shows for doordarshan in the 1970s i quite liked his role in our serial i also think umrao jaan was among his best performances few actors have the capability and the confidence to hold their own opposite a consummate artiste like rekhaji and farooque shaikh stood tall among them talsania says we have common friends like satish shah so the conversation would sometimes veer towards farooque sahab i think he was into importexport at one time i am not certainhe was a soft spoken man who loved and understood poetry i remember one line from a couplet he once recited to me which was main moongiyon ka kebab hoon it says how ants seem to await the crumbs that fall from the table and swiftly escape with their share of the kebab that falls while eating essentially how people use you in life recalls the actor everybody including i was mesmerised by his knowledge of urdu hindi and english he was a good man a good looking man id say perfectshaikh sahab would have mindfully returned his landlords hospitality given how he loved to treat his units to good food but the opportunity did not arise during shrikant talsania says they never got a chance to work together again else the good times would have continued