Farah Naaz was one of the most famous Bollywood actresses in the 80s & early 90s. Her landmark films were Faisla (1985), Hamara Khandaan (1987), Naqab (1989), Yateem (1989) and Baap Numbri Beta Dus Numbri (1990). She retired from acting at the peak of her career in 1990 at the age of 22. She worked with almost all of the top actors of her time, including Rishi Kapoor, Sanjay Dutt, Sunny Deol, Anil Kapoor, Jackie Shroff, Mithun, Govinda, and Aamir Khan. Farah was born in Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India. She is the niece of Shabana Azmi and the elder sister of Tabu.
Farah made her debut in 1985 with Yash Chopra’s Faasle opposite Mahendra Kapoor’s son Rohan Kapoor.After Faasle , Farah got many other big offers like Shakti Samanta’s Paley Khan, K.C Bokadia’s Naseeb Apna Apna and Pran Lal Mehta’s Love 86. She was part of hits like Marte Dam Tak, Naseeb Apna Apna, Love 86, Imaandaar, Ghar Ghar Ki Kahaani, Diljala, Rakhwala, Veeru Dada, and Baap Ek Numbari Beta Dus Numbari. J.P Dutta’s Yateem got her critical acclaim, and it was one of her performance-oriented roles, along with films such as Hamara Khandaan, Naqaab, Khatarnaak, and Pati Patni aur Tawaif, although they were commercial failures. In the 1990s, she worked with Aamir Khan in two films, Jawani Jindabad and Isi Ka Naam Zindagi, but both flopped at box office. She was signed for Khuda Gawah and she shot for few scenes, but due to delays in production, she was later replaced with Shilpa Shirodkar. By the same time, she got married to Dara Singh’s son Vindu Dara Singh. Farah then started playing supporting roles in films like Muqabla, Dhartiputra and Izzat Ki Roti. She later switched to TV and did serials such as Amar Prem, Andaz, Ahaa (all three produced by Himesh Reshammiya), Vailayiti Babu and Papa. Farah was also planning a mega serial called Taqdeer, but shelved the project. She returned to films in 2004 with Hulchul.
Farah has now divorced Vindu Dara Singh and lives an independent life with her only son.
Films Done By Farah Naaz
- 2005 Shikhar Kusum John Matthew Matthan Hindi
- 2004 Hulchul Gopi Priyadarshan Hindi
- 2002 Bharat Bhagya Vidhata Nagma Ashok Tyagi Hindi
- 2000 Bhai No 1 Neha Deepak Anand Hindi
- 1998 Achanak Madhu Naresh Malhotra Hindi
- 1997 Lahoo Ke Do Rang Sangita B. Srivastav Mehul Kumar Hindi
- 1996 Hukumnama Hindi
- 1996 Rab Dian Rakhan Sandhya Dara Singh Punjabi
- 1996 Maahir Paro Lawrence D’Souza Hindi
- 1996 Namak Dr. Anju Kawal Sharma Hindi
- 1996 Sautela Bhai Bindiya B.R. Ishara Hindi
- 1995 Bhai Ho To Aisa Manmohan Desai Hindi
- 1995 Hijack Nandini KS Gopalakrishnan Malayalam
- 1995 Sarhad: The Border of Crime Sandhya Mathur Mahendra Shah Hindi
- 1995 Taaqat Savitri Talat Jani Hindi
- 1995 Fauji Roopa Lawrence D’Souza Hindi
- 1994 Janam Se Pehle Geeta Bhardwaj B.R. Ishara Hindi
- 1994 Chauraha Dancer Sadaqat Hussain Hindi
- 1994 Insaaf Apne Lahoo Se Rani Latif Khan Hindi
- 1993 Izzat Ki Roti Pinky K. Pappu Hindi
- 1993 Dhartiputra Karma Iqbal Durrani Hindi
- 1993 Muqabla Vandana T. Rama Rao Hindi
- 1993 Jeevan Ki Shatranj Radha V. Sharma S.A. Chandrasekhar Hindi
- 1993 Kundan Shanno K.C. Bokadia Hindi
- 1993 Zakhmo Ka Hisaab Bindiya Talukdars Hindi
- 1992 Isi Ka Naam Zindagi Chumki Kalidas Hindi
- 1992 Naseebwaala Kalpataru Hindi
- 1991 Paap Ki Aandhi Insp. Kiran Gupta Mehul Kumar Hindi
- 1991 Begunaah Guddu/ Nirmala ‘Nimmo’/ Bulbul Anil Suri Hindi
- 1991 Balidaan Dancer/Singer Ravi Tandon Hindi
- 1990 Pati Patni Aur Tawaif Mrs. Shanti Saxena Rajkumar Kohli Hindi
- 1990 Baap Numbri Beta Dus Numbri Rosie D’Souza Aziz Sejawal Hindi
- 1990 Haar Jeet Hindi
- 1990 Jawani Zindabad Sugandha Srivastav Arun Bhatt Hindi
- 1990 Jeene Do Chanda Rajesh Sethi Hindi
- 1990 Kaarnama Mala Ranjeet Hindi
- 1990 Majboor (1989 film) Priya Tatineni Rama Rao
- 1990 Khatarnaak Dr. Sangeeta Joshi Bharat Rangachary Hindi
- 1990 Veeru Dada Rekha K.R. Reddy Hindi
- 1989 Ontari Poratam K. Raghavendra Rao Telugu
- 1989 Rakhwala Ramtaki Adurthi Subba Rao Hindi
- 1989 Do Qaidi Meenu Ajay Kashyap Hindi
- 1989 Aamar Tumi Jhilik Bimal Ray (Jr.) Bengali
- 1989 Kala Bazaar Kamini Sampat Rakesh Roshan Hindi
- 1989 Majboor Rama Rao Tatineni Hindi
- 1989 Meri Zabaan Baby Shibbu Mitra Hindi
- 1989 Naqaab Asiya Hindi
- 1988 Paap Ko Jalaa Kar Raakh Kar Doonga Pooja Saxena/ Pooja D. Malhotra K.R. Reddy Hindi
- 1988 Halaal Ki Kamai Swaroop Kumar Hindi
- 1988 Ghar Ghar Ki Kahani Asha Dhanraj Kalpatru Hindi
- 1988 Mohabbat Ke Dushman Reshma Prakash Mehra Hindi
- 1988 Hamara Khandan Ruby Miranda Anwar Pasha Hindi
- 1988 Yateem Gauri S. Yadav J.P. Dutta Hindi
- 1988 Mahakali S.R. Pratap Hindi
- 1988 Woh Phir Aayegi Aarti B.R.Ishara Hindi
- 1987 Vijetha Vikram Usha S.S. Ravichandra Telugu
- 1987 Diljalaa Mamta R. Gupta/ Maduri M. Das Hindi
- 1987 Imaandaar Renu S. Rai Sushil Malik Hindi
- 1987 7 Saal Baad Hindi
- 1987 Marte Dam Tak Jyoti R. Dayal Mehul Kumar Hindi
- 1986 Love 86 Leena Esmayeel Shroff Hindi
- 1986 Naseeb Apna Apna Radha Rama Rao Tatineni Hindi
- 1986 Palay Khan Helen Bonz Ashim Samanta Hindi
- 1985 Faasle Chandni Yash Chopra Hindi
- 1984 NasbandiĀ Tarkieb farha new Roshni Sister Hindi