Saeed Jaffrey
Popularity:0.631
Known For:Acting
Birthday:1929-01-08
Place of Birth:Maler Kotla, Punjab, India
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Also Known As: Sayeed Jaffery, Saeed Jaferey, Saeed Jafferey, Saeed Jafferi, Saeed Jaffery, Sayed Jaffrey, Sayeed Jaffrey, Saeed Jaffry, Saeed Jafrey

The Man Who Would Be King (1975)
A robust adventure about two British adventurers who take over primitive Kafiristan as "godlike" rulers, meeting a tragic end through their desire...

Gandhi (1982)
In the early years of the 20th century, Mohandas K. Gandhi, a British-trained lawyer, forsakes all worldly possessions to take up the cause of Indian...

Ghar Ho To Aisa (1990)
The Kumar family consists of Ramprasad, his wife, Durga; their married son, Vijay, his wife, Sharda, their daughter, Pinky; a married daughter who...

My Beautiful Laundrette (1985)
A Pakistani Briton renovates a rundown laundrette with his male lover while dealing with drama within his family, the local Pakistani community, and...

Masoom (1983)
D.K. Malhotra lives a comfortable lifestyle with his wife, Indu, and two school-going daughters, Pinky and Minni. He works in the office of an...

Mohabbat (1997)
Rohit and Gaurav become best friends. Both unknowingly fall in love with the same woman.

Chicken Tikka Masala (2005)
Jimi (Chris Bisson), the Chopra family's only son, gets caught off guard when his high-handed parents (Saeed Jaffrey and Jamila Massey) announce an...

Naseeb (1998)
A man attains fame and wealth but still faces rejection from the woman he loves.

The Wilby Conspiracy (1975)
Having spent 10 years in prison for nationalist activities, Shack Twala is finally ordered released by the South African Supreme Court but he finds...

Jalwa (1987)
Kapil's younger brother, Buntu, dies as a result of a drug overdose. Kapil vows to put an end to drugs and drug-dealers, by joining the police. He...

Aagaman (1982)
The film revolves around the struggle of a farmer who is fighting for the rights of the farmers, against an evil businessman with the help of his...

The Deceivers (1988)
India, 1825: the country lives in mortal fear of cult members known as the “Deceivers." They commit robbery and ritualistic murder. Appalled by...

Sauda (1995)
Jyoti and Deepak fall in love and get married to each other. However, due to several misunderstandings, they get separated.

Chashme Buddoor (1981)
Womanizing slackers Omi and Jai attempt to woo the new girl in the neighborhood, and fail - miserably. Their third roommate - shy, and a bookworm -...

Uff! Yeh Mohabbat (1997)
St. George's College in Bombay has two sweethearts namely, Chiclet (Saddiya Siddiqui), and Raja (Abhishek Kapoor), until Raja sets his eyes on Sonia...

Sphinx (1981)
Egyptologist Erica Baron finds more than she bargained for during her long-planned trip to The Land of the Pharoahs - murder, theft, betrayal, love,...

Dil (1990)
Raja lives a poor lifestyle along with his dad, Hazariprasad and mom. He attends college where he has several run-ins with wealthy fellow-collegian,...

Mustang: The Hidden Kingdom (1994)
Documentary following the journey of the Dalai Lama's personal envoy to the remote feudal kingdom of Mustang.

Henna (1991)
Beautiful Henna Khan lives the life of a gypsy near the river, Jhelum, in Pakistan with her widowed dad, Khan Baba; three brothers, Ashraf, Razzak,...

The Chess Players (1977)
In the year 1856, Nawab Wajid Ali Shah is the King of Awadh, one of the last independent kingdoms of India. The British intend to control this rich...

Veergati (1995)
A gangster and his flunkies abduct and kill a man's daughter. Soon, the man's adopted son sets out to avenge her death.

Ram Lakhan (1989)
Sharda vows vengeance when her husband is murdered by his two evil cousins, Bhishamber and Bhanu, and she and her two young sons are thrown out on...

Kissi Se Na Kehna (1983)
Kailashpati is a widower, and father of an only son, Ramesh. He feels that his son has come of age, and must get married. He goes to see a number of...

On Wings of Fire (1986)
Maestro Zubin Mehta introduces the history of Zoroastrianism and prophet Zarathushtra in an epic that covers 3500 years of the Zoroastrians, Parsees...

Vijay (1988)
Vijay is a story about various characters that are bound by relationships of love and friendship. How they become foes and take up weapons against...

Trimurti (1995)
Three brothers band together for a time, separate, then reunite for revenge on the man who killed their father and jailed their mother.

