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| 1 | Feroz Khan's mother, Bibi Fatima Begum's great grandmother name was Bibi Kokab Shah. Bibi Kokab Shah was a direct descendant of King nadir Shah of Iran. Bibi Kokab Shah's family had settled in Banglore since 1825. |
| 2 | Related to producer Shapoor R. Katrak. Shapoor is brother Sanjay Khan's brother in law (Wife Zarine's elder brother). |
| 3 | Even when Feroz Khan's horses lost, he sported a smile and would call the winners home for a drink and a party,. |
| 4 | Feroz was also a good snooker and billiards player and sponsored a couple of tournaments at the Karnataka State Billiards Association. While in Bangalore, he'd invite veteran players to his farm for a night of snooker. His buddies, who once played with him at "Greens" (the legendary snooker parlour on M G Road), simply love to relive those memorable days. |
| 5 | After his brother Sanjay Khan's Prince Khartoum won the Bangalore Derby in the '60s, Feroz Khan entered the racing ring, buying a couple of sterling horses. He loved horses and enjoyed feeding and riding them. |
| 6 | Feroz Khan won the richest race for juveniles in the Indian racing calendar, the Poonawalla Multi-Million, before winning two classics, the Bangalore Fillies Trial Stakes and the Indian 1000 Guineas at Mahalaxmi in Mumbai. |
| 7 | Feroz was also a member of the Bangalore Turf Club. When he relocated to Bangalore in the early 80s he owned a mare in Kunigal Stud Farm. Apart from that, at any given time, he used to own eight to 10 horses and would actively be around them. |
| 8 | Zeyn Mirza, managing director of Kunigal Stud Farm is Feroz Khan's cousin. Zeyn's brother Sardar Mirza Khan was a assistant director on Apradh and produced a television serial with Akbar Khan. |
| 9 | He admired horses. At the course, he readily cheered the winner even if the horse had beaten his own in a race," Padmanabhan who trained Win Pretty Baby, the best race horse Feroz owned. |
| 10 | Favourite Hollywood actress was Jean Peters. Elizabeth Taylor was another. Among male stars, Tony Curtis, Peter O Toole, Richard Burton and Marlon Brando. |
| 11 | Coppolla, Spielberg, Kurosawa, Bergman, Bertolucci were Feroz Khan's favorite filmmakers. |
| 12 | Feroz Khan had a fleet of cars. A Plymouth, Chevy, Impala, MG Sprighter,Jaguar,Honda, 450 SE Mercedes, Volvo 360 GLS. |
| 13 | In 1983 Feroz Khan dabbled a bit in real estate. Feroz has industrial land to his name in Banglore. |
| 14 | Feroz Khan favorite cologne's are Quoros, Aramis, Toussad. |
| 15 | At Feroz Khan's ranch, he has a Snooker room, a health club, a swimming pool,and a tennis court. His den is equipped with a television, video,and the most sophisticated music system.When he wishes to work,Feroz had just to walk 5 minutes to reach his own laboratory, where he can view the film he just shot. |
| 16 | F.K.'s Ranch also had on it, a pack of 6 dogs and a cowshed with seven cows. Feroz Khan had a staff of 23 to manage his ranch. There were 9 gardeners, four watchman,two cooks and a valet. Feroz Khan's personal staff wear a uniform with the FK emblem on it. |
| 17 | Shooting wild game was one of his favorite pass times. when hunting was banned in 1973, he stopped. The tigers he shot were stuffed and placed in his house , in his personal bar. |
| 18 | Feroz Khan's daily eating routine was breakfast @ 9 consisting of eggs,porridge and avocado. Lunch @ 1 pm with pasta,spaghetti. Dinner @10 pm with Continental or moghlai dishes. |
| 19 | Race track gambling was still an inherent part of his lifestyles. He doesn't miss a race regardless if its in Banglore or London. Feroz Khan owned four race horses in Banglore. Feroz Khan saw Lester Piggot at the races in London. Feroz Khan's horses have won him a Classic and Governors cup. |
| 20 | Snooker was one of Feroz's passions.He was a hustler before he entered films. He made a meagre Rs 50 to Rs 100 from the tables. Feroz was a Karnataka State runner. He had the honor of playing with world champion Michael Fereira. |
| 21 | A nature lover, Feroz has pandered to his own immaculate tastes and set up a multi crore farm on 23 acres of land. Situated 14 kms away from the city of Banglore .on the Tumkur Road. On the farm Feroz has planted 1600 trees of which 800 are coconut trees.The rest belong to citrus, christmas and gulmohar and mango trees. |
