Amjad Khan
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Amjad Khan
Native name امجد خان
अमजद ख़ान
Born Amjad Zakaria
Khan
12 November 1940
Peshawar, British India
Died 27 July 1992
(aged 51)
Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Nationality Indian
Occupation Film
actor, director
Years active 1940–1992
Known for Gabbar
Singh
Amjad Zakaria Khan (12 November 1940 – 27 July 1992) was an
Indian actor and director.[1] He worked in over 130 films in a career spanning
nearly twenty years. He enjoyed popularity for his villainous roles in Hindi
films, the most famous being the iconicGabbar Singh in the 1975 classic
Sholay[2] and of Dilawar in Muqaddar Ka Sikandar (1978).
Contents
[hide]
• 1 Early
life
• 2 Career
• 3
Personal life
• 4 Death
• 5
Filmography
• 6
References
• 7
External links
Early life[edit]
Amjad Khan was born in Adezai, a small village of Peshawar,
British India, to legendary actor Jayant. His brothers are actors Imtiaz Khan
and Inayat Khan who acted in one film. His family hails from the city of
Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (Pakistan).[3]
Khan was educated at St.Andrew's High School, in Bandra,
Mumbai. He attended R D National College where he was the general secretary,
the highest elected student body representative.
Career[edit]
Before Amjad Khan came to films he was a theatre actor. His
first role was in the film Nazneen (1951). His next role was at the age of 17
in the film Ab Dilli Dur Nahin (1957).[4] He made appearances in minor roles
with father Jayant in a few films. He assisted K. Asif in Love And God in the
late 1960s and had a brief appearance in the film. The film was left incomplete
after Asif's death in 1971, and it ended up releasing in 1986. In 1973 he made
his debut as an adult in Hindustan Ki Kasam.
In 1975 he was offered the role of dacoit Gabbar Singh for
the film Sholay by Salim Khan who was one of its writers. In preparation for
the role, Amjad read Abhishapth Chambal, a book on Chambal dacoits written by
Taroon Kumar Bhaduri (actress Jaya Bhaduri's father). Amjad shot to stardom
with the movie. His portrayal of Gabbar Singh is considered by many to be the
first depiction of pure evil in Indian Cinema. His mannerisms and dialogues
have become an integral part of Bollywood lexicon and spawned numerous parodies
and spoofs. Sholay went on to become a blockbuster. Although it boasted an
ensemble cast of superstars includingDharmendra, Amitabh Bachchan and Sanjeev
Kumar, who was nominated that year for the Filmfare award for Best Actor
category, Amjad stole the show with his unorthodox and eerie dialogue delivery.
Even to this day people fondly remember his dialogues and mannerisms. He later
appeared in advertisements as Gabbar Singh endorsing Britannia Glucose Biscuits
(popularly known as "Gabbar Ki Asli Pasand"), the first incidence of
a villain being used to sell a popular product.[5]
After the success of Sholay, Khan continued to play negative
roles in many subsequent Hindi films in the 1970s, 1980s and early 1990s –
superseding, in terms of popularity and demand, the earlier Indian actor, Ajit.
He often acted as villain opposite Amitabh Bachchan as the hero. His role in
'Inkaar' was also presented in terrifying manner. He made his presence felt in
'Des Pardes', 'Nastik', 'Satte Pe Satta', 'Dada', 'Chambal Ki Kasam', 'Ganga Ki
Saugandh', 'Hum Kisise Kam Nahin', and 'Naseeb'.
Khan was also acclaimed for playing many unconventional
roles. In the critically acclaimed film Shatranj Ke Khiladi (1977) (based on
the novel of the same title) by Munshi Premchand and directed by Satyajit Ray,
Khan played the helpless and deluded monarch Wajid Ali Shah, whose kingdom,
Avadh, is being targeted by British colonialists from the British East India
Company. It is the only movie in which he dubbed a song. He played many positive
roles in films such as Yaarana (1981) and Laawaris (1981) as Amitabh's friend
and father respectively. In the art film Utsav (1984), he portrayed Vatsayana,
the author of the Kama Sutra. In 1988 he appeared in the Merchant-Ivory English
film The Perfect Murder as an underworld don. He excelled at playing comical
characters in films such as Qurbani (1980), Love Story, and Chameli Ki Shaadi
(1986). In 1991, he reprised his role as Gabbar Singh in Ramgarh Ke Sholay, a
parody of the legendary film which included look-alikes of Dev Anand and
Amitabh Bachchan.
He ventured into directing for a brief period in the 1980s
directing and starring in Chor Police (1983), which was a success, and Ameer
Aadmi Gareeb Aadmi (1985) which failed to do well at the box office.
