By Jagmohan Singh Barhok
तेरी हीरे जैसी ऑखें
आखें में लाखें बातें
बातें में रस की बरसातें
मुझमें प्यार की प्यास जगाए
चल पड़ते हैं तेरे साथ कदम
मैं रोक नहीं पाता हूँ
तेरे चहरे में वो जादू है..
बिन डोर खिचा आता हूँ
जाना होता है और कहीं
तेरी ओर चला आता हूँ
Feroz Khan, well known actor, producer and director, was highly influenced by the Hollywood cinema ,especially Western style movies starring Clint Eastwood like “For a few Dollars More” and “The Good the Bad and the Ugly”. His “Khotte Sikkay” was Bollywood answer to Hollywood.
Like other Bollywood stars Feroz Khan, too, had a lean period in the tinsel town. He worked in several low- budget films in the late 1950s & and 1960s like ‘Didi’ , ‘Ghar Ki Laaj’, ‘Reporter Rju’and ‘Tarzan goes to India’. He was noticed in”Suhaagan” and later Phani Majumdaar’s “Oonche log” where he was cast opposite Raaj Kumar and Ashok Kumar: the film won acclaim and adulation both from the cine-goers and critics. He came into the limelight with “Apraadh”(1972) followed by “Dharmatama” “Qurbani” , “Janbaaz” “Dayavan” & “Yalgaar” – all directed by him. His other notable films include -“Safar”, “Mela”, & “Geeta Mera Naam”.Some of his later films were musical hits.
Feroz Khan was fond of hunting and owned a license for the purpose. He was also fond of throwing lavish parties at his bungalow. Known as Clint Eastwood of India Khan had a charismatic personality .His son Fardeen Khan is also an actor and so are two brothers Sanjay and Akbar Khan. His daughter Laila Khan is an established painter. Fardeen is married to Natasha Madhwani, daughter of well known Bollywood actress of 1960s & 1970s -Mumtaz. Feroz Khan married Sundari Khan in 1965 and they divorced in 1985.