| 22 | Went to Bishop Cotton school in Banglore. The school had mostly Christians and Anglo Indians. This why Feroz Khan's English was very good. |
| 23 | Cousin S. Mirza Khan was the executive producer for Sanjay Khan's TV serial The Sword of Tipu Sultan. He was also the assistant director in Apradh . |
| 24 | Adopted brother is Ilyas Khan. Though not legally adopted, Ilyas lived with Feroz Khan till he (Ilyas) got married. Ilyas mother was a housekeeper in the Khan household. Ilyas was sent to live in a orphanage and would come to visit during vacations. A tearful scene would always happen. This is when Feroz Khan's mother decided to adopt Ilyas , and he lived in the house with the Khan house hold. Ilyas modeled for top ads and was signed for a film that was shelved. Ilyas got married to a Parsi girl named Aramaity and had a son in 1980. When not working as a production controller for Feroz Khan and Sanjay Khan movie productions, Ilyas would work with Sameer Khan in business deals and had a catering business. He would supply food to film units during movie shootings. |
| 25 | His cousin Laxmi (Kamala Sarma) was married to actor Ranjan. |
| 26 | Daughter Laila Khan remarried to Farhan Furniturewala. Farhan is the former husband of Pooja Bedi (Kabir Bedi's daughter). Farhan is the father of writer, producer, actress Aalia Furniturewala and a son named Ebrahim. |
| 27 | Brother Sameer Khan lives in Banglore India. He is married to Iram Khan. They have two daughters. Their names are Sehar Khan and Nidah Khan. Sehar is married to Naveed Syed (Ozman). Naveed is the nephew of actress Rekha. Naveed had tried to become a actor in 2008. He migrated from San Fransisco. Sehar and Naveed have two children. |
| 28 | A leading director from Hollywood arrived in India to personally meet Feroz Khan. The director was making a film with Robert Redford and a Indian princess. The director wanted to cast Feroz Khan's younger beautiful sister Dilshaad in the lead role. Feroz declined the offer as he was against his sister joining Hollywood or Bollywood. |
| 29 | Raaj Kumar, who was known for making fun of anyone in the industry, once tried to say something nasty about him in the lobby of The Oberoi. Feroz Khan just pulled off the actor's wig and the actor did not know how to face the situation and never came across Feroz Khan again. |
| 30 | Feroz Khan was known to several leading politicians. The controversial chief minister of Karnataka was his personal friend and stayed with him whenever he was in Bombay. He was also a friend of all the leading Police Commissioners and strangely also with dons like Haji Mastan, Vardarajan Mudaliar and all the other notorious leaders of various gangs. "I know only the good human beings in them. I don't have anything to do with their underworld activities", Feroz once said. |
| 31 | Feroz Khan was very grateful to all those unknown film-makers who gave him breaks in all those small films because he believed he would not have come up without their building a foundation for him. |
| 32 | Feroz Khan also had a great love for the latest models of cars and got them for himself from any part of the world. His bungalow in Juhu was the envy of every star who saw it and even his rich friends from all over the world, including the Sheikhs of the Gulf. |
| 33 | Feroz Khan had one of the best stables of horses on his farm in Bangalore. There were several doctors and a staff to take care of them. He knew every horse by the name he had given it and he cried when anyone of them fell sick and went into mourning when any of them died. |
| 34 | Feroz Khan was very fond of being dressed in the kind of clothes he had seen the heroes of Hollywood wear, especially the cowboy kind of out-fits with the cowboy hat and boots worn by Clint Eastwood. He drove the local tailors crazy making them stitch the kind of clothes he wanted and even traveled to the city and sometimes even to Bombay to get the clothes of his taste. He had a strange dislike for the dhoti and kurta and the clothes worn by politicians. |
