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Saeed Jaffrey

Sue Lawley's castaway is actor Saeed Jaffrey.

This week's castaway on Desert Island Discs is an actor. In Britain, he's best known for his appearances in My Beautiful Laundrette, The Chess Players and The Jewel in the Crown. In India he's a megastar who can't walk the streets without being mobbed.

This morning Saeed Jaffrey traces a career which has taken him from India, to New York, to London and back home to India. Beginning with his childhood as the son of a brilliant mimic, he describes his early struggles to establish himself, and the famous stars he's met along the way.

[Taken from the original programme material for this archive edition of Desert Island Discs]

Favourite track: Hobo Blues by John Lee Hooker
Book: Complete Works by Mirza Ghalib
Luxury: Case of Black Label and Dom Perignon

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40 minutes

Last on

Fri 15 Aug 1997 09:05
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4

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Music Played

  • Ravi Shankar

    Raga Puriya Dhamasbri

    Artist: Chatur Lal

    • India's Master Musician.
    • BGO Records.

  • Cliff Richard & The Shadows

    Summer Holiday

    • Summer Holiday.
    • Music For Pleasure France.

  • Claude Debussy

    Clair de lune (from Suite bergamasque)

    Soloist: Tamas Vasary

    • Debussy: Suite Bergamasque, Pour Le Pian.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.

  • Whitney Houston

    I Will Always Love You

    • The Bodyguard - Original Soundtrack Album.
    • Arista.

  • Lata Mangeshkar

    Phir Mujhe Deeda-E-Tar Yaad Aaya

    • Lata Mangeshkar Sings Ghalib.
    • EMI.

  • Honky Tonk Train Blues

  • Elton John

    Nikita

    • Ice On Fire.
    • Rocket.

  • Castaway's Favourite

    • John Lee Hooker

      Hobo Blues

      • The Very Best Of John Lee Hooker.
      • Charly.

  • Book Choice

    • Complete Works - Mirza Ghalib

  • Luxury Choice

    • Case of Black Label and Dom Perignon

Credits

Presenter Sue Lawley
Interviewed Guest Saeed Jaffrey

Broadcasts

  • Sun 20 Apr 1997 12:15
    Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4
  • Fri 15 Aug 1997 09:05
    Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4

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