Mumbai: How many fables end on a note where the tortoise doffs his hat to the hare. Yet, this is how Naseeruddin Shah, one of India’s finest actors, remembers his friend and ‘rival’ Farooque Shaikh with whom he worked in Katha, Umrao Jaan, Bazaar and Lorie. Their relationship of nearly 40 years was marked by […]

Mumbai: Unknown to Satyajit Ray, Yash Chopra had already offered Farooque Shaikh his first romantic lead role in ‘Noorie’ when Ray approached him for ‘Shatranj Ke Khilari’. Shaikh feared that doing a special appearance in Ray’s film before ‘Noorie’ released might jeopardise his prospects as hero. The credit for convincing him to accept goes to […]

Mumbai: Farooque Shaikh’s mastery over languages, be it English, Hindi or Urdu, escaped no one. Such that evenn employee of the Lucknow-based chikankari manufacturer SEWA, where Shaikh Sahab bought his white kurtas, has said how he looked forward to his visits because “Unke moonh se phool jhadte the!” Even in this, the warm-hearted appreciation by […]

Mumbai: Celebrity anchor Roshan Abbas, who hosted the second season of ‘Jeena Isi Ka Naam Hai’, drew inspiration from his predecessor Farooque Shaikh almost like Eklavya did from Dronacharya. Shaikh Sahab (Rehmatullah Alaih)’s seventh Remembrance Day comes up Monday December 28. Despite the fact that he is in Dubai, and busy with multiple engagements in […]