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22-543: Feroz Khan or Feroze Khan may refer to: Feroz Khan (actor) (1939–2009), Indian actor and film director Feroz Khan Noon (1893–1970), Pakistani politician and 8th Prime Minister of Pakistan Feroze Khan (born 1990), Pakistani VJ, television actor, and model Feroze Khan (field hockey) (1904–2005), Pakistani hockey player, and Olympic gold medalist Feroz Abbas Khan (born 1959), Indian theatre and film director Farooq Feroze Khan (1939–2021), Chairman joint chiefs and

44-638: A Sindhi background. They had two children, Laila Khan (born 1970) and Fardeen Khan (born 1974). Fardeen is married to Natasha Madhwani, daughter of former Bollywood actress Mumtaz . Mumtaz has stated in an interview that Feroz Khan was the most handsome hero in Hindi film industry. Feroz Khan died of lung cancer on 27 April 2009. He was undergoing treatment at Breach Candy hospital in Mumbai, but expressed his desire to visit his farmhouse in Bangalore. Accordingly, he

66-524: A last resort, invited the members of the Brotherhood of Saint Peter to save the school from closure. Herbert Pakenham-Walsh , of the Brotherhood of St. Peter, later to become Bishop, revived the school. The school still celebrates St. Peter 's day amongst other traditions such as Guy Fawkes ' bonfires. In 1911, the girls' school was moved across the road. William Elphick worked for a quarter of century for

88-452: Is spread over 14 acres (57,000 m ) of land in the heart of Bangalore. School heads in the early days included George Uglow Pope , Herbert Pakenham-Walsh , S. T. Pettigrew, William Elphick, Iowerth Lowell Thomas and A. T. Balraj. The sister school Bishop Cotton Girls' School is located on the opposite side of St. Mark's Road. The school's past extends back to the British Raj and

110-711: The Filmfare Best Supporting Actor Award for Aadmi Aur Insaan (1969) in 1970, and was honored with the Filmfare Lifetime Achievement Award in 2000. He has been called "the Clint Eastwood of the East". Feroz Khan was born on 25 September 1935 in Bangalore , India, to Sadiq Ali Khan, an Afghan from Ghazni , Afghanistan , and Fatima, who had Persian ancestry from Iran . Khan

132-558: The University of Madras . He gave the School its motto – 'Nec Dextrorsum Nec Sinistrorsum', meaning 'Neither to the right nor to the Left'. When Pope left India in 1892 to take up the post of Reader at Oxford University , the standard of the school began to decline. By 1906, closure of the school was contemplated. Henry Whitehead , Bishop of Madras , the chairman of the board of governors, as

154-535: The Victorian era with its beginnings in a house on High Grounds over which now stands the great ITC Windsor Hotel. It was started in 1865 by Rev. S T Pettigrew , the then Chaplain of St. Mark's Cathedral who had a vision of starting a school for the education of children of European and Anglo-Indian families. In his own words, he wanted to "establish a day and boarding School for the Children of Christian residents in

176-612: The station and its vicinity." The school was named in honour of George Cotton , Bishop of Calcutta , under whose stewardship a scheme of education was organized for the Anglican Churches in India. After India gained independence from the British in 1947, the school began to be, and is still governed by the Church of South India . In the first five years of the school it had three principals. It

198-564: The Pakistan Air Force general Feroz Khan of Malerkotla (1616-1672), ruler of the Indian princely state of Malerkotla Feroze Ali Khan, fictional spymaster portrayed by Danny Denzongpa in the 2015 Indian film Baby and its 2017 sequel Naam Shabana [REDACTED] Topics referred to by the same term This disambiguation page lists articles about people with the same name. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change

220-489: The early 1960s and 1970s, he made low-budget thrillers opposite starlets. In 1962, he appeared in an English-language film titled Tarzan Goes to India opposite Simi Garewal . His first big hit was in 1965, with Phani Majumdar 's Oonche Log (1965), where he was pitted against screen idols Raaj Kumar and Ashok Kumar ; he gave a notable sensitive performance. It was followed by more small budget hit films like Samson , Ek Sapera Ek Lootera and Char Darvesh . Again, in

242-526: The growth of the school. The last living member of the Brotherhood of St Peter in India, Father David, died of old age. He lived and worked in the school as the school chaplain . Scouting was officially founded in British India in 1909, first starting at the Bishop Cotton Boys' School in Bangalore by Capt T.H Baker and Major Pakenham Walsh. The General K.S. Thimayya Memorial Trust pays tribute to

