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Jalal Agha
Born	11 July 1945 Bombay, Bombay Province, British India
Died	5 March 1995 (aged 49) New Delhi, India
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1960–1993
Relatives	Agha (Father), Tinnu Anand (Brother-in-law)

Jalal Agha (11 July 1945 – 5 March 1995) was an Indian actor and director in Bollywood films. He was the son of the popular comedian actor Agha. Jalal studied acting at the Film and Television Institute of India, Pune.

Career

He made his debut as a child actor played the role of young Jehangir in all-time-hit 1960 film Mughal-E-Azam (role was played by Dilip Kumar as an adult). He made his debut in as an adult role in K.A. Abbas's Bambai Raat Ki Bahon Mein (1967), and went on to appear in over 60 Bollywood films from the late 1960s through to the early 1990s, mostly playing supporting roles. His most famous role was in the blockbuster hit Sholay, where he played the Rubab player in the popular song Mehbooba O' Mehbooba. His other roles to mention are Julie (Julie's silent lover), the played the role of singer in Sama Hai Suhana Suhana from the film Ghar Ghar Ki Kahani, Shabana Azmi's brother in Thodi Si Bewafai, Amol Palekar's friend and roommate in Gharonda and Naseeruddin Shah's friend in Dil Akhir Dil Hai. He played a prominent role in Saat Hindustani.

He also made appearances in English-language films such as Bombay Talkie (1970), Gandhi (1982), Kim (1984) and The Deceivers (1988). He wrote and directed a Bollywood film titled Goonj, which released in 1989.

His last film appearance was in the 1998 film Badmaash.

Personal life and death

He died of a heart attack on 5 March 1995 at the age of 49. Married to model Valerie Pereira (divorced July 1982). They had two children Saleem Christopher Agha Bee (of Goa's Sublime bistro fame) and Vanessa Bee Feuerstein.

Selected filmography

References

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6. "Acted in K.A.Abbas's movie Saat Hindustani (Amitabh Bachchan's first film)". madhu. Retrieved 18 June 2021.
7. Phukan, Vikram (4 October 2019). "The importance of Saat Hindustani and Bachchanalia". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 18 June 2021.
8. Trisha Gupta (20 October 2019). "The seventh satyagrahi". Mumbai Mirror. Retrieved 18 June 2021.
9. "Jalal Agha: Movies, TV, and Bio". www.amazon.co.uk. Retrieved 18 June 2021.
10. "Sublimely Chris". The Wandering Indian Gourmet. Retrieved 1 February 2022.
11. Shubhangi Misra (5 March 2020). "Jalal Agha, the star kid who was averse to nepotism". The Print.
12. Who's Who in the World (9th, 10th Editions ed.). Marquis. 2017.
13. "Goonj (1989) - Review, Star Cast, News, Photos". Cinestaan. Archived from the original on 6 May 2019. Retrieved 6 May 2019.

External links

• Jalal Agha at IMDb
• Jalal Agha at Bollywood Hungama

• Biography

• Media from Commons
• Data from Wikidata

• 1945 births
• 1995 deaths
• Indian male film actors
• Hindi-language film directors
• Male actors in Hindi cinema
• Film and Television Institute of India alumni
• Male actors from Delhi
• 20th-century Indian male actors
• Film directors from Delhi