Liberation: Those Crazy Turks (1994)
It is the story of a nation's resurrection and victory, in which the War of Independence is told.

Khudgarz (1987)
Sita Sinha has brought up her son, Bihari and his friend, Amar as her own. The three are very close to each other. When they grow up they maintain...

Kishen Kanhaiya (1990)
Leela and Bholaram are a childless couple. Leela works as a midwife, and one day assists Sunderdas' wife to give birth to twin boys. She decides to...

Judaai (1997)
a greedy wife sells her husband to a rich woman. However she realizes that with a luxurious life, she has to pay a heavy price for this decision.

Deewana Mastana (1997)
Neha, a psychiatrist, is pursued by both Raja and Bunnu. While Raja is a small-time crook pretending to be an NRI, Bunnu is her patient. The two try...

Parable (1964)
In a typical traveling circus, all the workers have problems over their heads; A puppeteer named Magnus controls his troupe like marionettes until a...

The Last Giraffe (1979)
An engaging tale of the efforts of a real-life American wildlife photographer and her safari guide husband to save the endangered Rothschild giraffe...

Ajooba (1991)
This is a story of Ajooba, the masked legend, who was treated as the only protector of the people of Baharistan. Ajooba is none other than Ali, the...

Saagar (1985)
Raja, a fisherman is secretly in love with Mona. When wealthy Ravi comes to live with his grandmother, Kamladevi, he sees Mona and falls in love with...

The Journey (1997)
Kishan Singh. a retired teacher from India, comes out to the US to visit his son Raj. Raj's American-bom wife Laura used to write poetry but 'Life...

Aulad (1987)
Believing his wife to be dead, a man lets a woman, who has lost her child, nurse and bring up his infant son - until he finds out that his wife is...

Yeh Dillagi (1994)
Sapna, the daughter of a rich family's chauffeur, fantasizes about wealth and romance. When the family's younger playboy son falls for her, his...

Dilwale (1994)
The Police Commissioner, Advocate Sinha and Police Inspector Vikram Singh arrive at the Central Mental Hospital to speak with an inmate, Arun Saxena....

English Babu Desi Mem (1996)
Vikram Mayur is looking after his late brother's eight-year-old son and is torn between choosing to take Nandu back to England to learn his family's...

Jab Pyaar Kisise Hota Hai (1998)
A playboy falls in love with a girl who rejects him because of his vices, but she gives him time to change. After changing his lifestyle, a little...

Suryavanshi (1992)
An archaeologist unearths an underground palace at Sangramgarh. The locals are afraid of what will happen if they start digging and would like to...

Nishchaiy (1992)
The story of two brothers, Ravi and Rohan Yadav, separated due to unforeseen circumstances created by Ravi's employer.

Chaalbaaz (1989)
Twins separated at infancy are brought up differently. One weak, one strong. One day, they end up at each others house. Their life is not the same...

We Think the World of You (1980)
Episodes from the life of British Author, J.R. Ackerley.

Ram Teri Ganga Maili (1985)
Ganga Singh lives near Gangotri with her brother, Karam. One day she comes to the assistance of a young man, Narendra Sahay, who has come with a...

Raja Ki Ayegi Baraat (1997)
A teacher is raped by a man after she refuses his sexual advances. Forced to marry him, the abuse continues when she moves in with his family.

15th August (1993)
Nagpal kills Chaudhry and his son, Ram, a military officer. Chaudhry's second son, Vikram, vows to destroy Nagpal who is all set to become the Chief...

Partition (1987)
The tumultuous events surrounding the sub-continent's partition in 1947 into India and Pakistan are re-imagined in Ken McMullen's complex and...

Ek Aadmi (1988)
The last film made by KA Abbas.

Jaanoo (1985)
A young woman angers her wealthy father by falling in love with a television repairman.

Manika, the Girl Who Lived Twice (1989)
In this unusual feature, Manika is a girl born in a Catholic family in a south Indian fishing village is convinced that she has recently had a former...

Shandaar (1990)
A 1990 Hindi film. Shanker comes from a poor family. He falls in love with a woman from a middle-class background named Rani. Shanker has another...

A View from a Window (1987)
Saleem, an elderly psychiatric patient, is partially paralysed and unable or unwilling to speak. When Kamala, a new student nurse, arrives, he begins...

Salaami (1994)
Vijay (Ayub Khan) is an honest young army cadet who finds himself battling the corrupt police department after he comes across evidence that could...

Jaan (1996)
Police Commissioner Suryadeo Singh hires Karan, a trained weapons expert, to protect his daughter Kajal. Later, Kajal, who is unaware of Karan's...

