Motilal (actor)

Motilal (actor)
Motilal
Born Motilal Rajvansh
1910
Shimla
Died 1965
Years active 1934–1965
Awards Filmfare Best Supporting Actor Award: Devdas(1955) ; Parakh (1960)

Motilal (Hindi: मोतीलाल) (1910–1965) was an Indian film actor and the winner of Filmfare Best Supporting Actor Award, twice, Devdas(1955) and Parakh (1960).[1] Motilal Rajvansh is credited with being among Hindi cinema’s first natural actor actors.

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Early life and background

Born in Simla on December 4, 1910, Motilal came from a distinguished family from Delhi.[2] His father was a renowned educationist, who died when Motilal was just one year old. He was brought up by his uncle who was a well-known civil surgeon in Uttar Pradesh. At first, Moti was sent to an English school at Simla and later, in UP. Thereafter he shifted to Delhi where he continued with school and college.

Acting career

Motilal Rajvansh said on his screen career with characteristic humour.[3]

“ Married a 100 times, died almost twice, never born but always brought down by a parachute. ”

After leaving college, Moti came to Bombay to join the Navy. But, he fell ill and was prevented from appearing for the test. But fate had other choices charted out for him. One day, he went to see a film shoot at Sagar Studios where director K. P. Ghosh was shooting. Motilal, even then, was quite the man about the town and he caught Ghosh’s eye. And, in 1934 at the age of 24, he was offered the role of the hero in Shaher Ka Jadoo (1934) at the Sagar Film Company. He was featured in many successful social dramas alongside Sabita Devi such as Dr. Madhurika (1935) and Kulvadhu (1937), and later switched to Ranjit Studios. At Ranjit, Motilal worked with Mehboob Khan's Jagirdar (1937), Hum Tum Aur Woh (1938), Taqdeer (1943) and Kidar Sharma's Armaan (1942), Kaliyan (1944)). He also acted in S. S. Vasan (Gemini)'s movie "Paigham", and Raj Kapoor's "Jagte Raho". Perhaps his most famous role was that of the gentleman crook in S S Vasan’s adaptation of R K Laxman’s book Mr Sampat (1952).

He is most remembered for his role as ‘Chunni Babu’ in Bimal Roy’s Devdas (1955), for which he won his first Filmfare Best Supporting Actor Award.

He was involved with actress Shobhana Samarth after she separated from her husband, he played the role of Samarth's real-life daughter Nutan's father in Hamari Beti, Shobhana's launch movie for Nutan. He also played her guardian in Anari, though this time the role had a villainous touch to it.

Though he was very suave and polished, and moved in high society, towards the end of his life he was in financial difficulty. He had a very intimate relationship with actress Nadira. Actor, Naseeruddin Shah once described him as one of the all time best actors of Hindi cinema, the other being Balraj Sahni

Although a thorough gentlemen, he enjoyed gambling and races, and died almost penniless in 1965.

Filmography

Actor

  1. Yeh Zindagi Kitni Haseen Hai (1966)
  2. Waqt (1965)
  3. Ji Chahta Hai (1964)
  4. Leader (1964)
  5. Yeh Raaste Hain Pyaar Ke (1963)
  6. Parakh (1960)
  7. Anari (1959)
  8. Paigham (1959)
  9. Ab Dilli Dur Nahin (1957)
  10. Jagte Raho (1956)
  11. Devdas (1955)
  12. Dhoon (1953)
  13. Ek Do Teen (1953)
  14. Apni Izzat (1952)
  15. Mr. Sampat (1952)
  16. Hamari Beti (1950)
  17. Hanste Aansoo (1950)
  18. Ek Thi Ladki (1949)
  19. Lekh (1949)
  20. Gajre (1948)
  21. Mera Munna (1948)
  22. Do Dil (1947)
  23. Phoolwari (1946)
  24. Dost (1944)
  25. Mujrim (1944)
  26. Umang (1944)
  27. Aage Kadam (1943)
  28. Taqdeer (1943)
  29. Tasveer (1943)
  30. Armaan (1942)
  31. Pardesi (1941)
  32. Sasural (1941)
  33. Achhut (1940/I)
  34. Achhut (1940/II)
  35. Holi (1940)
  36. Aap Ki Marzi (1939)
  37. Sach Hai (1939)
  38. Hum Tum Aur Woh (1938)
  39. Teen Sau Din Ke Baad (1938)
  40. Captain Kirti Kumar (1937)
  41. Jagirdar (1937)
  42. Be Kharab Jan (1936)
  43. Dilawar (1936)
  44. Do Diwane (1936)
  45. Lagna Bandhan (1936)
  46. Do Ghadi Ki Mauj (1935)
  47. Dr. Madhurika (1935)
  48. Silver King (1935)
  49. Shaher Ka Jadoo (1934)
  50. Vatan Parasta (1934)

Director

  1. Chhoti Chhoti Baatein (1965)

References

  1. ^ Filmfare Awards
  2. ^ "Motilal". http://cineplot.com/motilal/. Retrieved 2010-08-15. 
  3. ^ Acting career

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1955–1960

David (1955) · Abhi Bhattacharya (1956) · Motilal (1957) · Raj Mehra (1958) · Johnny Walker (1959) · Manmohan Krishna (1960)
1961–1980

Motilal (1961) · Nana Palsikar (1962) · Mehmood (1963) · Raaj Kumar (1964) · Nana Palsikar (1965) · Raaj Kumar (1966) · Ashok Kumar (1967) · Pran (1968) · Sanjeev Kumar (1969) · Pran (1970) · Feroz Khan (1971) · Amitabh Bachchan (1972) · Pran (1973) · Amitabh Bachchan (1974) · Vinod Khanna (1975) · Shashi Kapoor (1976) · Prem Chopra (1977) · Shreeram Lagoo (1978) · Saeed Jaffrey (1979) · Amjad Khan (1980)
1981–2000

Om Puri (1981) · Amjad Khan (1982) · Shammi Kapoor (1983) · Sadashiv Amrapurkar (1984) · Anil Kapoor (1985) · Amrish Puri (1986) · no award (1987) · no award (1988) · Anupam Kher (1989) · Nana Patekar (1990) · Mithun Chakraborty (1991) · Danny Denzongpa (1992) · Danny Denzongpa (1993) · Sunny Deol (1994) · Jackie Shroff (1995) · Jackie Shroff (1996) · Amrish Puri (1997) · Amrish Puri (1998) · Salman Khan (1999) · Anil Kapoor (2000)
2001–present

Amitabh Bachchan (2001) · Akshaye Khanna (2002) · Vivek Oberoi (2003) · Saif Ali Khan (2004) · Abhishek Bachchan (2005) · Abhishek Bachchan (2006) · Abhishek Bachchan (2007) · Irrfan Khan (2008) · Arjun Rampal (2009) · Boman Irani (2010) · Ronit Roy (2011)

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