‘He Was Integral Part Of My Childhood’ – FilmyVoice
Filmmaker Hansal Mehta expressed grief over the demise of veteran Bollywood comic and character actor Naeem Sayyed, popularly generally known as ‘Junior Mehmood’, and stated that he was an integral a part of his childhood.
Taking to X (previously Twitter), Hansal shared a clip from the 1968 film ‘Brahmachari’. The video reveals Jr Mehmood acting on the observe ‘Ham Kaale Hai To Kya Hua’.
He wrote: “Will all the time keep in mind Jr Mehmood fondly for all of the cuteness and laughs. He was an integral a part of my childhood. RIP Jr Mehmood.”
Junior Mehmood handed away after a protracted battle with most cancers, right here on Friday morning.
Beginning his movie profession as a toddler actor in ‘Mohabbat Zindagi Hai’ (1966), Jr Mehmood went onto work in over 250 movies in a number of Indian languages, moreover directing half a dozen Marathi movies and crooning a couple of songs.
He enacted massive and small roles with movies like ‘Naunihal’ (1967), ‘Brahmachari’ (1968), ‘Kati Patang’ and ‘Aan Milo Sajana’ (1970), ‘Caravan’, ‘Haathi Mere Saathi’, ‘Hare Rama Hare Krishna’ and ‘Jr. Mehmood in Hong Kong’ (all 1971), ‘Aap Ki Kasam’ and ‘Amir Garib’ (1974), ‘Geet Gaata Chal’ (1975), ‘Shehzade’ (1989), ‘Aaj Ka Arjun’ (1990), ‘Judaai’ (1997), ‘Journey Bombay to Goa’ (2007), and plenty of extra.
Sayyed thought of the legendary comic Mehmood Ali as his guru, who bestowed on him the title of ‘Jr Mehmood’.