Aunty No. 1 (1998)
Sandhya is in search of her prince charming and when Gopi comes to know about this he pretends to be a rich prince and Sandhya starts dating him. But...

Aandhiyan (1990)
Shakuntala (Mumtaz) is an estranged wife from Dushyant (Shatrughan Sinha) who wanted refused to admit that she is his wife because his political...

Ravi Shankar Plays a Raga (1964)
Ravi Shankar plays the sitar, while members of the Children's Little Theatre Unit of Calcutta dance. Presents a montage of scenes from 20th-century...

Destiny (1978)
A small town shopkeeper is conned into standing for an extreme right-wing party at a by-election, and later discovers that it's financed by the...

Mad Dogs (2002)
London, one year from today... The dogs of England are dying, of "Mad Dog Disease," and Rabbie Burns, young drifter and certified schizophrenic, is...

Gangsters (1975)
Birmingham is a melting pot of races and every community has a stake in the city's underworld. When former SAS officer John Kline is released from...

A Passage to India (1965)
The BBC's 1965 adaptation of E.M. Forster's novel, screened as part of their Play of the Month strand, adapted by Santha Ramu Rau and John Maynard,...

The Razor's Edge (1984)
An American WWI vet undertakes a spiritual quest that takes him from Paris to Nepal to the Himalayas and back to his hometown. Upon his return, he...

After Midnight (1990)
An alcoholic night watchman in a Dublin hotel redeems himself with the help of a new assistant.

Star (1982)
Dev Kumar Verma comes from a middle-class family and must find employment to support his dad and mom. Dev, however, has set his mind upon becoming a...

Laat Saab (1992)
Vijay Rai leads a wealthy lifestyle along with his dad, Ajay Kumar, who are now settled in scenic Simla. Since Vijay is 25 years old, his dad wants...

Eeshwar (1989)
Ishwar is a simple-minded and honest young man, devout and religious, he cares for everybody. He meets with a young widow with a son and marries her....

Beyond the Next Mountain (1981)
The story of how the Gospel of John changed the course of history for a tribe of headhunters.

Masala (1991)
An Indian-Canadian heroin addict becomes involved in the lives of his mother's family, watched over by the god Krishna.

The Courtesans of Bombay (1983)
In the Mumbai, India, tenement community of Pavanpul, young female courtesans sing, dance and perform sexual favors for male clientele. Directors...

The Creation of Woman (1961)
This 14-minute film talks about the Hindu god Brahma's creation of life, the world and of course the first woman. Saeed Jaffrey narrates the story as...

Hullabaloo Over Georgie and Bonnie's Pictures (1978)
This lighthearted romp through Royal India presents a world of Maharajas, palaces, imperiled art objects, and the foreign collectors who will stop at...

Two Oranges and a Mango (1994)
A brother and sister travel from London to India for the funeral rites of their estranged Sikh father. For her it is a chance to discover more about...

Bunker Hill (2008)
Peter Salem, a former Wall Street executive recently released from prison, returns to his ex-wife and children in the small town of Bunker Hill,...

Open Secrets (2008)
A short drama about the stigma and shame surrounding mental illness in an Asian family

The Horsemen (1971)
In Afghanistan, the ruthless sport of buzkashi is a game of great pride. When Uraz breaks his leg and loses a spirited match, he brings shame to his...

Day Of the Sirens (2002)
A serial killer goes out in a blaze of terror on a summer's day in London

Staying On (1980)
A british colonel and his wife decide to remain in India after the departure of the British raj in the 1940s.

Race for Survival (1978)
When a game warden crashes in East Africa, his greyhound goes for help, only to find unexpected assistance from an aging lion.

Stalked (1968)
In what could easily pass as a Twilight Zone episode, this film shows what happens when a troubled carnival owner returns back to his childhood home...

Death on the Nile (1978)
As Hercule Poirot enjoys a luxurious cruise down the Nile, a newlywed heiress is found murdered on board and every elegant passenger becomes a prime...

Aaina (1993)
Roma (Amrita Singh) leaves Ravi (Jackie Shroff) at the alter in pursuit of her bigger ambitions. Her sister Reema (Juhi Chawla), a pale reflection of...

Just Ask for Diamond (1988)
Thirteen-year-old Nick and his slightly dense older brother Herbert run the Diamond Private Detective Agency above Camden Town Tube Station in...

Ek Hi Raasta (1993)
Can Karan Singh stop Kubla, the vile terrorist from ruling over all of India and save Col. Choudry and his daughter Priya?

