Bollywood actor jalal agha biography

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    Jalal Agha

    Indian actor and film director

    Jalal Agha (11 July 1945 – 5 March 1995) was an Indian actor and director in Bollywood films.[1] He was the son of the popular comedian actor Agha. Jalal studied acting at the Film and Television Institute of India, Pune.

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    He made his debut as a child actor played the role of young Jehangir[2][3] 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),[4] 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.[5] His other roles to mention are Julie (Julie's silent lover), the played the role of singer in Sama Hai Suhana Suhana from the fil

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    He was the son of the classic comedian actor Agha, Jalal Agha was a renowned actor in the Hindi film industry who rose to popularity during the 1970s. He is best known for featuring in the super hit song 'Mehbooba Mehbooba' in the cult film Sholay (1975) as the free-spirited banjo player.

    Although he graduated from the Film and Television Institute of India (FTII) in Pune, he had made his mark as an actor far earlier as a child artist. When the veteran actor Dilip Kumar chanced upon him, he considered the child Jalal Agha as the perfect choice to be cast as the young Jehangir in the film Mughal-e-Azam (1960).

    As an adult, his first film was Bambai Raat Ki Bahon Mein (1967) at the age of 21. He was a prolific actor and worked in over 60 films from the late 1960s until his death in 1995. Although he acted mostly in supporting roles, he was still a well-known face in the industry and commended for his talent. Some of his most popular roles were in Yaadon Ki Baraat (1973)

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    Jalal Agha

    Remember the lad who played ung Prince Salim on screen in Mughal-E-Azam (1960), who would later be essayed by Dilip Kumar? It was Jalal Agha, son of popular comic actor Agha, making his debut as a child artiste. Apparently, at the time, actor Dilip Kumar had asked his friend, Agha to let his son Jalal play the iconic role of the ung Jahangir in K Asif’s magnum opus. However, the veteran actor refused. Dilip Kumar refused to take no for an answer, and smuggled young Jalal Agha onto the sets. Jalal was thus cast as a younger utgåva of perhaps Dilip Kumar’s most memorable character on screen. What’s more, ung Jalal even had his father, Agha escorted off the sets because he felt uncomfortable working in his father’s presence! Later in life too, Jalal attempted to carve his own identity, distinct from his father’s. He would even resehandling on roles if they hadn’t komma to him on his own merit—something he did with the film Farz (1967)