Pyaar Hai, Dil To Pagal Hai and Raja Hindustani among others. She was mostly seen playing second fiddle to top heroines in most of her films, but the seasoned actress was paired with superstar Rajesh Khanna in Aradhana.įarida was also noticed in character roles in movies like Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge, Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham, Kaho Naa. She started her career as a child artiste with the 1960 hit Chaudhvin Ka Chand, after which she also featured in Raj Kapoor's Bobby. On the big as well as the small screen, Farida has tried to portray different kinds of characters.
My character, Dadi Maa, is a no-nonsense woman, unlike the goody-goody characters that I've played in the past," she said. I play the head of the family, and that is different from what I normally do. "The concept of this show is quite different and unique. I think the show makers now should turn around and look back at those shows to get some inspiration," Farida told IANS over phone from Mumbai.
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But I still feel that the TV shows nowadays cannot be compared with those in my times. "TV shows have grown as far as ideas are concerned, and I am happy to see that. The endearing and ever-so-graceful actress' overall judgment of the content on Indian TV is that there's a lack of originality. Having featured in over 200 films and a couple of TV shows during her almost five-decade career in showbiz, the 65-year-old is now readying to appear in Zee TV's latest offering, Satrangi Sasural - about a girl who enters a household of seven women. Farida Jalal said TV shows earlier had better scripts.