Aashik Aawara (1993)
Raised by a kindly thief, orphaned Jimmy goes on the run from goons and falls in love with Jyoti, whose father indirectly caused his parents' deaths.

Kala Dhanda Goray Log (1986)
Gourishankar is an eyewitness to the murder of an honest customs officer Sudarshan Kumar who dared to defy Jethia, the kingpin of an organization of...

The Sword and the Flute (1959)
Visual images consist entirely of Indian miniature paintings, while an off-screen narrator traces the rise of this art form within the courts of...

The Guru (1969)
Britain's top pop artiste, Tom Pickle, travels to Bombay, India, circa 1960s to learn to play the sitar from renowned maestro Ustad Zafar Khan.

Sanam Teri Kasam (2009)
A love triangle forms after a male finds his best friend has married his sweetheart.

Mahaanta (1997)
Hardship, love affairs, murder and apparent betrayal test the enduring friendship of two men (Jeetendra, Sanjay Dutt).

Bambai Ka Babu (1996)
Film starring Saif Ali Khan, Atul Agnihotri and Kajol

A Passage to India (1984)
Set during the period of growing influence of the Indian independence movement in the British Raj, the story begins with the arrival in India of a...

Daata (1989)
Kundan is the son of a honorable teacher recognized for his contributions to the community, and is a poet himself. When his sister's marriage is...

Karishma Kudrat Kaa (1985)
Widower Vijay lives in a village with his family. He unwittingly makes an enemy in Lala and a bandit, Bhagad, who conspire and throw him out of the...

Pathar Ke Insan (1990)
Two sisters, Asha and Lata, want to be successful singers and dancers, but a competition drives their rivalry to tragic consequences.

Udaan (1997)
A wealthy industrialist who refuses to doctor his product is killed by his corrupt business partners (the great trio of Danny Denzongpa, Dilip Tahil,...

Kaun Hai Jo Sapno Mein Aaya (2005)
Kuldeep lives comfortably with his family.One day his friend asks him to look after his niece for a month. Mahek moves into the Khanna household and...

Angrakshak (1995)
Ajay leads a life as a gangster and is known for his short-temper which made him mercilessly murder a man named Ramesh for falling in love with his...

Indrajeet (1991)
In order to continue suppressing the workers in his company; multi-millionaire, Din Dayal gets a union leader and his wife murdered. When inspector...

Saajan Ki Baahon Mein (1995)
Sagar is a popular singer, and since he is a bachelor, he is always mobbed by young women wherever he stages his shows. On one such show in Srinagar,...

Snapshots (2002)
An aging hippy and a beautiful young woman meet in Amsterdam and find love.

Anmol (1993)
Anmol is made to work as a maid in her own house by her step-mother and step-sisters. Later, a singer falls for her and decides to free her from her...

Kartavya (1995)
Karan and his mother live a happy life and he is soon to be married to Kajal. But on the day of his engagement, he discovers his mother is not his...

Guru in Seven (1998)
Sanjay, following a blazing argument with his girlfriend, Jill, is persuaded by his friends to become 'The Guru' by sleeping with seven women in the...

Albela (2001)
Boy is loved by a girl, but he doesn't know. Boy becomes smitten with another girl, but she loves another.

Achanak (1998)
Arjun and his wife go on the run after she is accused of murdering his brother. They must prove her innocence while trying to evade the police as...

Mr In-Between (2001)
A terrifying love triangle. An original twist on a story of divided loyalties, the perils of love and ultimate death. A haunting tale set in a London...

Mandi (1983)
The denizens of a brothel deal with internal drama, as well as pressure from greedy land developers and an anti-sex work politician to leave town.

Hisaab Khoon Ka (1989)
Suraj and Anupriya are about to get married, but tragedy strikes when Ánu is killed. What was the motive behind this killing?

The After Dinner Joke (1978)
A comic extravaganza about a young woman's adventures in the world of big business charity.

Mashaal (1984)
Vinod Kumar, an honest man, tries to expose the malpractices of influential politician-cum-gangster, SK Vardhan through his newspaper, Mashaal. A...

Yaara Dildara (1991)
A rich young man falls in love with a poor girl but his mother disapproves of their relationship. Meanwhile, a local goon also falls in love with the...

Aakhri Ghulam (1989)
Young Bheema is told by his father, Dinu, that generations of their family have always been slaves to the wealthy Thakurs. When Bheema does not heed...

Ek Baar Phir (1980)
Kalpana is a young girl living in a small community. She is thrilled when she receives a marriage proposal from a popular Bollywood movie actor named...

Avam (1987)
Indian Army Captain Amar Kumar lives with his father, Ram, and mother, Saraswati. Ram has been associated with top freedom fighters during India's...

