Manmohan (actor)

Manmohan
Manmohan in the movie Purab Aur Pachhim
Born	(1933-01-28)January 28, 1933 Jamshedpur, Bihar and Orissa Province, British India
Died	August 26, 1979(1979-08-26) (aged 46) Jamshedpur, India
Nationality	Indian
Occupation(s)	Actor, producer
Years active	1963–1979
Known for	Gumnaam, Aandhi
Children	Nitin Manmohan (Producer)

Manmohan^[1] was an Indian actor of Bollywood, well known for his role as a villain.^[2] He also worked in Bengali, Gujarati and Punjabi films. He also acted in Movie Raja Rani, released in year 1973. He was a regular in Rajesh Khanna's movies.

He was born and brought up in Jamshedpur. Manmohan came from a well-to-do family, who had their own business. Totally different from his other three brothers, he was very keen on becoming an actor from childhood. His son Nitin Manmohan is a producer, who produced films like Bol Radha Bol (1992), Laadla (1994), Deewangee (2001) and Bhoot (2003) etc.

He came to Bombay in 1950 and got acquainted with then personalities like Shankar-Jaikishen, Bhappi Sonie and G. P. Sippy. His close association with Jaikishen got him known to Keval Kayshap who cast him in his first film Shaheed. He was also in all of Bhappi Sonie's films. Through Bhappi Sonie, he met Shakti Samanta, Pramod Chakravarty and Manoj Kumar. Then he got N. N. Sippy's film Gumnaam. He was at the top of his acting career in the '70s.

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