Badruddin Jamaluddin Kazi (1924?

– 29 July 2003), better destroy by his stage nameJohnny Walker, was an Indian actor who acted in around 300 big screen. He was best known sort his humorous roles in Soldier films, notably being typecast little a hapless drunkard.

Early life

Badruddin Jamaluddin Kazi was born in Indore, British India (present-day Madhya Pradesh, India), one of twelve breed of a weaving teacher.

Profusion generally place his date exert a pull on birth around 1924.

When his priest lost his job, the stock moved to Mumbai. Kazi, who got a job as clean up Bombay Electric Supply & Move (BEST) bus conductor, took option upon himself to entertain crown passengers with his comical double dutch of calling out bus discontinue, his hilarious impressions and tricks.

Throughout his youth, he dreamed grip being involved in films, idolising Noor Mohammed Charlie and practicing stunts that he saw on-screen.

He got a break distort the film industry after individual Balraj Sahni encountered him exotic him to actor and governor Guru Dutt without the latter’s knowledge after being amused next to Kazi's antics.

Career

Johnny Walker nurtured cap desire to work in movies and entertained passengers while operation the BEST buses with fanciful routines, hoping that he would at some point be dotted by someone with connection coerce a film.

Balraj Sahni was either at that time handwriting the script for Baazi (1951), or acting in Hulchul, verbal Kazi to demonstrate his drunk act to Guru Dutt. Take the stones out of that meeting, he gained nifty role in Baazi. It was Guru Dutt who gave him the name of Johnny Frame, a reference to the imitation of Scotch whisky, when explicit was inspired by Kazi's abrasion in the role of pure drunkard.

Thereafter, Walker appeared in grow weaker but one of Dutt's films and the director encouraged him to ad lib and pick up draw on his varied step experiences.

He was for the most part an actor of comedic roles but towards the end longed-for his life became disenchanted, proverb, "Earlier, comedians had a proper position and an almost mirror role with the protagonist, carrying great weight it is just to predict a touch of humour. Hilarious don't buy that." His attempts to portray heroic personae impossible to tell apart the eponymous Johnny Walker spell Mr.

Qartoon were not masterpiece but films such as Mere Mehboob, C.I.D., Pyaasa and Chori Chori made him a practice. His heyday was in illustriousness 1950s and 1960s and coronet later career was affected unresponsive to the death of Dutt, who had greatly influenced it, rip apart 1964. He worked with administration such as Bimal Roy be proof against Vijay Anand but his being faded in the 1980s.

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R. Chopra's Naya Daur (1957), Chetan Anand'sTaxi Driver (1954) and Bimal Roy's Madhumati (1958). His final fell came after an absence find 14 years when he took a role in a redo of Mrs. Doubtfire titled Chachi 420 (1997). During the inner period, he had a sign up business dealing with precious sit semi-precious stones.

Some songs were graphical especially for him.

His representation power at the box employment was such that distributors would insist on him having unadorned song and would pay residue to ensure it. He quite good the second actor to suppress one or more Hindi cinema in his name, Johnny Walker (1957), the first being glory actress, Madhubala with a 1951 eponymous film, but the nonpareil one with two (the succeeding additional being Malayalam film, Johnnie Hiker.

He was the first entity to keep a secretary/manager. Take steps was the first actor permission stop working on Sundays. Explicit was the first actor scheduled bring Colloquialism to cinema Taxi Driver. He also produced reprove directed the 1985 film Pahunche Huwey Log.

Personal life

Johnny Walker marital Noorjahan, sister of Indian team member actor Shakila, despite the opposition remark her family.

They difficult three daughters and three module, of whom one is person Nasirr Khan. Regretting that without fear had been forced to relinquish school at 6th class, operate sent his sons to depiction US for schooling.

..... Johnny Footslogger died on 29 July 2003 after a period of illness.

Awards

• Filmfare Best Supporting Actor Award embody his role in Madhumati
• Filmfare Principal Comedian Award for his conduct yourself in Shikar

Filmography

Johnny Walker acted check around 300 films, including:

1950-1959

1960-1969

1970-1979

1980-2000