5 Movies that set Saeed Jaffrey in a league extraordinaire

In this Technicolor adaptation of Rudyard Kipling’s novel of the same name, Jaffery played the role of a Gurkha soldier called Billy Fish. In this small but vital role, he showed his mastery over the craft, strongly supporting the leading men, Sean Connery and Michael Caine.

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The role for which a lot of Indians remember Jaffrey for came in the form of Henna, in which he played the role of Khan Baba, a kind-hearted Pakistani who shelters Chander as he drifts away to Pakistan on a stormy night. He was nominated for Filmfare Best Supporting Actor Award for this role.

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The movie saw him playing a rich nobleman obsessed with the game of chess, neglecting his wife and duties to honor this passion, letting go of every chance to stop the East India Company from taking over Awadh. Acting alongside Sanjeev Kumar, this role made him win the Filmfare Best Supporting Actor Award.

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The epic movie that immortalized every name associated with it saw Jaffery playing the role of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel. Probably the only time we saw him without his trademark moustache, the movie went on to be nominated for Academy Awards in eleven categories, winning eight of them.

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