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Saeed Jaffrey

Saeed Jaffrey

Acting • 1929-01-08 • Maler Kotla, Punjab, India

​From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Saeed Jaffrey OBE (1929 - 2015) was an Indian-born British actor, who made numerous British movies. He was born in Malerkotla, Punjab. His film credits included The Man Who Would Be King (1975), Shatranj Ke Khiladi (The Chess Players) (1977), Gandhi (1982), A Passage to India (1965 BBC version and 1984 film) and My Beautiful Laundrette (1985). He also appeared in many Bollywood films in the 1980s and 1990s. For television he has starred in Gangsters (1975–1978), The Jewel in the Crown (1984), Tandoori Nights (1985–1987) and Little Napoleons (1994). He also appeared as Ravi Desai on Coronation Street as the father of Vikram Desai, the cousin of Dev Alahan and in Minder (TV series) as Mr Mukerjee in Series 1 episode The Bengal Tiger. Description above from the Wikipedia article Saeed Jaffrey, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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The Man Who Would Be King7.5

The Man Who Would Be King

1975

My Beautiful Laundrette6.7

My Beautiful Laundrette

1985

Star5.8

Star

1982

The Chess Players7.1

The Chess Players

1977

Dil6.4

Dil

1990

The Wilby Conspiracy6.3

The Wilby Conspiracy

1975

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