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All Stories for Farooq Shaikh
In Sai Paranjpye's Chashme Baddoor, a love letter to the Delhi of my memories
Aseem Chhabra • 4 years agoChashme Baddoor (1981) was the last film I saw before moving to New York City. The memory of the film carried the smell of Delhi with me, as I arrived in the city that would become my home for the next three-and-a-half decades.
Images: Deepti Naval, Shabana Azmi and others at Farooq Shaikh's funeral
Fp Archives • 11 years agoMany yesteryear celebrities as well as actor Farhan Akhtar and Tabu attended Farooq Shaikh's funeral in Andheri last night. Here are the images
Farooq Shaikh: The everyman everyone forgot
Fp Archives • 11 years agoThrough his performances Farooq Shaikh conveyed the story of an average man and his death makes the everyman everyone seemed to have forgotten truly memorable.
Can't believe he is gone: Shaba Azmi on Farooq Shaikh
Fp Archives • 11 years agoActress Shabana Azmi, Farooque Sheikh's co-star for 21 years in the popular play "Tumhari Amrita" who had also worked with the actor in several films, is devastated with the news of his sudden death.
Images: Low profile premiere for restored version of classic Chashme Buddoor
Fp Archives • 12 years agoThe premiere of digitally restored version of Sai Paranjpye's classic "Chashme Buddoor" turned out to be a low-key event, which saw the presence of star cast of the film and some TV actors. Here are the images
Movie Review: Farooq-Deepti nostalgia not enough magic for Listen... Amaya
Trisha Gupta • 12 years agoFarooq Shaikh and Deepti Naval, back together on screen after decades carry their scenes with easy warmth. But Listen... Amaya is too picture postcard to ever come to life the way Saath Saath once did.
It's My Life but it's Raveena Tandon's downfall
Rajyasree • 13 years agoIt's My Life might be the newest avatar of the celeb show Jeena Isi Ka Naam Hai. But what's in a name? Nothing. It's all in the host as Raveena Tandon, the new host, sadly proves over and over again.