This actor had three marriages, six kids, did 400 films, challenged Amitabh Bachchan-Dharmendra stardom, 90% don’t know his real name, he is…
GH News April 10, 2025 03:06 AM
From Rajesh Khanna Shatrughan Sinha Vinod Khanna to Rishi Kapoor many stars have worked in one hit film after another and mesmerised people with their acting and style. Mehmood Johnny Lever Kishore Kumar Asrani to Kesto Mukherjee are some of the names that people were forced to laugh at just by seeing. Maine sher ke munh se doodh chheen liya hai! matalab ki vah sher nahin tha billi thei lekin bahut gussail thee... Do you remember this dialogue from the 1975 film Sholay? Can you recognise the actor who made a special place in peoples hearts by delivering this dialogue on screen? If not then we are talking about Bollywoods Surma Bhopali i.e. Jagdeep. Jagdeep was a famous comedian of Hindi cinema who worked in more than 400 films in his career and made the audience laugh a lot with his comic timing. But he faced many hardships in his life. At the time of independence his father died and then the family came from Datia to Mumbai. Poverty forced him to leave school-college and then to hawk on the streets. Jagdeep started his film career as a child artist. He worked as a child artist in BR Chopras film Afsana for which he was paid only Rs 6. After this he won the hearts of the audience with many excellent films like Do Bigha Zameen and Hum Panchhi Ek Daal Ke. Indias first Prime Minister Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru gifted him his pen for his brilliant acting in Hum Panchhi Ek Daal Ke. Who doesnt know about Amitabh Bachchan and Dharmendras evergreen film Sholay was released on 15 August 1975. It is still considered one of the most iconic Indian film and Jagdeeps character of Surma Bhopali became very famous in this film. This character of his is still in the hearts of the people. In which his dialogue was Hamara naam Surma Bhopali aise hi nahi hai. He got the same recognition from this role as Amitabh Bachchan and Dharmendra got from the characters of Jai-Veeru. His career in the film industry lasted for 70 years. During his career apart from the film Sholay he made dozens of superhit films like Brahmachari Do Bigha Zameen Purana Mandir Andaz Apna Apna. Syed Ishtiaq Ahmed Jafri played the role of Salman Khans father in the 1994 film Andaz Apna Apna. Fans knew him either as Jagdeep or as Surma Bhopali. However his real name was something else which 90 percent of people are still unaware of. Jagdeeps real name was Syed Ishtiaq Ahmed Jafffrey. Talking about Jagdeeps personal life he married thrice. His first wifes name is Naseem Begum his second wifes name is Sughra Begum and his third wifes name is Nazima. Jagdeep married thrice and has 6 children. His sons are Hussain Jaffrey (first wife) Javed Jaffrey and Naved Jaffrey (second wife) while two daughters are Shakira Shafi and Suraiya Jaffrey (first wife) and Muskaan (third wife). Javed Jaffrey and Naved Jaffrey are well-known names in the world of entertainment.
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