Choti Behen

Starring: Balraj Sahni, Mehmood Director: LV Prasad Original UK Premiere: 1959 Dvd Release: 25th March, 2002 Number Of Discs: 1 Format: Black & White, PAL, Subtitled, Region 0 Encoding Subtitled In: English

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Mehmood Ali popularly known simply as Mehmood, was an Indian actor, director & producer. He was known & appreciated for playing comic roles in Hindi films. He worked in over 300 Hindi films in a career spanning three decades. Mehmood was one of nine children born to actor & dancer Mumtaj Ali in Bombay. Mehmood started acting as a reluctant child actor in Bombay Talkies films like Kismet. Some of his early jobs before he started acting were driving, doing odd jobs, selling poultry. He worked as director P L Santoshis driver. He was hired to teach table tennis to Meena Kumari in those days. He later married her sister Madhu. It was after marriage & becoming a father that he decided to act to earn a better living. He got a small break as a murder victim in CID. He started off by doing small unnoticed roles in films like Do Bigha Zameen & Pyaasa. He later went on to act in lead roles but he was appreciated for his comedy. He died in his sleep on July 23, 2004 in Pennsylvania, USA where he had gone for treatment of lungs disease after suffering poor health for several years.

Editors Choice: Choti Behen, View DVDology

Akkineni Lakshmi Vara Prasada Rao, more popularly known as L V Prasad was a famous Indian film actor, producer & director. He was a recipient of the prestigious Dadasaheb Phalke Award for lifetime contribution to cinema from the Government of India for the year 1982. // L V Prasad was born in a well-to-do agricultural family in Eluru taluk of the current-day Andhra Pradesh. Right from childhood, he showed lot of interest in plays & the then new phenomenon of films, neglecting his studies. In early 1920s, his family lost its fortunes in trying to convert forest lands into arable lands. In 1924, he married Soundarya Manoharamma, his maternal uncles daughter, despite objections from her family on account of his poor financial status. With a view to pursue his dreams in establishing an acting career, he left to Bombay in 1930. Due to lack of contacts in the film industry, he found it difficult to enter into studios. After doing rounds of studios for over six months, he landed an errands job in the Venus Film Company.

Editors Choice: Biddai, Jeene Ki Rah, Beti Bete, Choti Behen, Sharada, View DVDology

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