| 35 | Feroz Khan loved good music from all over the world, especially Arabic music. Kalyanji - Anandji were the music directors of all the films he made till Kalyanji died. Mukesh was his favorite singer and Indeevar and Sudarshan Faakir, a poet who refused to write for films but made an exception only for Feroz Khan. |
| 36 | After Yalgaar, Feroz was toying around with several ideas for his next film. He wanted to remake his film Dharmatma ( The Godfather) with Anil Kapoor as the Godfather. Akshay Kumar and Sunil Shetty were to play his sons. Anil Kapoor refused the offer and Feroz Khan shelved the idea. |
| 37 | Wanted to launch Music composer Channi Singh' s daughter Mona Singh ( Not the actress) as a singer in Bollywood. Feroz heard Mona's album " Stronger" and wanted her to in his next film Kurbani. |
| 38 | Starred in the D.R. Films shelved film " Zakham". Directed by Dinesh/Ramnesh. Co starring Dharmendra, Reena Roy, Ranjeet, Danny Denzongpa. Music by Sonic- Omi. This was in 1981. |
| 39 | Daughter, Laila Khan, gave birth to a son, Zaan Furniturewala, on March 9, 2015. |
| 40 | Actor Mehmood wanted to get his brother Shaukat married to Feroz Khan's sister Dilshad Begum. The families had agreed to get them married but eventually the relationship did not work out. |
| 41 | Starred in Ismail Memon' s shelved film " Hum Hain Rahi Pyar Ke (1961)". Co starring Minoo Mumtaz. Music by R.D. Burman. |
| 42 | Niece name is Shahala, Sabah and Sheba . They are daughters of Dilshaad Begum. |
| 43 | Feroz Khan's eldest sister was married and settled in Bombay. Her name is Khurshid Shanavar. Her husband Mr. Shanavar passed away. |
| 44 | After Qurbani, Feroz decided to start a film titled " Kasak". This was the same film he was making and shelved with Zeenat Aman in 1977. He signed Rekha and Praveen Babi. He had even shot the song " Pyar Do Pyar Lo" with Rekha. Praveen Babi' s sudden disappearance from India lead to Feroz once again shelving the film. When he started Jaanbaz, he retained the already shot song with Rekha. |
| 45 | Youngest sister Dilshad Sheikh is a famous Socialite in Kashmir and Delhi. She recently started her own clothing line "Chosen Few" The reason she chose the name was because she is very selective who she sells her clothes to. |
| 46 | After Sundari Khan, he was engaged to Jyotika Dhanrajgir, a former air hostess. They were engaged for a very long time. Her sister Miss Sabrina Dhanrajgir, was the costume designer in Yalgaar.(1992). |
| 47 | Youngest sister Dilshad Begum Sheikh is often mistaken as singer Dilshad Begum . This is due to the both of them having the same name. |
| 48 | In 1978, Feroz Khan approached Amitabh Bachchan for the role of Amar in Qurbani. Amitabh agreed but asked Feroz Khan to wait for 6 months. Only then could he adjust his dates. Feroz said he would'nt be able to wait and signed Vinod Khanna. |
| 49 | Feroz Khan's youngest sister Dilshad Begum Sheikh was married Javed Sheikh ( Not the actor). Javed was the sole owner of a timber empire in Shrinagar, Kashmir. Javed passed away in 1986.They have 3 daughter's. Shahala, the owner of a famous furniture company " Woodfort". Sabaah S. Sheikh. She is married to Aniljit Singh. She lives in New Delhi She is the Entrepreneur of a candle company called " Illuminati". Sheba, a housewife and mother of two kids. |
| 50 | Younger sister Dikshad Sheikh is the organizer of the world famous Sufi music festival "Jahan E Khusrao" in Delhi. |
| 51 | Was once related to actress Neelam through marriage. Neelam was married to Rishi Sethia. Rishi Sethia is the nephew of Rajendra Sethia. Rajendra Sethia was married to Feroz Khan's step daughter Sonia Sethia . Sonia was from Sundari Khan's previous relationship. |
| 52 | Step daughter Sonia Sethia ( Sahani) was married to world famous business man Rajendra Sethia. This was Rajendra's second marriage. He was previously married to a woman named Lakshmi and had two daughter's with her. |
| 53 | Before Qurbani, Feroz had started directing a film titled " Kasak". He shot the song Laila O Laila with Zeenat Aman and Amjad Khan. After realizing something was missing in the film he decided to shelve the film. When he started Qurbani, he retained the already picturized song of Laila O Laila. After Qurbani he once again he attempted to start a film titled " Kasak". He recorded a song titled " E Mere Watan" sung by Nitin Mukesh. Once again something went wrong with the film and he decided not to do the film. When he started Yalgaar he used the recorded song from Kasak. |
