“Farooq Sheikh !! Cannot
believe he is gone. There was an absence of any kind of pretense in his
demeanor, or towards his work !!” tweeted Amitabh Bachchan paying his last
respect to the veteran Farooq Sheikh who passed away after a heart attack on
December 27th, 2013. From actors to fans, most of Twitter was flooded with grief messages to
mourn the loss to the industry. Sheikh, 65, died in Dubai where he was for a
concert. Sheikh was last seen in Bollywood movie ‘Club 60’.
His acting style was very subtle and effortless.
He was best known for his work in Hindi films from 1977 to
1989 and for his work in television between 1988 and 2002. His major
contribution was in Parallel Cinema or the New Indian Cinema. He had worked with directors like Satyajit Ray, Muzaffar
Ali, Hrishikesh
Mukherjee and Ketan
Mehta.
He had acted in many tv shows and performed on stage in famous
productions such as Tumhari Amrita (1992),
alongside Shaban Azmi, directed by Feroz Abbas Khan. He won the 2010 National Film Award for Nest Supporting Actor for Lahore.
Initially, he worked with IPTA alongside directors like Sagar Sarhadi. He debuted in the 1973 film Garam Hawa in a supporting role besides Balraj Sahni. The film is credited for being a pioneer of a new wave of
Hindi Art cinema. He
formed a very successful pair with Deepti
Naval. He went on to act in several notable films such
as Satyajit Ray's Shatranj Ke Khiladi
(1977), Noorie (1979), Chashme Buddoor (1981), Umrao Jaan, Bazaar, Saath Saath, Rang Birangi, Kissi Se Na Kehna (1983) and Biwi Ho To Aisi(1988) which are deemed
as cult classics.
The entire film industry is going to miss this
gentleman with hopes that the new talented pool of actors like Abhay Deol,
Shreyas Talpade and others carry on with the leagcy of the guy next door that
Sheikh brought the audiences so close to.
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