Farah Naaz Age, Husband, Children, Family, Biography

Bio/Wiki
Other Name	Farha Naaz
Full Name	Farah Naaz Hashmi
Profession	Actor
Known For	Being the elder sister of the Indian actress Tabu
Physical Stats & More
Height (approx.)	5' 3" (161 cm)
Eye Colour	Brown
Hair Colour	Brown
Career
Debut	Film (Hindi): Faasle (1985) as Chandni Film (Telugu): Vijetha Vikram (1987) as Usha Film (Bengali): Aamar Tumi (1989) as Jhilik Film (Malayalam): Hijack (1995) as Nandini Film (Punjabi): Rab Dian Rakhan (1996) as Sandhya
Personal Life
Date of Birth	9 December 1968 (Monday)
Age (as of 2023)	55 Years
Birthplace	Hyderabad, Telangana, India
Zodiac sign	Sagittarius
Nationality	Indian
Hometown	Hyderabad, Telangana, India
School	St. Ann’s High School, Hyderabad
Educational Qualification	Class 11 dropout
Religion	Islam
Ethnicity	Hyderabadi
Controversies	• Slapped Chunky Pandey In 1989, while she was shooting for the Hindi film 'Kasam Vardi Ki,’ she slapped her co-actor Chunky Panday. Reportedly, Chunky was making indecent gestures while saying ‘I am the man.’ She even warned him that she would kill him if he continued misbehaving. [1]Amar Ujala • Anger Issues After her few hit films, she became quite aggressive and was involved in fights with various Bollywood celebrities. Reportedly, she once slapped the Indian filmmaker Farooq Nadiadwala as he was forcing her to have beer even when she refused it several times. It is also said that Farooq said to her that if she was not drinking beer because of saree she was wearing, she could remove her saree after which Farah slapped him tightly. [2]Amar Ujala • Kissing Photoshoot One of her photoshoots with the Indian actress Khushbu Sundar received criticism in which she was lip-locking Khushbu. The photoshoot was for an English newspaper.
Social Media	Instagram
Relationships & More
Marital Status	Married
Affairs/Boyfriends	• Rajesh Shetty (film director) • Vindu Dara Singh (actor, film producer, entrepreneur) • Sumeet Saigal (actor, film producer)
Marriage Date	First Marriage: Year, 1996 Second Marriage: 20 June 2003
Family
Husband/Spouse	• First Husband- Vindu Dara Singh (divorced in 2002) • Second Husband- Sumeet Saigal
Children	Son- Fateh Randhawa (owner at FRST Enterprises Private Limited, assistant director) Daughter- Sayyeshaa Saigal (step daughter; actress)
Parents	Father- Jamal Ali Hashmi (actor) Mother- Rizwana Hashim (school teacher; played Jackie Shroff's mother in Diljalaa)
Siblings	Brother- None Sister- Tabu (actress)
Other Relative(s)	• Grandfather (maternal)- Mohammed Ahsan (a mathematics professor) • Maternal Aunt- Shabana Azmi (actress) • Maternal Uncle- Baba Azmi (cinematographer)

Some Lesser Known Facts About Farah Naaz

• Farah Naaz was born to a poor family.
  

  Farah Naaz’s childhood picture

• When she was 5 years old, her parents got divorced. Her mother, brought up Farah and Tabu singlehandedly.

• In her teens, she started her career as an actress.

• It was said that before making her debut in films, she was dating Shahed, her uncle’s best friend.

• She has acted in various Hindi films like Naseeb Apna Apna (1986), Imaandaar (1987), ‘Ghar Ghar Ki Kahani’ (1988), ‘Baap Numbri Beta Dus Numbri’ (1990), and ‘Begunaah’ (1991).
  

  Naseeb Apna Apna

• Reportedly, in 1986, the Indian actor Sanjay Dutt proposed to her for marriage.

• There were also rumours that she was engaged to the Indian actor Javed Jaffery.

• In an interview, she shared that when she started earning well, she wore expensive clothes but always wore chappals. While sharing the reason behind it she said, that before she started shooting for her debut film, she once went to a set of a film. A man there noticed her broken slipper and made fun of her. She said that she used to keep her sandals safe in her almirah.

• In 1985, Farah met the Indian actor Vindu Dara Singh through her sister Tabu. Their first meeting was at a film theatre. Reportedly, she was pregnant with Vindu’s child before her marriage with Vindu. ^[3]Bollywood Shaadis

• After her marriage, her films failed to do well at the box office, and she mainly got side roles and item songs.

• In 1988, during an interview, she shared that she once became self-destructive. She had cut her wrist several times when she fought with her close ones. ^[4]News 18 She said,
  

  By doing this, I diverted my attention from the problem that was bothering me so much. This is my way of annoying them. They won’t know if I kill myself, but whenever they see my wounds like this, they will know that they hurt me.”

• She has acted in various Hindi TV series like ‘Aha’ (1995), ‘Papa’ (1996), ‘Amar Prem’ (1996), and ‘Aurat Teri Yehi Kahaani’ (2004).
  

  Farah Naaz in a still from Aaurat Teri Yehi Kahaani

• Within a few years of her marriage with Vindu, she started facing problems in her married life. She even started having problems with her father-in-law Dara Singh, after which she divorced Vindu.

• After her divorce and series of flop films, she became an alcoholic. She started consuming vodka daily at night.

• She then appeared in a few Hindi films like ‘Achanak’ (1998), ‘Bhai No. 1’ (2000), ‘Bharat Bhagya Vidhata’ (2002), ‘Hulchul’ (2004), and ‘Shikhar’ (2005). After Shikhar, she did not work in any TV series or film.
  

  Farah Naaz in a still from Hulchul

• In 2011, she filed a police case on a TV channel for secretly filming her for a TV show.

• In her leisure time, she enjoys travelling to different places.
  

  Farah Naaz during her vacation

• She is an avid animal lover and owns a pet dog named Chinna.
  

  Farah Naaz’s Instagram post about her pet dog

• She has been featured on the cover of various magazines like Filmfare and Star & Style.
  

  Farah Naaz featured on Filmfare magazine