| 54 | Younger brother Sharooq Khan has two children . Reza Khan and Mohammed Ali Khan (Dali). |
| 55 | Brother Akbar Khan has a son named Abraiz Khan and a daughter Aliyah Khan. |
| 56 | Brother Sharooq Khan married the sister of Iranian model Bita Vahdati. She is aunt to Sharooq's model/son Reza Khan. |
| 57 | At Wadia & Bros, Feroz learned about the technical aspects of film-making. One day, a producer noticed him and signed him for his film Repoter Raju on a salary of Rs 1,000 per month. Feroz had already done a few small role's in a few films. The movie became a hit and there was no looking back for him. When Aadmi Aur Insaan (1969) and Safar (1970) were released, Feroz became a well-established name in Bollywood. |
| 58 | Feroz was very very fond of Mumu (Mumtaaz). They shared a great rapport on the sets and were friends. But there was a time when Feroz was linked with the heroines he worked with. After Dharmatma, people started linking him with Hema Malini although he could only see her as Dharam paaji's wife and one of his best friends. |
| 59 | His father succumbed to a stroke. |
| 60 | Feroz was a good student but, being a rebel, was thrown out of three schools. When Feroz was 11, he drove a bike to school. But the parking space was next to the school chapel and his noisy bike broke the silence during prayer sessions there. One day, the Father at the chapel reprimanded Feroz, but he also taught him the lesson of a lifetime: 'Take what comes in your stride'. |
| 61 | Feroz learned from his friends and the media that Madhuri Dixit had accused him of exploiting her innocence by getting her to do the kissing scene in Dayavan. Feroz was pained by the accusation as she was fully aware of the scene. Feroz said he would clarify the problem with Madhuri when he got the chance to meet her. |
| 62 | When Feroz was shooting Apradh's car-racing scene in Germany, he realized that the $ 50,000 in his pocket was insufficient for filming. Then, divine intervention came in the form of his friend and racing car-driver Prince Leopold of Bavaria. Just before a race he was participating in was flagged off, he hopped out of his car and I stepped in. As soon as the shot was canned, Leopold hopped back into the driver's seat and the race started. |
| 63 | Feroz was quite a Casanova during his bachelor days and was often spotted at clubs and parties with the most gorgeous women in Bollywood. He treated women with the respect that was due to them and this explains his large number of female friends. Unfortunately, he was branded as a womanizer by some people. |
| 64 | Feroz never attended college. Once he cleared his Senior Cambridge exams, he headed for Bombay, where he rented accommodation for Rs 300 a month. His job as an assistant at movie production house Wadia & Bros paid him exactly Rs 300 a month. To earn more money, he became a hustler at a club and placed bets on snooker matches. |
| 65 | Feroz's first meeting with Sundari was at a party. They dated for five years before tying the knot in 1965. Laila was born in 1970 and Fardeen came into their lives in 1974. |
| 66 | Feroz Khan's father wanted him to be a Barrister. |
| 67 | Feroz's family dealt with horse breeding. Although they never had money to own horses, whenever Feroz found a stray horse he rode the horse back to their stable. |
| 68 | Feroz was very fond of Mumu (Mumtaaz). They shared a great rapport on the sets and were friends. |
| 69 | Daughter Laila Khan was born in 1970. |
| 70 | In October 1999, Feroz Khan launched " Qurban Tujhpe Mere Jaan". The film was to star Ajay Devgan, Aishwarya Rai and Fardeen Khan. The big venture was to be produced and directed by Feroz Khan. It was a love story set with the backdrop of the film industry. After six months, Feroz decided to shelve the film. |
| 71 | After shelving " Qurbaan Tujhpe Mere Jaan" in 2000, Feroz Khan launched " Tera Saath Hain Kitna Pyaara". The film was to star Fardeen Khan and Aishwarya Rai. It was to be produced and directed by Feroz Khan. The films title was taken from a song from Feroz Khan's earlier hit film " Janbaaz"..Feroz ended up shelving the film when Aishwarya Rai opted out of the film. |