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264-552: The hit films Upaasna (1971), Mela (1971) and Nagin (1976). He became a successful producer and director in 1971 so as to improve his career opportunities as a leading man with his first directorial film Apradh , which was the first Indian movie showing auto racing in Germany; Mumtaaz was his co-star. He produced, directed and starred in the 1975 film Dharmatma , which was the first Indian film to be shot in Afghanistan and

286-450: The last film he directed. Apart from sports cars, he also used performing animals in his films — a chimpanzee and lion were used in Janasheen . He starred alongside his son again in an outside production Ek Khiladi Ek Haseena in 2005. He made his last film appearance in the 2007 comedy film Welcome . Feroz Khan married Sundari Khan in 1965 and they divorced in 1985. She hailed from

308-462: The link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Feroz_Khan&oldid=1225215528 " Category : Human name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Feroz Khan (actor) Feroz Khan (25 September 1935 – 27 April 2009), born Zulfiqar Ali Shah Khan ,

330-444: The same year, he played a sacrificing lover in the mushy musical Arzoo , starring Sadhana . With this, Khan started to receive A-list second leads. With the film Aadmi Aur Insaan (1969), Khan won his first Filmfare award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role. His other hit films were Safar , Khotey Sikkay , Geeta Mera Naam , Kaala Sona and Shankar Shambhu He appeared alongside his real-life brother Sanjay Khan in

352-648: The singing career of iconic Pakistani pop singer Nazia Hassan , with her memorable track " Aap Jaisa Koi ". In 1986, he directed and starred in Janbaaz , a box office hit, which some consider to be one of his best movies, featured an all-star cast and possessed great songs and excellent cinematography. In 1988, he directed and starred in Dayavan , which was a remake of an Indian Tamil film titled Nayakan . In 1991, he starred in Meet Mere Man Ke , an outside production which

374-579: Was also his first blockbuster hit as producer, director and star and marked the appearance of actress Hema Malini in a glamorous avatar. This movie was inspired by the Hollywood film The Godfather . He also starred in the Punjabi film Bhagat Dhanna Jat (1974). In 1980, he produced, directed and starred in Qurbani , alongside Vinod Khanna and Zeenat Aman , which was the biggest hit of his career and launched

396-622: Was an Indian actor, film editor, producer and director best known for his work in Indian cinema . He appeared in over 60 films throughout his career and became one of Bollywood's popular style icons. Feroz Khan is known for his roles in successful Hindi films, such as Arzoo (1965), Safar (1970), Mela (1971), Apradh (1972), Khotte Sikkay (1974), Kaala Sona (1975), Dharmatma (1975), Nagin (1976), Qurbani (1980), Kachche Heere (1982), Janbaaz (1986) , Dayavan (1988), Yalgaar (1992), Welcome (2007). He won

418-521: Was brought here, where he died at around 1 a.m. He was buried in Bangalore near his mother's grave at Hosur Road Shia Kabristan. Bishop Cotton Boys%27 School Bishop Cotton Boys' School is an all-boys school for boarders and day scholars in Bengaluru , India, founded in the memory of Bishop George Edward Lynch Cotton, Bishop of Calcutta . The school is bordered by Residency Road, St Mark's Road, Lavelle Road and Vittal Mallya Road, and

440-453: Was directed by Mehul Kumar . After directing and starring in Yalgaar (1992), he took a long break from acting for 11 years. He launched his son Fardeen Khan 's career with the 1998 film Prem Aggan , which, however, was a box office bomb. In 2003, he produced and directed Janasheen , also starring alongside his son Fardeen. This film marked his return to acting after 11 years and was also

462-545: Was educated at Bishop Cotton Boys' School and St. Germain High School , Bangalore . His brothers are Shah Abbas Khan (Sanjay Khan), Shahrukh Shah Ali Khan, Sameer Khan and Akbar Khan . His sisters are Khurshid Shahnavar and Dilshad Begum Sheikh, popularly known as Dilshad Bibi. After his schooling in Bangalore, he traveled to Bombay (present-day Mumbai) where he made his debut as the second lead in Didi in 1960. Through

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484-431: Was only with the arrival of George Uglow Pope , a distinguished Tamil scholar (who translated the famed Tirukkuṛaḷ into English ) that the present site was acquired For Rs 47,500. The boys' school and the girls' school functioned on the same campus but under different heads. Under the stewardship of Pope, the school grew from strength to strength. A collegiate section was started and the school obtained recognition from

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