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Farooq Sheikh was an actor par excellence. Image courtesy: gizmocrave<\/p><\/div>\n
A gifted actor, humble, polite, with not a touch of flamboyance and deceive in his demeanor; Bollywood actor Farooq Sheikh won hearts of thousands of cine buffs with his unassuming, spontaneous performances.<\/p>\n
The veteran actor died of a cardiac arrest in Dubai on 28th December, 2013. It has been almost 3 months since Farooq Shiekh has departed for the heavenly abode but his memories will live on.<\/p>\n
Today on his birth anniversary (25th March), we can’t help but recall the significant role he played in Indian cinema and how his movies and songs have touched millions of hearts.<\/p>\n
A simple and an adorable man, Farooq Shiekh was an actor par excellence. Born on 25 March 1948 in Gujarat, Farooq Sheikh began his cinematic career with M S Sathyu’s Garam Hawa<\/em>\u00a0in 1973, after dabbling in law.<\/p>\n Farooq Sheikh was unlike the regular Bollywood heroes. He did not boast of Greek God type of looks, or flamboyance or mannerisms.<\/p>\n Yet he went on to charm and won many hearts with his honest approach and boy next door image. He had a style of his own – he was a natural actor, effortless and spontaneous in his manner of speech, expressions and style.<\/p>\n He played complex characters with marvelous conviction and ease. Viewers could thus connect to the characters he portrayed, identify themselves with the true to life situations and feel themselves to be part of the storyline.<\/p>\n Having acted and worked in films, theaters and television, Farooq Sahab won the prestigious National Film Award for Best Supporting Actor for Lahore in 2010.<\/p>\n Farooq Shiekh in Chashme Badoor<\/p><\/div>\n Known for his unique flair for comedy and perfect timing, Farooq Sheikh enthralled cine lovers all over the world with his stellar performances in comedy movies such as Sai Par\u0101njpye’s Chashme Buddoor<\/em> and Hrishikesh Mukherjee’s laughriots \u00a0Kissi Se Na Kehna, Rang Birangi<\/em>.<\/p>\n He portrayed the role of a college student with such perfection that Chashme Buddoor<\/em> went on to become a cult movie and one of his most-loved films.\u00a0In all these films, the talented actress Deepti Naval played his love interest, and the two went on to become the most sought after romantic pairs in the genre of romantic comedies and\u00a0simple, realistic films such as\u00a0Saath Saath<\/em>.<\/p>\n In Chashme Buddoor<\/em>, not just the chemistry with Deepti Naval, even his friendship and camaraderie with his other two friends Ravi Baswani and Rakesh Bedi was one of the highlights of the film. This song from Chashme Buddoor<\/em> has a feel-good factor that makes you smile instantly.<\/p>\n![\"Chashme](\"http:\/\/learningandcreativity.com\/silhouette\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2014\/03\/Chashme-Badoor-300x196.jpg\")