Today is the birthday of the comedy king Mehmood Ali, who has tickled the audience with his best comedy. Although he is not in this world to celebrate his birthday, his fans always remember him. Actor Mehmood Ali was born on 29 September 1933 in Mumbai and on 23 July 2004, Mehmood left this world forever.
Some of his memorable films are Bhoot Bangla, Padosan, Bombay to Goa, Gumnaam, Kunwara Baap. He worked with almost all the actors and actresses of his era. His popularity was such that he was offered more fees than the lead hero of the film. He was the only actor who used to make the audience laugh and cry a lot with his acting. Let's take a look at Mehmood's birthday on his life…
Mehmood's father Mumtaz Ali used to work in Bombay Talkies Studio. Due to the poor financial condition of the house, in the initial days, Mehmood also did things like selling eggs and driving a taxi. In the year 1943, he got a chance to try his luck for the first time in Bombay Talkies' film 'Kismat'. On the strength of his acting, Mehmood made crores of people crazy about him.
During that time there was applause for any actor, it was Mehmood. When the shoot was over, there was a lot of applause for Mehmood. Mehmood was the only comedian whose picture was with the hero in the film's poster. People used to go to the cinemas to see Mehmood. Alam was that even the director knew very well that if the picture was to be a hit, then Mehmood would have to take it in his film. For the film Main Sundar Hoon, Mehmood got 8 lakh rupees while the hero of the film Vishwajeet got 2 lakhs.
Mehmood also used to help many family members secretly. Whoever needed money, used to send money to their homes. Mehmood himself had come out of poverty, in such a situation he understood the misery of the poor very much.
Mehmood was never seen rehearsing. Whatever he used to do, he used to do live in films. This was the reason that many film stars used to envy him. He objected to the fact that Mehmood gets more money than Hero. Mehmood, who won the hearts of people with his films for decades, acted in about 300 films. When Amitabh Bachchan was struggling in the initial days, it was Mehmood Ali who gave him shelter at his house for a long time.
The stories of Mehmood and Aruna Irani's affair are also told a lot. But Mehmood married Madhu, sister of Meena Kumari. But both got divorced in 1967. From this marriage, Mehmood had four children. Famous singer Lucky Ali is the son of Mehmood. He married for the second time to Tracy Ali. After marrying Tracy, he had two sons and a daughter.
