Farida Jalal is an Indian actress who has been in the film industry for more than 50 years performing in more than 200 films in the Hindi, Telugu, and Tamil film industries.
She is best known for her character-driven roles in independent cinema and supporting work in mainstream Bollywood productions. Jalal has received such accolades as four Filmfare Awards and two Bengal Film Journalists Association Awards.
Her career kicked off with Taqdeer in 1967 and later went on to play leading and supporting roles in numerous motion pictures through the 1970s and early 1980s.
She is widely famous for her role is the movies Paras (1971), HEnna (1991) and Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge (1995). In all of her movies, she garnered the FilmFare Award for the Best Supporting Actress.
After performing and portraying a motherly role and strong female character in the 1990s and early 2000s, she became a household name.
She has also won the FilFare critics Award for Best Performance for her role in Mammo (1994). She won the Best Actress Award at the 2012 Harlem International Film Festival for her role in A Gran Plan (2012).
Her success has effectively transitioned to numerous Indian shows on the television alongside her work in films. Some of her notable works are the sitcom Yeh Jo Hai Zindagi, Dekh Bhai Dekh, Shararat, and Ammaji Ki Galli.
She was seen in the soap opera Satrangi Sasural on channel Zee TV portraying the role of Gomti Vatsal a.k.a. Dadi Maa.
