Sunday 3 July 2011

Mac Mohan

Mac Mohan Biography
Mohan Makijany (24 April 1938 – 10 May 2010), popularly known as Mac Mohan, was a well-known Indian character actor in Hindi language films.[1] Although, Mac Mohan acted in over 190 films and remained popular as a villain through the 1970s and 1980s with films like Don, Karz, Satte Pe Satta, Zanjeer, Rafoo Chakkar, Shaan and Khoon Pasina, he is mostly remembered for his role of Sambha, the sidekick of dacoit Gabbar Singh in Ramesh Sippy’s blockbuster Sholay (1975).
Biography
Early life and career

Mohan was born in Karachi in British India state. Mohan came to Bombay with the intention to become a cricketer, but here, he joined theatre and finally became a Bollywood actor.[1] He learned acting in the Filmalaya School of Acting in Bombay.[4]

Mac Mohan started his Hindi film career as an assistant with director Chetan Anand, before making his debut as an actor in his film, Haqeeqat in 1964. He had acted in more than 190 films. He was mostly known for his role of Sambha in Ramesh Sippy's popular film Sholay in 1975, apart from Zanjeer, Don, Shaan and Satte Pe Satta.[5][6] His last appearance was in Atithi Tum Kab Jaoge as 'guest appearance'.

Besides Hindi movies, he also acted in the films in a number of other Indian languages, which include Punjabi, Haryanvi, Sindhi, Gujarati and Marathi.[4] He had delivered dialogue in almost all Indian languages except Oriya.[1] He also acted in English, Russian[4] and Spanish films.
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