Born September 25, 1939· Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
† Died April 27, 2009
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Born in Bangalore to an Afghan father and a mother of Persian descent, he attended Bishop Cotton Boys’ School and St Germain High School before abandoning formal studies and moving to Bombay to chase a film career. After a modest debut as a second lead in Didi (1960), his breakthrough arrived with Oonche Log (1965), leading to a string of popular titles such as Arzoo, Aag, Safar, Mela, Apradh (197…
