Sholay's Sambha, Mac Mohan, dies of cancer

Tuesday, May 11, 2010, 11:33 [IST]
One of the evergreen dialogues that has made and shaped Bollywood as to what it is today happens to be 'Arre O Sambha...Kitne aadmi the'... from the evergreen cult film Sholay. The irony of life is that while this dialogue happens to be immortal, the mortal 'Sambha' in question, passed away yesterday, as he lost his battle to the dreaded cancer.

While Sambha was his screen-name in Sholay, his original name was Mac Mohan and he remained famous for his most stylish beard even then. Having started his 'Bollywood ka safar' with the film Haqeeqat in the year 1964, Mac Mohan acted in over 190 films over a period of a whopping 46 years.

Some of the most prominent films in which he acted include Don, Sholay, Karz, Satte Pe Satta, Zanjeer, Rafoo Chakkar, Shaan... to name a few. His last film was Bombay To Goa: Laughter Unlimited, and he also did a cameo after that in Luck By Chance. Very few people know the fact that, besides being one of the finest actors, Mac Mohan also happens to be the maternal uncle of Raveena Tandon.

We at Oneindia pray that his soul rest in peace.

Topics: sholay, sambha
User Comments
sumit 11 May 2010 10:50 pm
sir,bahut dukh hua.apki umar to jayadi bhi nahi thi.
George Kruz 11 May 2010 05:10 pm
Hello Everyone. Very sad news that Mac Mohan is passed away. He acted in most of the popular films of Amitabh Bachan , Mac almost acted 16 movies with Amitabh Bachan. May God keep his soul in peace & God bless his family- Jai Hind Zanjeer - 1973 Kasuti -1974 Majboor-1974 Sholay-1975 Hera Pheri-1976 Imaan Dharam-1977 Khoon Pasina-1977 Ganga Ki Saugand-1978 Don- 1978 Kala Pathar-1979 Dostana -1980 Shaan-1980 Satte Pe Satte-1982 Mahaan-1983 Ajooba-1991 Lal Badashah -1999
Ankit Patel 11 May 2010 03:08 pm
"Pure Pachas hazar" only these words made "Sambha" famous for all time ... God bless his soul...
DS Tomar 11 May 2010 01:51 pm
Good actor as villain and memorable person. Bollywood and National accreditation organisations should honour such actors also so that the legend set up by them is always remembered. God bless his soul.
Vishal Angurana 11 May 2010 01:38 pm
His dialogue remains fresh till today and will remain such for ever. May god bless his soul.
Nikhil 11 May 2010 12:34 pm
The dialog was not 'Arre O Sambha...Kitne aadmi the'... It was 'Arre O Sambha...Kitana inaam rakhe hai sarkar hum par' and then sambha replied 'pure pachas hajar' God bless his soul.
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