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• Won a talent contest, the United Film Producers Talent Hunt, which paved her way to an acting career.
• Made her big screen debut in Taqdeer (1967).
• Met her husband Tabrez Barmavar on the set of Jeevan Rekha (1974).
• Took an 8-year hiatus after marriage and returned to the acting world with the movie Henna (1991).
• Converted to Christianity in 2015, taking up a new middle name Farida Josephine Jalal.