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Zakaria Khan, a Pathan from the North-West Frontier Province and popular Bollywood character actor of the Fifties and Sixties (screen name Jayant), Khan was born in Bombay in 1943.
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260:(1933). The name Jayant was also given to him by director and producer
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on 15 October 1915 and was named
Zakaria Khan. He was a
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252:Jayant was tall and had a deep voice. He worked in
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459:(1968) as Thakur Rai Bahadur Harnam Singh
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373:(1971) as Hawaldar Major Jaswant Singh
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609:(1955) as Raja Bahadur Moti Sagar
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216:Jayant was born in Nodeh Payan (
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541:(1962) as Jung Bahadur "J.B."
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365:(1974) as Raghuveer / Diwan
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585:(1959) as Seth Heeralal
896:"Obituary: Amjad Khan"
563:(1961) as Ranveer Dada
489:(1965) as Lakhan Singh
349:(1986) as Emir-e-Basra
387:(1971) as Sagat Singh
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691:(1950) as Rana Sahib
593:(1958) as Pawan Raja
555:(1961) as Dwarkanath
479:Thakur Jarnail Singh
475:(1966) as Dwarkanath
865:"Profile of Jayant"
830:"Profile of Jayant"
533:(1964) as Sher Khan
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395:(1970) as Chaudhary
370:Mera Gaon Mera Desh
37:Jayant in the film
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617:(1955) as Zangoora
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322:(wife of Imtiaz).
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933:"Acting MP"
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338:Filmography
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300:Imtiaz Khan
276:(1937) and
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811:References
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545:Bada Aadmi
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440:Anmol Moti
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308:Ahlam Khan
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