Baby Farida

Farida Dadi
Farida Dadi
Nationality	India
Other names	Baby Farida
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1959 – present
Notable work	Dosti, Ram aur Shyam, Uttaran, 3 Idiots, Jalebi

Farida Devi, also known as Farida Dadi or Baby Farida, is an Indian actress in Hindi-language films and television serials.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Career[]

She started her career as a child actor in films in the 60s and was the most sought-after child actress^{[citation needed]}. She made her debut as the young Shashikala in the movie Sujata (1960), when she was eight years old. Her most remembered roles as a child artist were in Dosti, Ram aur Shyam, Brahmachari, Sangam, Kabuliwalah, Jab Jab Phool Khile, Phool aur Patthar and more with directors like Bimal Roy, Raj Kapoor, K Asif, Mehboob Khan and Guru Dutt.^[4]

Her films include:^[5]

Year	Film	Character/Role
1959	Sujata	Young Sujata
1960	Dili Ni Katha
1960	Usne Kaha Tha	Young Farida
1960	Patang
1960	Kalpana	Munni
1961	Aas Ka Panchhi (as Baby Fareeda)
1961	Kabuliwala	Amina A. Khan
1961	Chhaya	Young Sarita
1961	Batwara	Munni
1962	Hariyali Aur Rasta	Young Shobhna
1962	Man-Mauji	Advocate's Daughter
1962	Gyara Hazar Ladkian (as Baby Farida)
1963	Yeh Rastey Hain Pyar Ke	Rita A. Sahni
1964	Sangam	Young Radha
1964	Dosti	Manjula 'Manju'
1964	Beti Bete	Young Lakshmi
1965	Janwar
1965	Jab Jab Phool Khile	Munni
1966	Phool Aur Patthar	Jumni
1966	Dil Diya Dard Liya
1966	Devar	Munni M. Singh (as Baby Farida)
1966	Aasra	Somlata (Sona)
1967	Nasihat	Kamla
1967	Ram Aur Shyam	Kuku
1967	Raat Aur Din	Young Varuna
1968/I	Brahmachari	Chandni (Child Artist)
1968	Teen Bahuraniyan	Parvati's Daughter (as Farida)
1968	Payal Ki Jhankar	Pammi's Sister
1969	Badi Didi	Shobha
1984	Sohni Mahiwal (as Farida)
1989	Prem Pratigyaa (as Farida)
2006	Jai Santoshi Maa
2006	Ab To Banja Sajanwa Hamaar	Surajmukhi - Chandu's wife
2007	Dhol	Mrs. Tripathi
2007	My Love	Khalajaan
2008	Pehli Nazar Ka Pyaar	Malati / Anju's mother
2009	Vaada Raha	Pooja's mom
2009	3 Idiots	Mrs. Qureshi
2010	Ashok Chakra: Tribute to Real Heroes	Mrs. Aatule
2010	Oru Avadhikaalam
2012	Luv U Soniyo	Mark's Granny
2013	Gippi	Sister Maria
2015	Rahasya	Mrs. Noorani
2015	Madmast Barkhaa
2016	LoveShhuda	Pooja's Grandmom
2017	Dil Jo Na Keh Saka
2018	Jalebi	Old couple on train

Year	Show	Character/Role
2003	Saara Akaash (TV Series)	General Durani's Mother (2004)
2004	Hey... Yehii to Haii Woh! (TV Series)
2006	Ghar Ki Lakshmi Betiyann (TV Series)
2008	Balika Vadhu (TV Series)	Tai Doctor (2008)
2008	Uttaran (TV Series)	Anjum Nani (2008-2014)
2013	Best of Luck Nikki (TV Series)	Bua maa
2012	Savdhaan India	Ratna Rastogi (Episode 2251)
2013	Jodha Akbar	Dadisa
2016	Khorshid (TV Series)
2016	Ichhapyaari Naagin (TV Series)
2017	Chupke Chupke (TV Series)	Dadiya
2018	Haq Se (TV Series)^[6]
2018	Namune (TV Series)^[7]	Kaushalya Agnihotri
2018-2019	Tantra (TV Series)^[8]	Mrs. Khanna (Dadi)
2019	Jijaji Chhat Per Hain	Amma: Murari's mother; Ilaichi's grandmother; Karuna's mother-in-law
2020-present	Kumkum Bhagya	Baljeet Dadi: Abhishek, Raj, and Alia's cousin grandmother

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^ "'Namune' to bring writer P.l. Deshpande alive on small screen". The Quint. Retrieved 5 August 2020.
^ "'Tantra' TV show Launch event Juhi Parmar, Sargun Kaur, Manish Goel & more". TimesNow. Bennett, Coleman & Co. Ltd. Retrieved 5 August 2020.