Manmohan was an

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actor of

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, well known for his role as a villain.Villains in Indian cinema
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films. He also acted in Movie Raja Rani, released in year 1973. He was a regular in Rajesh Khanna's movies.

Early life

He was born and brought up in

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. 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 ''

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'' (1992), '' Laadla'' (1994), '' Deewangee'' (2001) and '' Bhoot'' (2003) etc.

Film career

He came to Bombay in 1950 and got acquainted with then personalities like Shankar-Jaikishen,

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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

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. Then he got N. N. Sippy's film '' Gumnaam''. He was at the top of his acting career in the '70s.

Filmography

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Manmohan Indian male film actors Male actors in Hindi cinema 20th-century Indian male actors 1979 deaths 1933 births