Amjad was the president of the Actors Guild Association. He
was respected in the film industry. He would intervene and negotiate disputes
between actors and directors/producers. One such dispute occurred when Dimple
Kapadia agreed to play a mother role and later backed out. The entire film
producers' community tried to boycott her. Amjad intervened on behalf of the
Actors Guild.
Personal life[edit]
In 1972, he married Shehla Khan and in the following year,
she gave birth to their first child, Shadaab Khan, who acted in a few films. He
also had a daughter, Ahlam Khan, and another son, Seemaab Khan. Ahlam married
popular theater actor Zafar Karachiwala in 2011.[6]
Death[edit]
In 1986, Khan had a near-fatal accident on the Mumbai-Goa
road, when he drove his car into a tree while trying to avoid a boulder. The
drugs administered to him caused a serious weight problem for the rest of his
life. As a result of his increasing weight, he died in 1992 after suffering
from heart failure at the age of 52. Several of the films he had completed were
released after his death, until 1996. His funeral procession passed from his
house in Pali Hill to the Muslim Burial in Bandra East.
Filmography[edit]
Year Film Role Notes
1951
Nazneen
credited
as Amjad, child artist
1957
Ab Dilli Dur Nahin
Lachhu
1961
Maya
1973
Hindustan Ki Kasam
1975
Sholay
Gabbar Singh Won,
Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actor
1976
Charas
Ginny
Aur Johnny
1977
Aafat
Shera
Aakhri
Goli
Chakkar
Pe Chakkar
Avdhut
Hum
Kisise Kum Naheen
Saudagar Singh
Kasam
Khoon Ki
Bhajirao
Palkon
Ki Chhaon Mein
Nattu
Parvarish
Mangal Singh
Ram
Bharose
Bhanupratap
Shatranj
Ke Khiladi
Wajid Ali Shah
1978
Apna Khoon
Khan
Besharam
Digvijay Singh/Dharamdas
Bandie
Kanchan V. Singh
Bhookh
Thakur Harnam Singh
Des
Pardes
Bhoot Singh/Avtar Singh
Ganga
Ki Saugand
Thakur Jashwant Singh
Heeralal
Pannalal
Panther
Inkaar
Raj Singh 'Kidnapper'
Kasme
Vaade
Juda, the Hunchback Guest
appearance
Khoon
Ki Pukaar
Zalim Singh/Sardar
Muqaddar
Muqaddar
Ka Sikandar
Dilawar
Phool
Khile Hain Gulshan Gulshan
Kalandhar
Ram
Kasam
Sawan
Ke Geet
1979
Ahsaas
Pradeep Rai Choudhry
Atmaram
Chambal
Ki Raani
Dada
Fazlu
Do
Shikaari
Zorro
Hamare
Tumhare
Mr. Chaudhary, Sonia's Father
Hum
Tere Aashiq Hain
Thakur Shamsher Singh
Lok
Parlok
Ram Shastri/Boston Strangler/
Raman Raghav/Ram Ghulam
Meera
Badshah Akbar
Mr.
Natwarlal
Vikram Singh
Raakhi
Ki Saugandh
Jagganath 'Jagga'/Yahwar Pahwar Khan
Sarkari
Mehmaan
Suhaag
Vikram Kapoor
1980
Bombay 405 Miles
Veer Singh
Chambal
Ki Kasam
Jwalamukhi
Daku Sher Singh
Khanjar
Prince/Swamiji
Lahu
Pukarega
Lootmaar
Vikram
Pyaara
Dushman
Qurbani
Inspector Amjad Khan
Ram
Balram
Suleiman Seth
Yari
Dushmani
Birju
1981
Anusandhan
Barsaat
Ki Ek Raat
Kaliram H. Sahu
Chehre
Pe Chehra
Kanhus, Martha's brother
Commander
Commander Singh
Dhuaan
Sunil's boss
Gehra
Zakhm
Hum Se
Badkar Kaun
Chandan/Bholaram
Jail
Yatra
Kuldeep
Kanhaiyaa
Madhav Singh
Paanch
Qaidi
Kaalia
Shahani Seth/Jaswant
Katilon
Ke Kaatil
Black Cobra
Khoon
Ka Rishta