| 72 | In 2004 Feroz Khan bought the remake rights of Tamil film Kaakha Kaakha. He was to produce the film and cast Fardeen Khan in the lead role. After his demise the rights of the film lay with son Fardeen Khan. Fardeen gave the rights for free to Vipul Shah as nice gesture. |
| 73 | In 2005 he launched a new movie " Shaadi.Com". To be produced by him and directed by Hansal Mehta . To star Fardeen Khan, Celina Jaitley and Paresh Rawal. The film was shelved a few month's later. |
| 74 | Manoj Kumar and Feroz Khan were both in the running for the second lead role in Dilip Kumar's Aadmi (1968). But Manoj signed the film due to his relationship with the producer's. |
| 75 | Raj Kapoor had promised Feroz Khan that if Rajendra Kumar declined Sangam he would sign him for the film. |
| 76 | During the casting stages, the producer's of Farz (1967) were interested in casting Feroz Khan as the lead actor. They showed Feroz the original film ( A South Indian film) at private trial showing After the showing Feroz declined as his dates were booked with other film's. |
| 77 | Mehboob Khan almost signed Feroz for the lead role in Son Of India (1962 ). |
| 78 | Prakash Mehra offered Feroz Khan the film Hera Pheri with Amitabh. Feroz refused the film as it would require him to work shift's on Sunday . As a rule, Feroz never worked on Sunday's. |
| 79 | Brother Sameer Khan was born as Ahmed Khan. After retiring as an actor he became a real estate tycoon. |
| 80 | Feroz Khan's younger brother Sharooq, migrated to Iran and married of lady of Iranian descent. Sharooq's son Reza Khan is a upcoming Bollywood model and actor. |
| 81 | Feroz had signed a film before Reporter Raju titled "Criminal". It was to mark the debut of Feroz Khan as a Hero and GP Sippy as a director. For unknown reasons the film was shelved. |
| 82 | In 1976, Feroz had signed a film with Dharmendra and Shashi Kapoor titled " Zindaan". This would've marked the first time Feroz would work with any member from the Kapoor Family. The film was shelved after its mahurat. |
| 83 | Had a step daughter Sonia Shahani (Sethia).Sonia was from Sundari's previous relationship. Sonia had exclusively worked in Feroz Khan' s Qurbani as the " Continuity Girl". She was in charge of making sure the stars looked the same in scenes after gaps in the shooting schedule. She was credited on screen as Sony Shahani. |
| 84 | Stepdaughter Sonia Shahani (Sethia) passed away in a car accident in 2012 at the age of 48. |
| 85 | Two of his films remain completed and unreleased due to financial problems. Shikar Shikaari Ka starring Himself, Reena Roy, Amjad Khan and Prem Nath. Music by RD Burman. The second one is titled Gul E Bakawali starring Himself, Reena Roy, Sulakshna Pandit, Bindu, Amjad Khan, Jeevan. Music by Rajesh Roshan. |
| 86 | After his film Janasheen, Feroz Khan was starting a film titled "Nasha". The film was to star himself with Amitabh Bachchan, Fardeen Khan, Aishwarya Rai and Lopsang. But due to increased interest in remakes, Feroz shelved the project and opted to remake Qurbani. |
| 87 | Started a film titled Kasak in the 1980s. After recording a song he shelved the film. The song was later used in Yalgaar. The song E Mere Watan sung by Mohd Aziz and Nitin Mukesh.. |
| 88 | Feroz never wanted to be in films. He was on his way to Germany to pursue a course in Engineering. Legendary filmmaker S Mukerji sent for Feroz as he had spotted him at a party. Feroz surprisingly was totally reluctant about joining films and was even dismissive about the offer. He returned from Filmalaya Studio with a three-film contract in his pocket. |
| 89 | Brother of Bollywood Actor/Director Akbar Khan. |
| 90 | Father of Super Star Fardeen Khan. |
| 91 | Has another brother Sameer who also acted in films, Andhera, Pyar Ka Rishta, Gomti Ke Kinare. |
| 92 | Brother of actor Sanjay Khan. Paternal uncle of 'Suzanne Khan', who is married to Bollywood heart-throb Hrithik Roshan |
| 93 | Born to an Afghan father, Sadiq Ali Khan and an Iranian mother, Fatima. |
| 94 | Father of Fardeen Khan |
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