Amjad Khan
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Imtiaz Khan, known for Yaadon Ki Baarat, passes away at the age of 78; Javed Jaffrey tweets condolences
Fp Staff •Imtiaz Khan was the brother of the late legendary actor Amjad Khan, best known for playing Gabbar in Ramesh Sippy's iconic 1975 dacoit drama Sholay.
Navin Nischol, Amjad Khan's 1977 film Aafat is a rare Bollywood procedural drama worth unearthing
Gautam Chintamani •The meandering screenplay fails to seamlessly string the narrative and a few things being stilted to the extent of hilarity notwithstanding, Aafat is thoroughly enjoyable. T
Divya Dutta to play nobel laureate Malala Yousafzai's mother in upcoming biopic
Fp Staff •Divya Dutta will be essaying the role of Malala Yousafzai's mother Toor Pekai in Amjad Khan's upcoming biopic
Atma Ram's Aafat: Navin Nishcol-Leena Chandavarkar starrer is a well-crafted procedural drama
Gautam Chintamani •Aafat, a barely recalled 1970s’ urban crime thriller, is directed by Atma Ram, Guru Dutt’s younger brother.
Shatranj Ke Khilari: Satyajit Ray's commentary on the systematic atrocities of British in India
Bhaskar Chattopadhyay •Shatranj Ke Khilari transports us into a magical world of nawabs and nautch girls, of palaces and forts, of hookahs and Peshawari shawls, of cockfights and kite-flying contests, of kathak and thumris
Amjad Khan's Gabbar is still Bollywood's favourite villain: A look at his other neglected roles
Suryasarathibhattacharya •Would Gabbar Singh be 'The Gabbar' without Amjad Khan? How much of Gabbar is Khan and how much of Khan is Gabbar?
NIA arrests JKH chief: Terror group recruited youth for Islamic State, considered extorting money from Bollywood stars
Fp Staff •On Monday, the National Investigation Agency (NIA) said it had arrested the president of the Junood-ul-Khalifa-Fil-Hind (JKH), a terror group that has pledged loyalty to the Islamic State and which is responsible for sending recruits from India to Syria.
Happy birthday Amjad Khan: The gem of a villain who gave Bollywood its relevance it misses today
Gautam Chintamani •Could Amjad Khan probably be the missing link who could offer the ideal platform to understand how seamless some actors truly were in the past?
SIMI activists' encounter: Kin of alleged terrorists approach high court, seek CBI probe
•A day after eight SIMI activists were killed in an alleged police encounter following a daring prison break in Bhopal, their families have decided to approach the Madhya Pradesh High Court seeking a CBI probe into what they dubbed as "cold-blooded murders".
Four absconding Simi activists held in Odisha
Fp Archives •Four absconding Students Islamic Movement of India activists, who had fled from a jail in Madhya Pradesh in 2013, were arrested in Odisha early today.