Death came to him silently in his sleep! Alas, there was no sound of laughter! He must have missed that! Mehmood the Bollywood comic legend -- died in his sleep, in a hotel room at Pennsylvania (where he had gone for medical treatment) in July 2004.
The inimitable Mehmood was Bollywood’s best-known comedian. There were many other comedians in Bombay Talkies before he came to the screen, but they merely functioned as excuses to take the audience’s mind off the melodramatic plot for a few minutes of the film’s running time. Then, along came Mehmood – and he made the comedian’s role an integral part of the story line.Often the comedian’s plight proved more interesting than even the hero’s romance. And, for a brief period in the 60s, thanks to him, comedy was king. And Mehmood was the uncrowned King of Comedy.
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