Mahmud Jayanti: Today is the birthday of ‘Comedy King’ actor Mehmood Ali, who made the audience laugh heartily with his bold jokes. Although he is no longer in this world to celebrate his birthday, his memories are still alive in the hearts of his fans. Actor Mehmood Ali was born on 29 September 1933 in Mumbai. Mehmood’s father Mumtaz Ali used to work in Bombay Talkies Studio. Mahmud used to sell chocolate tablets in the local train running between Malad and Virar to meet the economic needs of the household. Mehmood had an inclination towards acting since childhood and wanted to become an actor.
Once accompanied by his father on the sets, he also got a small role as a child in a film starring actor Ashok Kumar. Mehmood struggled a lot with his desire to become an actor and his passion to make his dreams come true. He did many things for charity. To earn money, he worked as a driver for director PL Santoshi. He used to get a salary of Rs 75 for this work. At one time he also taught table tennis to the famous actress Meena Kumari.
The film ‘Nadan’ gave me a chance
During the shooting of the film ‘Naadaan’, when the junior artist could not speak his dialogues in front of actress Madhubala despite doing ten consecutive retakes, Mehmood got this opportunity. Film director Hira Singh asked Mehmood to speak this dialogue, which he gave in one go without retake. Mehmood got 300 rupees for this film. After becoming famous in the field of acting, he was paid more than the film hero.
Self respect is important!
Mahmud used to complete the work he used to do. However, he never wanted anyone’s recommendation. Meena Kumari once told famous producer-director BR Chopra that you must take Mehmood in your film. When Mehmood came to know about this recommendation, he flatly refused to do the film and walked out of the film. He wanted us to get work on self-effort if not by any recommendation.
As a comedian, Mehmood’s films ‘Dil Tera Deewana’, ‘Love in Tokyo’, ‘Main Sundar Hoon’, ‘Bombay to Goa’, ‘Nokar’, ‘Padosan’ became popular. The song of Mohammad Rafi, which was filmed on Mehmood, is still very famous among the people. Mehmood’s career began to decline after the debuts of new comedians such as Asrani, Kader Khan and Jagdeep in the 1970s. His last film as an actor was Rajkumar Santoshi’s Andaz Apna Apna. Mehmood’s film ‘Kunwara Baap’ was his real life story.
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