Moolchand was a prolific character actor in

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and Panjabi cinema, who was active from 1950 to his death in the late 1980s. He appeared in over 250 films. These films spanned the parallel cinema of

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to the wrestler films of

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. He is known for his big stomach. The first known appearance of Moolchand is in 1950. He was often featured in the films of the directors

and

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, working on 6 of the former and 8 of the latter. Other actors he was often seen with were

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, B. R. Chopra,

and

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, who featured him in most of their movies. Most of Moolchand's early roles were small ones. He only began to get significant roles in the 1960s. ''

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'' (1968), where he plays the servant of Om Prakash's character featured a lot of close-ups of Moolchand and showed him to be an able comedic side actor. This comedic side would be further explored in the 1970s with a scene stealing appearance in ''

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'', with fellow fat man

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as a tortured businessman and in ''

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'', as the village medicine man who dances with Amitabh and beckons Zeenat Aman to participate. Little is known about Moolchand outside of his film work. The 1988 release ''Tamacha'' credits him as "Late Moolchand".

Movies

* Khandaan'' (1942) as riding bicycles behind Noor Jehen's car *''Fighting Hero'' (1946) *''Kismatwali'' (1947) *''Apna Desh''(1949) *''Shri Ganesh Mahima'' (1950) *''

Teen Batti Char Raasta ''Teen Batti Char Raasta'' () is a 1953 Hindi-language comedy drama film on national integration directed by V. Shantaram. The film was made under the Rajkamal Kalamandir banner and produced by Shantaram. The story and dialogue were by Diwan Sh ...

(1953) *'' Naata'' (1955) *''

Chhoti Bahen ''Chhoti Bahen'' () is a 1959 Indian Hindi-language film that stars Nanda in the title role, Balraj Sahni and Rehman. It is a remake of the 1952 Tamil film '' En Thangai''. Plot Rajendra lives a poor lifestyle along with his younger colleg ...

'' (1959) *'' Chambe Di Kali'' (1960) punjabi movie *''

Mama Ji ''Mama Ji'' ( pa, ਮਾਮਾ ਜੀ), also spelled incorrectly as ''Mamaji'', is a 1964 Punjabi film directed by Roshan Bhardwaj, produced by Gopal Saigal and S. P. Malhotra, starring Gopal Saigal, Indira Billi in lead roles. Synopsis ''M ...

(1964) Punjabi Movie *'' Jagga'' (1963) Punjabi Movie In Daku Gangs *''

Nanak Dukhiya Sub Sansar ''Nanak Dukhiya Sub Sansar'' (, 1970) is a Punjabi language film directed by Dara Singh. The lyrics were written by Prem Dhawan. Dhawan was awarded National Film Award for Best Lyrics in 1972 for its movie songs. The film stars Dara Singh, Balr ...

(1970) as Bhola Ram *''

Amar Prem ''Amar Prem'' () is a 1972 Indian Hindi romantic drama film directed by Shakti Samanta. It is a remake of the Bengali film '' Nishi Padma'' (1970), directed by Arabinda Mukherjee, who wrote screenplay for both the films based on the Bengali s ...

'' (1972) as Pan Shop Owner *''

Yaadon Ki Baraat ''Yaadon Ki Baaraat'' () is a 1973 Indian Hindi-language masala film, directed by Nasir Hussain and written by Salim–Javed (Salim Khan and Javed Akhtar). It featured an ensemble cast, starring Dharmendra, Vijay Arora, Tariq, Zeenat Aman, Ne ...

'' (1973) *''

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(1973) as constable Lalchand *'' Dukh Bhanjan Tera Naam'' (1974) (

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) *'' Patthar Aur Payal'' (1974) as Casino Card player/customer *''

Ponga Pandit ''Ponga Pandit'' is 1975 Indian Hindi-language movie produced by Surinder Kapoor and directed by Prayag Raj. The film stars Randhir Kapoor, Neeta Mehta, Danny Denzongpa, Nirupa Roy, Madan Puri, Shreeram Lagoo and Ranjeet. The music is by Lax ...

'' (1975) *''

Pratigya (1975 film) ''Pratiggya'' () is a 1975 Indian Hindi-language action comedy film. Produced by Dharmendra and B. S. Deol, the film is directed by Dulal Guha. The music was by Laxmikant-Pyarelal and the lyricist was Anand Bakshi. It stars Dharmendra, Hema Mal ...

