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Mehmood Ali (29 September 1932 – 23 July 2004), popularly known simply as Mehmood, was an Indian actor, singer, director and producer, best known for playing comic roles in Hindi films.Indian comedy actor Mehmood dies on BBC news website
Published 23 July 2004, Retrieved 5 November 2019

During his career of more than four decades, he worked in over 300 Hindi films. He is known as India's national comedian and Bollywood's Original BhaijaanIndian film comedian Mehmood dies at 72
Dawn (newspaper), Published 24 July 2004, Retrieved 7 November 2019 Mehmood received 25 nominations for film awards, 19 for 'Best Performance in a Comic Role', while the awards started in 1954, awards for the best comedian category started only in 1967. Prior to that Mehmood also received 6 nominations for 'Best Supporting Actor'.

Early life

Mehmood Ali was born on 29 September 1932. He was the second of the eight children, and eldest son to Latifunnisa and film and stage actor/dancer Mumtaz Ali, who was a huge star of the 1940s and 1950s cinema in Mumbai. Mehmood had an elder sister and six younger siblings. His sister, Minoo Mumtaz, was also a successful dancer and character actress in Bollywood movies. His youngest brother, Anwar Ali, is also an actor as well as a producer of such movies as '' Khud-daar'' and '' Kaash''.

Career

Early career

As a child, he worked in Bombay films like '' Kismet''. He later had a number of odd jobs, selling poultry products and working as a driver for director P. L. Santoshi. Santoshi's son, Rajkumar Santoshi, would later cast him in the film '' Andaz Apna Apna'' (1994). Many of Mehmood's film songs were sung by Mohammad Rafi.

Mehmood would go on to perform small roles in films such as '' Do Bigha Zameen'', ''C.I.D.'', and '' Pyaasa''. He later began taking on larger roles.

Later career

In the 1980s, Mehmood's popularity began to decline as other comedy actors like Jagdeep, Asrani, Paintal, Deven Verma and Kader Khan shot to prominence. Between 1990 and 1999, he made a handful of movies, but most of them were either shelved or made no impression. He acted as Johnny in Rajkumar Santoshi's '' Andaz Apna Apna'' (1994)– his last known film as an actor.

Personal life

Mehmood married Madhu Kumari in 1953; the two divorced in September 1967. The two had four children together, Masood "Pucky" Ali, Maqsood "Lucky" Ali, Maqdoom "Macky" Ali, and Masoon Ali. Mehmood would go on to marry his second wife, Tracy, and have three more children with her, Mansoor Ali, Manzoor Ali, and Latifunnissa "Ginny" Ali. Several of his children would go on to star in Mehmood related productions such as the 1976 film '' Ginny Aur Johnny'', which starred his daughter Ginny and was based on the 1973 film '' Paper Moon''.

Death

On 23 July 2004, Mehmood died in his sleep in Pennsylvania, where he had gone for treatment of cardiovascular heart disease after suffering from poor health over several years. His fans were able to pay homage to him at Mehboob Studio in Bandra, Mumbai.

Legacy

Satish Kaushik has credited Mehmood as inspiring him to become an actor. In 2013 Mehmood was featured on a stamp of India. In 2022, Mehmood was placed in '' Outlook India''s "75 Best Bollywood Actors" list.

Filmography

Awards

See also

* Mehmood Ali Family
* List of Hindi film clans

Further reading

* Zaveri, Hanif. ''Mehmood, a Man of Many Moods'', Popular Prakashan, 2005.

References

External links

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