Nehru (1984)
Divided into three parts — The Awakening, The Struggle, and Freedom — this is a biographical film on Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, the first...

Vansh (1992)
Two warring step-brothers team up to get the villains out to kill their bigamous father.

Khoon Bhari Maang (1988)
Nandini and Sanjay Verma are lovers, and they conspire to take over the vaste estate of Mr. Saxena and his only widowed daughter, Aarti, and her two...

The Inspector Lynley Mysteries (2002)
DS Barbara Havers is assigned to work with the upper-crust DI Thomas Lynley to solve murders.

Tales of the Unexpected (1979)
A British television anthology of stories, often with sinister and wryly comedic undertones, and a twist at the end. With early episodes written and...

Minder (1979)
This comedy drama series featured Terry McCann, a former boxer with a conviction for G.B.H., and Arthur Daley, a second-hand car dealer with an eye...

The Protectors (1972)
The Protectors is a British television series, an action thriller created by Gerry Anderson. It was Anderson's second TV series using live actors as...

The Jewel in the Crown (1984)
A sweeping drama about the ruling and ruled classes of World War II India, the story begins with an unjust arrest for rape. The consequences of this...

Rumpole of the Bailey (1975)
Rumpole of the Bailey is a British television series created and written by the British writer and barrister John Mortimer. It stars Leo McKern as...

Callan (1967)
Callan is the title of a British television series set in the murky world of espionage. Originally produced by ABC Weekend Television and later...

Gangsters (1976)
A pioneering show starring Maurice Colbourne as Birmingham gangster John Kline. The show was noted for its gritty true-life quality, and often...

Notorious Woman (1974)
The incredible life of novelist George Sand is explored with a particular focus on her romance with the famed musician Frédéric Chopin.

Pebble Mill (1991)
Pebble Mill was a re-launched version of the 1970s daily chat show Pebble Mill (also known as Pebble Mill At One for a while) which aired on BBC1 in...

BBC Play of the Month (1965)
Play of the Month is a BBC television anthology series featuring productions of classic and contemporary stage plays which were usually broadcast on...

Tandoori Nights (1985)
Tandoori Nights was a television sitcom broadcast on Channel 4 between 1985 and 1987. It consisted of two series of six episodes each. The series was...

The Regiment (1972)
The Regiment was a British television drama series produced by the BBC. First broadcast on BBC One in 1972 it starred Christopher Cazenove and...

Play for Today (1970)
Play for Today is a British television anthology drama series, produced by the BBC and transmitted on BBC1 from 1970 to 1984. During the run, more...

Tamas (1988)
Based on the novel by Bhisham Sahni, Tamas is an epic drama set against the backdrop of riot-stricken North India on the eve of Partition in 1947....

The Far Pavilions (1984)
Adapted from M.M. Kaye's best-selling novel, this dramatic HBO miniseries follows two star-crossed lovers -- the young British officer Ash (Ben...

The Troubleshooters (1965)
The Troubleshooters is a British television series made by the BBC between 1965 and 1972, created by John Elliot. During its run, the series made the...

Animated World Faiths (1998)
Animated World Faiths tells the stories of the world's major faiths and their founders. Gloriously animated in studios in India, Poland, the Czech...

Two's Company (1975)
Two's Company is a British television situation comedy series that ran from 1975-79. Produced by London Weekend Television for the ITV Network, the...

Little Napoleons (1994)
Labour councillor Judith Silver invites N.K. Edwards and Vijay Shah to stand for election to the local council. Who will win the seat? And will Tory...

Play for Today (1970)
Play for Today is a British television anthology drama series, produced by the BBC and transmitted on BBC1 from 1970 to 1984. During the run, more...

Common As Muck (1994)
Common As Muck is a gritty BBC comedy drama serial focusing on the lives of a crew of bin men and their management staff. It ran for two series. The...

Tony Awards (1956)
The Antoinette Perry Award for Excellence in Theatre, more commonly known as a Tony Award, recognizes achievement in live Broadway theatre. The...

Mitch (1984)
Mitch is a newspaper reporter with a difference, he cares about the people he reports.

Strange Report (1969)
Strange Report is a British television Adam Strange, a retired Home Office criminologist, solves bizarre cases – which had been marked "Open...

Liberation (1994)
Epic independence fight in 21st century. Turkish independence war against occupying forces (Greece, England, France, Italy) in her land.

Play for Today (1970)
Play for Today is a British television anthology drama series, produced by the BBC and transmitted on BBC1 from 1970 to 1984. During the run, more...