Ladies
Tailor
Nawab Amjad Khan
Laawaris
Ranvir Singh
Love
Story
Havaldar Sher Singh
Maan
Gaye Ustaad
Munna/Shera
Naseeb
Damu (Damodar)
Plot
No. 5
Professor
Pyarelal
Ronnie/Ranjit Singh/Gomes
Rocky
Robert D'Souza
Shama
Dargah devotee
Waqt Ki
Deewar
Thakur Ranvir Dayal Singh
Yaarana
Bishan
Zamane
Ko Dikhana Hai
Sharif Khan/Sharafat Ali/Karamat Ali/
Salamat Ali/Wajahat Ali
1982
Satte Pe Satta
Ranjit Singh
Baghawat
Maharaj Durjan Singh/
Maharaj Vikram Singh
Daulat
Joseph D'Souza/Tripathi
Desh
Premee
Thakur Pratap Singh
Dharam
Kanta
Chandan Singh/Jwala Singh
Insaan
Samraat
Ranbir
Teesri
Aankh
Jabbar Singh
Taqdeer
Ka Badshah
Teri Maang
Sitaron Se Bhar Doon
Mohammed 'Sultan Bhai'/
Sultan Singh Rathod
1983
Achha Bura
Mohammad Sher Khan/
Kamalrup Chaurasiya 'Shera'
Bade
Dil Wala
Bhagwat Singh (B.K.)/
Dr. Joshi
Chor
Police
Barkhi Khan
Himmatwala
Sher Singh Bandookwala
Hum Se
Hai Zamana
Iqbal/Thakur's son
Humse
Na Jeeta Koi
Bheema Singh
Jaani
Dost
Hari/Nooruddin/Harry
Mahaan
Vikram Singh
Nastik
Tiger
1984
Bindiya Chamkegi
Inspector Vijay A. Kumar
Dhokebaaz
Kaamyaab
Tere
Mere Beech Mei
A film
by Dada Kondke
Maati
Maange Khoon
Thakur Balram Singh
Mohan
Joshi Hazir Ho!
Kundan Kapadia
Pet
Pyaar Aur Paap
Utsav
Vatsyayan
1985
Ameer Aadmi Gharib Aadmi
Akram
Ee
Lokam Ivide Kure Manushyar
Abbas Malayalam film
Ek Daku
Saher Mein
Surjan Singh
Ek Se
Bhale Do
Balram/Bhima
Maa
Kasam
Chakradhari
Mera
Saathi
Ram Kumar's play character
Mohabbat
Gamma Pehalwan
Pataal
Bhairavi
Vishvanath Chanchal
1986
Andheri Raat Mein Diya Tere Haath Mein
Sultan
Chameli
Ki Shaadi
Advocate Harish
Jeeva
Sardar
Love and
God
Kais' family servant
Mohabbat
Ki Kasam
Baseera Singh
Nasihat
Pahunchey
Huwe Log
Peechha
Karro
Brigadier
Simhasanam
Telugu
film
Singhasan
Kupateshwar Simhasanam
in Telugu
Vikram
Tamil
film
Zindagani
Bhola
1987
Ahsaan
Insaniyat
Ke Dushman
Pratap Singh
Jaago
Hua Savera
Maashuka
Sitapur
Ki Geeta
Thakur Pratap Singh
1988
Bees Saal Baad
Bhavani Baba
Do Waqt
Ki Roti
Tantia Bheel/Purshottam
Inteqam
Kabrastan
Nepolean D'Costa
Kanwarlal
John Jani Janardhan
Maalamaal
Suleiman Dada
Paanch
Fauladi
Dilawar Khan, Fauladi No. 5
Qatil
Badshah Akram Khan
The
Perfect Murder
Lala Heera Lal
1989
Dost
Sher Singh
Khuli
Khidki
Dr. A.K. Jayant
Meri
Zabaan
Inspector Malpani/
Arjun Vaswani
Naqab
Nawab Dada Sarkar
Santosh
Qaidi No. 333
1990
Lekin...
Shafi Ahmed Sidiqqui
Maha-Sangram
Bada Ghoda
Pati
Patni Aur Tawaif
Sulaiman Dildar
1991
Love
Guruji
Izzat
Ramgarh
Ke Sholay
Gabbar Singh
Yaara
Dildara
1992
Aasmaan Se Gira
Alien ruler
Dil Hi
To Hai
Maharaj Vikram Garg
Ele, My
Friend
Omar
Saali
Adhi Ghar Waali
Waqt Ka
Badshah
Virodhi
Judge
1993
Bechain
In
Custody
Babu's Musician English
Film
Rudaali
Thakur Ram Avtar, Lakhsman's father
Bannada
Gejje
Kannada
film starring V Ravichandran
Prema
Yudham
Telugu
film starring Nagarjuna Akkineni,
Remake of Bannada Gejje
1994
Do Fantoosh
Bajrang
1995
Anokhi Chaal
1996
Aatank
Alphonso
Hukumnama
Sautela
Bhai
Thakur Narayandas
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