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Irfan Ajeeb

Irfan Ajeeb was born in Bradford, West Yorkshire on 28 March.

He became the festival director of the annual Bite the Mango Film Festival in 1997. From a relatively small film festival, Irfan developed Bite the Mango in to a fetival renowned around the world. He invited many prominent film industry actors/directors/producers from India and Pakistan to Bradford for the first time.

They include the likes of Amitabh Bachchan, Om Puri, Shabana Azmi, Mahesh Bhatt, Shatrughan Sinha, Pooja Bhatt, Meera, Mira Nair, Anil Kapoor, Aamir Khan, Saira Bano and the legendary Dilip Kumar.

Irfan was also a regular film critic for local media as well as a feature on the BBC Asian Network and BBC Online.

Irfan's last festival in charge was in 2005 when decided to leave his job and train as an actor at the Actor Prepares Academy in Mumbai, India.

He currently waiting for his big break in Bollywood.