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Saeed Jaffrey

Born 1929-01-08

​From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Saeed Jaffrey OBE (1929 - 2015) was an Indian-born British actor, who made numerous British movies. He was born in Malerkotla, Punjab. His film credits included 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 also appeared in many Bollywood films in the 1980s and 1990s. For television he has starred in Gangsters (1975–1978), The Jewel in the Crown (1984), Tandoori Nights (1985–1987) and Little Napoleons (1994). He also appeared as Ravi Desai on Coronation Street as the father of Vikram Desai, the cousin of Dev Alahan and in Minder (TV series) as Mr Mukerjee in Series 1 episode The Bengal Tiger. Description above from the Wikipedia article Saeed Jaffrey, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known for

Gandhi 1982 · 8.0 The Man Who Would Be King 1975 · 7.8 A Passage to India 1984 · 7.3 My Beautiful Laundrette 1985 · 6.8 The Razor's Edge 1984 · 6.4 Dil 1990 · 6.6 Yeh Dillagi 1994 · 5.9 Masoom 1983 · 8.4 The Chess Players 1977 · 7.5 Dilwale 1994 · 5.6 When One Falls in Love 1998 · 5.9 Trimurti 1995 · 4.8 Ram Lakhan 1989 · 6.7 Judaai 1997 · 6.1 English Babu Desi Mem 1996 · 4.6 Chashme Buddoor 1981 · 7.9 The Wilby Conspiracy 1975 · 6.4 Veergati 1995 · 5.8 Chaalbaaz 1989 · 6.8 The Horsemen 1971 · 6.2 The Deceivers 1988 · 6.0 Suryavanshi 1992 · 4.4 Mashaal 1984 · 7.3 Afsana Pyar Ka 1991 · 5.3 Albela 2001 · 3.7 Kishen Kanhaiya 1990 · 5.9 Aaina 1993 · 6.1 Kissise Na Kehna 1983 · 7.3 Henna 1991 · 6.2 Aunty No. 1 1998 · 4.3 Jaan 1996 · 4.3 Nishchaiy 1992 · 4.3 Aashik Aawara 1993 · 4.8 Hero Hiralal 1988 · 6.0 Achanak 1998 · 4.2 Prem 1995 · 4.0 Ek Hi Raasta 1993 · 3.9 Angrakshak 1995 · 4.4 Sanam Teri Kasam 2009 · 4.8 Anmol 1993 · 5.1 Salaami 1994 · 7.0 Sauda 1995 · 4.0