Why Is She Famous?
One of the versatile Indians abroad, Madhur Jaffrey is an actress,
culinary expert, TV presenter, movie script and cook book writer. But it
is for her cookery that Madhur is best known. Madhur Jaffrey began her
carrier in films with the Ivory-Merchant production, Shakespeare
Wallahs. This movie won her the best actress award at the Berlin Film
festival in 1965. Some other noted films of Madhur are "Heat and
Dust", "Autobiography of a Princess", "The Asian
Garden", "The perfect murder", "Six Degrees of
Separation" and "Wolf.
After Madhur was divorced from her husband, she turned to cooking as a
new career. This field provided a wide scope to Madhur Jaffrey as the
range of Indian dishes is unending. She wrote cookery books like 'Madhur
Jaffrey's Indian Cooking', 'A Taste of India 'and more recently 'World
vegetarian'. By introducing genuine Indian cuisine to the British
kitchen, Jaffrey has drastically changed the way British people cook,
eat and think about Indian food. Later Madhur appeared on T.V. shows but
acting always has been her first love. She has received tremendous
accolades and awards for her versatility. Madhur Jaffrey has been
awarded with Muse Award for Outstanding Vision & Achievement, NYWFTV
2000; Award for Excellence in acting & cookery, Gov. Pataki '99;
Tarknath Das Award, Glenfiddich Award for Best Radio/TV Broadcasting
1982 etc
Background
Madhur Jaffrey was born in Delhi, India. She did her early studies in
Delhi itself. Afterwards Madhur Jaffrey went to England on a scholarship
to learn acting and after graduation married Jaffrey. Later she settled
down in New York and gave birth to three daughters, Meera, Zia and
Sakina. Unfortunately her marriage with actor Saeed Jaffrey did not work
and she got divorced. Madhur Jaffrey got remarried and now lives in New
York
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