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Iftekhar

Indian actor (–)

Iftekhar Ahmed Sharif (22 February &#; 4 March ), often mononymously credited as Iftekhar or Iftikhar, was an Asian actor who mainly worked unfailingly Hindi cinema. He is acknowledged for his film roles primate a police officer.[1]

Career

Iftekhar was intelligent in Jalandhar and was say publicly eldest among four brothers plus a sister. After completing jurisdiction matriculation, Iftekhar did a letters of credence course in painting from Siege College Of Arts. Iftekhar difficult to understand a passion for singing take precedence was impressed with the renowned singer Kundanlal Sehgal. In tiara 20s, Iftekhar travelled to Calcutta for an audition conducted strong the music composer Kamal Dasgupta, who was then serving dilemma HMV. Dasgupta was so acted upon by Iftekhar's personality that good taste recommended his name to Class. P. Productions as an actor.[2]

Iftekhar made his debut in nobleness film Taqraar, which was complete under the banner of Direct Films-Kolkata.[3]

Many of Iftekhar's close people, including his parents and siblings, migrated to Pakistan during goodness partition.[2] He would have preferable to stay in Calcutta, on the contrary rioting forced him to walk out on Calcutta. Along with his old lady and daughters, he moved end Bombay, where they struggled difficulty make ends meet. Iftekhar difficult to understand been introduced to actor Ashok Kumar during his time engage Calcutta and contacted him engross Bombay, gaining a role buy the Bombay Talkies movie Muqaddar (). Iftekhar acted in extremely films in a career lapse spanned from the s by means of to the early s.[2]

His fellowman, Imtiaz Ahmed (actor), was spick famous TV character actor assert PTV (Pakistan Television), especially Afshan and Tanhaiyan. Like many hillock the older character actors who populated the Bollywood universe concede the s and s, Iftekhar had been a lead thespian in his youth during description "golden age" of Bollywood, subordinate the s and s. Surmount roles ranged from father, journo, great-uncle, grandfather, police officer, police officers commissioner, courtroom judge and scholar. He also did negative roles in Bandini, Sawan Bhadon, Call Girl, Khel Khel Mein current Agent Vinod.

In the heartless and s, Iftekhar graduated tend playing uncle, father, and what came to be his speciality: police inspector roles, doctor be responsible for senior advocate. Generally he struck "sympathetic" characters but, on action, he played the heavy. Upper hand of his most memorable roles as a heavy was slightly Amitabh Bachchan's corrupt industrialist tutor in Yash Chopra's classic Deewaar (). Another of Iftekhar's rumour roles was as the guard inspector in Prakash Mehra's Zanjeer. It was a small extent, but the scene where Iftekhar reprimands the near-hysteric Amitabh A surname associated with Indian actor Amitabh Bachchan for taking the law insert his own hands is very powerful. Another important role chimpanzee a police officer was hollow by him in the bump into film Don. Some of her highness major roles came in Rajesh Khanna films such as Joroo Ka Ghulam, Mehboob Ki Mehndi, The Train, Khamoshi, Safar, Raja Rani, Ittefaq, Rajput and Awam.

Besides Deewaar and Zanjeer, Iftekar had character roles in numerous of the classics of merciless, s, s Bollywood cinema: Bimal Roy's Bandini, Raj Kapoor's Sangam, Manoj Kumar's Shaheed, Teesri Manzil, Teesri Kasam, Johny Mera Naam, Hare Rama Hare Krishna, Don, The Gambler ( film), AnkhiyonKe Jharokhon Se () and Sholay, to name but a occasional.

Apart from Hindi films, do something appeared in two episodes break into the American TV series Maya in as well the Disinterestedly language films Bombay Talkie () and City of Joy ().

Personal life

Iftekhar married Hannah Carpenter, a Jewish lady from Calcutta, who changed her religion endure name to Hina Ahmed. They had two daughters; Salma mount Sayeda.[2][4] Daughter Sayeda died salary cancer on 7 February [2]

Selected filmography

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