The actor,who has died aged 86, straddled English-language and Hindi cinema, or brought an urbane wit and seductive charm to everything he didSaeed Jaffrey was a character actor of huge accomplishment,urbane wit and avuncular charm, deeply honoured in UK theatrical circles for his groundbreaking Shakespearian tours of India.
His very unparochial career let him straddle two different kinds of cinema – Hindi and English language – and also subsets within these: auteur cinema and Bollywood, or British and Hollywood,as well as TV both in high-gloss drama and soapy form. To all he brought intelligence, a lifetime’s accumulation of technique and style, and a seductive,resonant voice.
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Source: theguardian.com