was born in  Malerkotla ,  Punjab . His film credits include The Man Who Would Be King  (1975),  Shatranj Ke Khiladi (The Chess Players) (1977),  Gandhi  (1982),  A Passage to India  (1965 BBC version and 1984 film),  The Far Pavilions  (1984), and  My Beautiful Laundrette (1985) .   Saeed Jaffrey Saeed