ACTOR

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. Best known for her character-driven roles in independent cinema and supporting work in mainstream Bollywood productions, Jalal has received such accolades as four Filmfare Awards and two Bengal Film Journalists Association Awards.Jalal started her career with Taqdeer (1967). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Farida Jalal has received more than 3,381,870 page views. Her biography is available in 35 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 33 in 2019). Farida Jalal is the 5,031st most popular actor (down from 4,981st in 2019), the 653rd most popular biography from India (down from 575th in 2019) and the 81st most popular Indian Actor.

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  • 3.4M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 47.09

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 35

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.07

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.98

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Farida Jalals by language

Over the past year Farida Jalal has had the most page views in the with 394,060 views, followed by Hindi (9,755), and Russian (8,571). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Maithili (90.63%), Malayalam (61.83%), and Tajik (51.39%)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Farida Jalal ranks 5,031 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 81. 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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