Would it be fair to describe Feroz Khan as the Clint Eastwood of Mumbai cinema? He was certainly the first Indian star to play a brooding cowboy in a series of films in the mid-70s. Curry Westerns like Kala Sona and didn’t quite make this Khan a craze in his days. But he was nothing if not a trendsetter. Westernized trim and flamboyantly macho Feroz Khan came at a time when heroes were moony-eyed, flabby, and 40-ish. This Khan didn’t spend hours in the gym. But he sure knew how to flex his biceps on screen.

His broad machismo earned Khan a staunch fan following. The urbanized Indian loved to watch Khan play the stud in self-directed flicks like Apradh, Qurbani and Janbaaz where he drove the slickest cars, bedded the most beautiful women and visited the most swanky sights in the world.

Feroz Khan was the first dude with an attitude.