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Mehmood born on 29 September 1932 was an actor, director and producer. He was best known for playing comedian roles. He worked in over 300 Hindi films.
He got a l break in the film C.I.D. He did small roles in films like Do Bigha Zameen and Pyaasa.
His first break as a director Bhoot Bangla with actress Tanuja. Mehmood succeeded Johnny Walker as the most successful Bollywood comedian. He did superhit comic roles in films like Padosan (as a Tamil Brahmin music teacher — one of his greatest roles), Love in Tokyo, Aankhen, Johar-Mehmood in Goa, Bombay to Goa and Pyaar Kiye Jaa.
It is to be specially memtioned that in 1972, Mehmood directed the movie Bombay to Goa in which Amitabh Bachchan got his break as a lead actor for the first time. The film was a success and gave role in Zanjeer to Amitabh.
On 23 July 2004, Mehmood died in his sleep in Pennsylvania, US, where he had gone for treatment of heart disease
Blog being developed with great effort to make film lovers more aware and choose the films to watch based film collections under various themes. A curation of great utility to all including the developer of this blog.
She got a role as a child artist because of of her uncle Zahoor, who was then a popular villain. In 1941, she accompanied him to Mohan Studios to see the shooting of a film. Director, Nanubhai Vakil noticed Suraiya and selected Suraiya to play the role of Mumtaj Mahal. Music Director Naushad Ali once heard Suraiya's voice and chose her to sing as a 13-year-old for Mehtaab in Kardar's film Sharda.
Suraiya's next assignment was for Tamanna (1942). Suraiya graduated to adult roles with Ishara (1943), playing second lead opposite small-timer Satish with Prithviraj Kapoor and Swarnlata playing the leading roles. As an adult, Suraiya initially played secondary roles in K. Asif's Phool (1944), Mehboob Khan's Anmol Ghadi (1946), and Dard (1947). She got a break as a heroine for the film Tadbir (1945) at the recommendation of K. L. Saigal. She went on to costar with Saigal in Omar Khayyam (1946) and Parwana (1947). The four solo songs which she sang in Parwana made her a genuine singer star.
After three hits Pyar ki jeet (1948), Badi Behen, and Dillagi (1949), she became the highest paid female star. She made had hits in Waaris and Mirza Ghalib (1954). Rustom Sohrab (1963) was her last film.
While shooting during the film Vidya, she became romantically involved with Dev Anand. The two of them were paired in seven films together: Vidya (1948), Jeet (1949), Shair (1949), Afsar (1950), Nili (1950), Do Sitare (1951) and Sanam (1951), all of which were successful at the box office. Her maternal grandmother opposed the relationship as they were Muslim and Anand was Hindu, and so, Suraiya remained unmarried. They stopped acting together after her grandmother opposed their partnership.
In a career spanning 22 years, Suraiya acted in approximately 65 movies.
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