Saeed Jaffrey Honoured At The Oscars, Here Are His 7 Memorable Roles

Saeed Jaffrey was an Indian-born British actor, who was popular for movies like ‘Gandhi’ and ‘Masoom,’. He was honoured at the 88th Academy Awards ceremony here in the “In Memoriam” montage.

Saeed was named for the Padma Shri

This legendary actor passed away in London in November last year. He was posthumously named for the Padma Shri earlier this year, which is India’s fourth highest civilian award. He got a musical tribute by Dave Grohl of Foo Fighters.

Saeed Jaffrey Honoured at the Oscars 2016

1. He was recalled at the awards ceremony, which took place at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood.

2. He was included in the annual montage along with Wes Craven, Alan Rickman, James Horner, Omar Shariff, David Bowie, Leonard Nimoy and Christopher Lee.

3. Grohl had put his rock music on pause to pay a musical tribute to the departed souls. He rendered The Beatles hit song ‘Blackbird’ as the footage of the departed souls, which was played in the background, creating an emotional moment.

4. Saeed Jaffery was very popular with the international audience for his roles in films like ‘Gandhi,’ ‘The Man Who Would Be King,’ ‘A Passage to India,’ ‘The Horsemen’ and ‘The Wilby Conspiracy,’ among others.

Saeed Jaffrey’s 7 memorable roles

Saeed Jaffrey was popular as he experimented widely with his roles. He has given us some really amazing movies and characters to remember him by. Here are his 7 best and memorable roles:

1. Shatranj Ke Khiladi
This mythological film by Satyajit Ray, it was shaped on Munshi Premchand’s brief story of a same name. Saeed Jaffrey played Mir Roshan Ali, who was a noble spooky with chess. It also starred popular actors like Sanjeev Kumar, Amjad Khan, Shabana Azmi and Richard Attenborough. He won a Filmfare endowment for the Best Supporting Actor.

2. Gandhi
Saeed played the character of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel in Richard Attenborough’s film Gandhi in the year 1982. He acted alongside with Ben Kingsley and Roshan Seth. His description of an impression justified him several accolades.

3. Chashme Buddoor
One of the best comedy movies done by Jaffrey, where he was at his comic best as a internal shopkeeper Lallan Miyan. He won accolades for his chemistry with a actors like Farooq Sheikh, Ravi Baswani and Rakesh Bedi. This was an award winning movie, which had major contribution from Jaffrey.

4. Ram Teri Ganga Maili
Saeed was nominated for the Best Supporting Actor Award for his role as Kunj Bihari in the 1985 film. His impression was crucial in reuniting a disloyal couple, which shaped an serious climatic stage in a film.

5. A Passage to India
Saeed played a disciple Hamidullah in David Lean’s 1984 film A Passage to India. This movie received eleven nominations during a Academy Awards.

6. The Man Who Would Be King
Grounded on Rudyard Kipling’s novel, Sean Connery and Michael Caine’s English soldiers turned treasure-seekers employ Saeed Jaffrey’s help for translation and local know-how in John Huston’s rollicking foreign experience.

7. My Beautiful Laundrette
Set against the backdrop of Pakistanis in London, Stephen Frears’ My Beautiful Laundrette features Saeed Jaffrey played a foxy businessman who was juggling between a rundown laundry service and a clandestine affair outside his marriage.

He has departed physically; however, Saeed will always remain in the hearts of the audience for ever.

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