Farah was a well-known Bollywood actress in the mid-1980s and 1990s. Her full name is Farah Naaz Hashmi, and her professional name is Farah.

 Farah was born to Jamal Ali Hashmi and Rizwana in a Hyderabadi Muslim family. 

Farah is the niece of Shabana Azmi, Tanvi Azmi, and Baba Azmi.

Farah made her debut in 1985 with Yash Chopra's Faasle opposite Mahendra Kapoor son's Rohan Kapoor.

 Farah was also part of many films such as Naseeb Apna Apna, Marte Dam Tak, Imaandar, Love 86, Baap Numbri Beta Dus Numbri, and more.

 Farah was seen in J.P. Dutta's Yateem opposite Sunny Deol's movie titled Yateem.

 Farah has worked with actors Rishi Kapoor, Rakesh Khanna, Sanjay Dutt, Anil Kapoor, Sunny Deol, Amir Khan, Mithun Chakraborty, and Aditya Pancholi.

 Farah married actor Vindu Dara Singh in 1996 with whom she has a son Fateh Randhawa that marriage did not work.

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