Farooq Shaikh

Farooq Shaikh

Total Credits at Criticker: 20 (Actor)

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    Garam Hawa
    Set in 1947 during the partition of India a North Indian Muslim family struggles to decide whether they should move to Pakistan or remain.
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    Umrao Jaan
    In Faizabad, British India, Daroga Dilawar is sentenced to several years in prison after Amiran's dad testifies against him (imdb)
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    Shanghai
    From the director of Love Sex aur Dhokha comes a searing political thriller set against the underbelly of India's new economy. Abhay Deol plays a civil servant whose investigation into the suspicious death of a political activist uncovers a game of revenge and profit. (tiff.net)
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    Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani
    Kabir Thapar aka Bunny (Ranbir Kapoor) is a carefree boy whose dream is to roam around the world, he doesn't believe in the marital bond. He lives with his father (Farukh Sheikh) and step mother (Tanvi Azmi). Avi (Aditya Roy Kapoor) and Aditi (Kalki Keklan) were his best friends... (Wikipedia)
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    Club 60
    A glance at 62 years old Manu bhai Shah (Raghubir Yadav), and he appears peculiar in his outfit, crazy in his behavior, flamboyant in his style, loud and funny in his conversation, and overbearing in his relations. (imdb)
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    Gaman
    In order to improve their lifestyle, Lucknow based Ghulam Hussain decides to re-locate to Bombay, leaving his ailing mother and wife, Khairun, behind. He arrives in Bombay, and looks up his close friend, Lalulal Tiwari, who gets him a job cleaning taxis. Ghulam subsequently learns how to drive, and is hired to drive a taxi. Despite of his best efforts he is unable to save enough money to visit Lucknow. Lalulal has problems of his own, despite of being settled in Bombay for several years... (imdb)
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    Gharwali Baharwali
    This is a movie about a married man who falls in love with another woman. How his wife is able to get him back and how he realises his mistake is the plot.
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    Katha
    The film is loosely based on the classical Indian folktale of the hare and the tortoise, providing a modern interpretation of the same. Even though the good (tortoise) may win in the end, is it worth the wait? It is based on S.G.Sathye's Marathi play "Hare and Tortoise". The tortoise--Rajaram P. Joshi--is a middle-class clerk living in a chawl in Bombay. He is secretly in love with his neighbor but is unable to disclose his love for her, mainly due to his timidity.
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    Rang Birangi
    Sparkling comedy about a meddling friend whose attempt to rekindle the spark in his friend's relationship with his wife of seven years leads to complications to their lives, and to the lives of his secretary and her boyfriend he has not 'scripted' ... (imdb)
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    Chashme Buddoor
    Two womanizing slackers, Omi and Jai (Rakesh Bedi and Ravi Baswani respectively) attempt to woo the new girl in the neighbourhood, and fail - miserably. Their third room-mate, shy, and a bookworm - succeeds, much to their chargin. The two scheme up comical ideas to split the two lovebirds, so that their secrets and humiliation are not revealed. (imdb)
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    Aparoopa
    The story is set in the colonial period in Assam. The film deals with a young woman who has to give up her university education for her arranged marriage with a rich tea-planter. The plantation and its social routine become a prison of boredom for her since her husband completely neglects her for his business. Things get worse when she discovers, outraged, that her marriage was for the sake of wiping off a huge debt owed by her father. She considers herself as having been sold to her husband. Th (wikipedia)
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    Bazaar
    Najma and Salim are in love, but their's is a platonic relationship, as Salim is a deep thinker and prefers that women like Najma be financially independent, and not be dependent on men. On the other hand, Sarju and Shabnam are in love, and would like to get married, however, Shabnam's dad has finalized her marriage with a much older man, who is wealthy, and has shown an interest in Shabnam. An engagement ceremoney takes place with this older gentleman, and Shabnam. Sarju, though devastated, mus (imdb)
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    Mere Saath Chal
    Geeta (Smita Patil) has been institionalized as she had suffered mental trauma in her childhood. She is unable to recall the incidents surrounding the trauma, and is unable to get appropriate treatment. Amit (Farooq Shaikh) meets with Geeta, and falls in love with her. She is able to relate to Amit, and the doctors observe some progress in her treatment. Amit and Geeta both fall in love with each other. However, Amit is to marry Neena (Prema Narayan), and Amit's elder brother, Ravi (Shreeram Lag (imdb)
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    Youngistaan
    Abhimanyu Kaul - a young, independent, Games Developer, living in Japan and the love of his life, Anwita Chauhan - a bubbly, passionate and full of life, summer intern. Their happy and content life faces the test of time, when blood ties and the pressure of being born into the first family of India tears a young Abhimanyu between his love for Anwita and a promise made to his dying father, the Prime Minister of India. (imdb)
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    Maya Memsaab
    A frustrated housewife whose marriage to an average man does not meet her expectations enters into an affair with a younger man. Of course, there are no easy escapes from reality. (imdb)
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    Ab Ayega Mazaa
    Farooq Sheikh plays loser who is not good at getting along with girls and he has several problems with his work. Comedy ensues from this. (imdb)
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    Peecha Karro
    Hari and Giri are 2 detectives who suspect Brigadier of leaking defence secrets to outsiders who in turn is on an undercover mission to expose Boss number 1 who is a terrorist. (imdb)
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    Children of War
    Based on real events in Bangladesh, 1971. The film is about how rape and religion were used as war weaponry. The film deals with the birth of Bangladesh in 1971, focusing on the genocide and when 400,000 women were raped and 3 million people were killed. As the film progresses towards its climax, the three stories begin to intertwine with one another. (imdb)
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    Ek Pal
    An adultery drama in which a young woman, ignored by her husband, decides to spend time with the young man who had previously wooed her. (imdb)
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    Tell Me O Kkhuda
    After finding she was adopted as child, a young woman sets out to look for her biological parents. (imdb)
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