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Farida Jalal

1949 - Today

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Farida Jalal (born Farida Sami; 18 May 1950) is an Indian actress who primarily worked in Hindi films. In a film career spanning almost fifty years, Jalal appeared in over 200 films. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Farida Jalal has received more than 3,829,458 page views. Her biography is available in 35 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 33 in 2019). Farida Jalal is the 5,035th most popular actor (down from 4,981st in 2019), the 653rd most popular biography from India (down from 575th in 2019) and the 82nd most popular Indian Actor.

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  • 3.8M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 47.09

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 35

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.07

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.98

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Farida Jalal ranks 5,035 out of 13,578. Before her are Lili Taylor, Leonor Varela, Harry Lennix, Theodore Roberts, Wallace Reid, and Wilfrid Hyde-White. After her are Michael Bowen, Paprika Steen, Coleen Gray, Tony Lo Bianco, Freddie Jones, and Marni Nixon.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1949, Farida Jalal ranks 482. Before her are Brian Yuzna, Carlo Petrini, Burghart Klaußner, Takeshi Shudo, Patrick Nève, and Zlatko Mateša. After her are Nasser Hejazi, Noli de Castro, Loretta Devine, Debra Monk, Mitsunori Fujiguchi, and Fred Frith.

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In India

Among people born in India, Farida Jalal ranks 653 out of 1,861. Before her are Amitav Ghosh (1956), Medha Patkar (1954), Bindu (1951), Shah Shuja (1616), Nana Patekar (1951), and Cornelia Sorabji (1866). After her are Sheila Dikshit (1938), Ismat Chughtai (1915), Percy Hobart (1885), Guru Dutt (1925), Arthur E. Kennelly (1861), and Venkaiah Naidu (1949).

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Among ACTORS In India

Among actors born in India, Farida Jalal ranks 82. Before her are Rajkumar (1929), Abhishek Bachchan (1976), Rakesh Roshan (1949), Preity Zinta (1975), Bindu (1951), and Nana Patekar (1951). After her are Asha Parekh (1942), Dimple Kapadia (1957), Zeenat Aman (1951), Kareena Kapoor (1980), Spike Milligan (1918), and Ashok Kumar (1911).

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Television and Movie Roles

Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge
Lajwanti 'Lajjo' Singh
Raj is a rich, carefree, happy-go-lucky second generation NRI. Simran is the daughter of Chaudhary Baldev Singh, who in spite of being an NRI is very strict about adherence to Indian values. Simran has left for India to be married to her childhood fiancé. Raj leaves for India with a mission at his hands, to claim his lady love under the noses of her whole family. Thus begins a saga.
Oct 20th 19958.5 / 10
Kuch Kuch Hota Hai
Mrs. Khanna
Per her mother's last wish, an 8 year old girl sets out to reunite her father with his college best friend who was in love with him.
Oct 16th 19987.5 / 10
Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham
Sayeeda “Daijaan / DJ” Naaz
Years after his father disowns his adopted brother for marrying a woman of lower social standing, a young man goes on a mission to reunite his family.
Dec 14th 20017.7 / 10