Mohan Makijany (24 April 1938 – 10 May 2010), popularly known as Mac Mohan, was an Indian actor, who worked in
Hindi cinema
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.
He was known for his villainous roles in films throughout the 1970s and 1980s. He appeared in over 200 films, including
''Don'',
''Karz'', ''
Satte Pe Satta'',
''Zanjeer'', ''
Rafoo Chakkar'',
''Shaan'', ''
Khoon Pasina'', and ''
Sholay''.
Early life and career
Mac Mohan was born in
Karachi
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in
British India
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. Mohan came to
Bombay
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to become a cricketer, but joined theatre and became a
Bollywood
Hindi cinema, popularly known as Bollywood and formerly as Bombay cinema, refers to the film industry based in Mumbai, engaged in production of motion pictures in Hindi language. The popular term Bollywood, is a portmanteau of "Bombay" (fo ...
actor. He learned acting in the ''Filmalaya School of Acting'' in Bombay.
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. His last appearance was in ''
Atithi Tum Kab Jaoge'' in a guest appearance.
Besides
Hindi
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movies, he also acted in
Bhojpuri
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,
Gujarati,
Haryanvi,
Marathi
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*Marathi people, an Indo-Aryan ethnolinguistic group of Maharashtra, India
*Marathi language, the Indo-Aryan language spoken by the Marathi people
*Palaiosouda, also known as Marathi, a small island in Greece
See also
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,
Punjabi
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* Something of, from, or related to Punjab, a region in India and Pakistan
* Punjabi language
* Punjabi people
* Punjabi dialects and languages
Punjabi may also refer to:
* Punjabi (horse), a British Th ...
,
Bengali and
Sindhi films. He had delivered dialogue in almost all Indian languages except
Odia, as well as in English, Russian and Spanish films.
He is the only actor whose real name "Mac" was used as his character name in many movies.
Illness and death
In November 2009, a day before he could start the shooting for Ashwini Dheer's ''
Atithi Tum Kab Jaoge?'', Mac Mohan was admitted to the
Kokilaben Dhirubhai Ambani Hospital
Kokilaben Dhirubhai Ambani Hospital is a tertiary-care hospital in Four Bungalows, Mumbai, India. The hospital is named after Kokilaben Ambani, wife of industrialist Dhirubhai Ambani, who was the founder of Reliance Industries.
History
The ...
in
Andheri
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in Mumbai after his health deteriorated. He had a tumour in the right lung, which grew to be
lung cancer
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and finally killed him on 10 May 2010, aged 72.
Asian Academy of Film & Television had a special prayer meeting on 14 May at Noida Film City. There was also a prayer meeting on the same day at Ajivasan Hall for family and friends, and people from the oldest of his spot boys to Amitabh Bachchan attended the prayer meeting to pay their respects.
Personal life
Mac Mohan married Minny in 1986 and they had two daughters;
Manjari Makijany, Vinati Makijany and a son Vikrant Makijany. He was the maternal uncle of actress
Raveena Tandon.
Mac Mohan's wife Minny is an Ayurvedic Doctor. It was when Mac Mohan's father was admitted to Arogya Nidhi Hospital in Juhu that their interaction first started and later the relationship culminated into marriage. In the interview taken by professional writer Niilesh A Raje we learn that Mac Mohan had an excellent command over spoken and written English. Apart from reading newspapers at length, he loved reading Reader's Digest magazine a lot.
Filmography
Television
References
External links
1. https://web.archive.org/web/20170517041609/http://www.merinews.com/article/actor-mac-mohan-cricketer-who-became-sambha-in-sholay/15884493.shtml at Merinews.com (April 2013)
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1938 births
2010 deaths
Deaths from lung cancer in India
Indian male film actors
Male actors in Hindi cinema
Male actors from Lucknow
20th-century Indian male actors