Mehmood (actor)

For other people named Mehmood Ali, see Mehmood Ali (disambiguation).

Mehmood Ali
Mehmood in 1955
Born(1932-09-29)29 September 1932
Bombay, Bombay Presidency, British India
Died23 July 2004(2004-07-23) (aged 71)
Dunmore, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Occupations
  • Actor
  • singer
  • film producer
  • director
Spouse
Madhu Kumari
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(m. 1953; sep. 1967)​
Children7, including Pucky Ali, Lucky Ali, Macky Ali, Ginny Ali
ParentMumtaz Ali (father)
RelativesMeena Kumari (sister-in-law); see also Ali-Amrohi family
FamilyMehmood Ali family

Mehmood Ali (29 September 1932 – 23 July 2004), popularly known simply as Mehmood, was an Indian actor, singer, director and producer, best known for playing comic roles in Hindi films.[1][2][3]

During his career of more than four decades, he worked in over 300 Hindi films. He is known as India's national comedian.[2][4] Mehmood received 25 nominations for film awards, 19 for 'Best Performance in a Comic Role', while the awards started in 1954, awards for the best comedian category started only in 1967. Prior to that Mehmood also received 6 nominations for 'Best Supporting Actor'.

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference :0 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ a b Indian comedy actor Mehmood dies on BBC news website Archived 24 December 2020 at the Wayback Machine Published 23 July 2004, Retrieved 5 November 2019
  3. ^ Karan Bali (23 July 2016). "Profile of Mehmood". Upperstall.com website. Archived from the original on 24 December 2020. Retrieved 7 November 2019.
  4. ^ Indian film comedian Mehmood dies at 72 Archived 7 November 2019 at the Wayback Machine Dawn (newspaper), Published 24 July 2004, Retrieved 7 November 2019