab. He is an Indian actor who has done number of British movies also. He had done many hit movies like The Man Who Would Be King (1975), Shatranj Ke Khiladi (The Chess Players) (1977), Gandhi (1982), A Passage to India (1965 BBC version and 1984 film) and My Beautiful Laundrette (1985).He had appeared in bollywood movies in 1980’s and 90’s.


He is the first Indian to take Shakespearean plays to the United States. He is also the first Asian to receive British and Canadian Academy Awards nominations. And also the first Indian to receive the Order of the British Empire for his contributions to drama.

Filmography

The Guru

The Horsemen

Chashme Buddoor

Sphinx

Masoom

Kissi Se Na Kehna

Bhavna

Ram Teri Ganga Maili and many more…..