'' *''

Do Jasoos Do Jasoos () is a 1975 Hindi comedy drama film. Produced and directed by Naresh Kumar, the film stars Raj Kapoor, Rajendra Kumar, Aruna Irani, Prem Chopra, Kamal Kapoor, Farida Jalal and Asit Sen. The music is by Ravindra Jain. Plot Dharamc ...

'' (1975) as Dancer in New Year party *'' Salaakhen'' (1975) *'' Phool aur Insaan'' (1976) *'' Hera Pheri'' (1976) *''

Chacha Bhatija ''Chacha Bhatija'' () is a 1977 Indian Bollywood comedy drama film, written by Salim–Javed and directed by Manmohan Desai. It was the year's fourth hit for Manmohan Desai (''Amar Akbar Anthony'', '' Dharam Veer'' and '' Parvarish'' are the oth ...

'' (1977) as Grocery and Ration Shop Owner *''

Amar Akbar Anthony ''Amar Akbar Anthony'' is a 1977 Indian Hindi-language masala film directed and produced by Manmohan Desai and written by Kader Khan. The film stars an ensemble cast of Vinod Khanna, Rishi Kapoor, Amitabh Bachchan, Neetu Singh, Parveen Babi, ...

'' (1977) as Pedro *'' Trishul'' (1978) as Creditor * ''Don'' (1978 film) as Govinda *''

Premi Gangaram ''Premi Gangaram'' is a 1978 Bollywood romance film directed by Jagdish Nirula. Plot The love between Gangaram, a talented singer and Jamuna, is a universally known affair. In order to break this love, Jamuna's father takes his daughter away ...

as Chaat Ram *''

Nalayak ''Nalayak'' () is a 1978 Hindi-language action film, produced by Jagdish C. Sharma on Veena Films banner and directed by Padmanabh. Starring Jeetendra, Leena Chandavarkar and music composed by Kalyanji Anandji. Plot Laxman is a slacker and an u ...

'' (1978) as Customer in Casino *''

Gol Maal ''Gol Maal'' () is a 1979 Indian Hindi-language comedy film directed by Hrishikesh Mukherjee and written by Rahi Masoom Raza and Sachin Bhowmick. It was produced by N. C. Sippy, with music by R. D. Burman. The film won several awards and was pr ...

'' (1979) as Spectator in Cinema Hall * ''Suhaag (1979 film)'' *''

Khud-Daar ''Khud-Daar'' () is a 1982 Indian Hindi-language action film directed by Ravi Tandon. The music is by Rajesh Roshan and the lyrics by Majrooh Sultanpuri. The film stars Amitabh Bachchan, Sanjeev Kumar, Parveen Babi, Vinod Mehra, Prem Chopra, M ...

'' (1982) as Small time smuggler *''

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'' (1984) as Jeweller *''

Adhikar (1986 film) ''Adhikar'' () is a 1986 Indian Hindi-language film starring Rajesh Khanna and Tina Munim. It is about struggles of a father to bring up his child while the rich mother has walked out of his life. A box office success, it had good music by B ...

'' * '' Goraa'' (1987) as Seth Amirchand *''

Sadak Chhap ''Sadak Chhap'' is a 1987 Indian Hindi-language action drama film produced and directed by Anil Ganguly. It stars Jackie Shroff, Padmini Kolhapure, Richa Sharma (actor), Richa Sharma in pivotal roles. Cast * Jackie Shroff as Shankar * Padmini ...

'' as jewelr *''

Zakhmi Aurat ''Zakhmi Aurat'' (English : Wounded Woman) is a 1988 Indian Hindi movie starring Dimple Kapadia and Raj Babbar and directed by Avtar Bhogal. Kapadia played Kiran Dutt, a police officer who is subject to gang rape and, when the judicial system fa ...

'' (1988) *'' Mar Mitenge'' (1988) as Jeweller *''

Hum Intezaar Karenge ''Hum Intezaar Karenge'' is a 1989 Indian Hindi-language film directed by Prabhat Roy. It stars Mithun Chakraborty, Padmini Kolhapure, Vinod Mehra, Shakti Kapoor, Shafi Inamdar, Dina Pathak in pivotal roles. The music was composed by Bappi Lahir ...

'' (1989) as Sethji * ''Toofan'' (1989 film) as Seth Dharamdas

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