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JOHNNY WALKER -
THE KING OF COMEDY

Duration - 25.30 secs

Edited by - Shashi Khanna

One of the earliest and best-loved comedians of Indian Cinema, Johnny Walker brought smiles and amusement to all whenever he was on film.

Although he cultivated the image of a drunkard, in real life he was a devout Muslim and a strict teetotaller,and never touched a drop of alcohol.

He would drive audiences wild with laughter with his squeaky voice, pencil thin moustache and his classic drunken antics.

Everyone,cast,crew and audience alike,loved his iconic image of the hero's comic and often drunk sidekick,who would cause comedy to occur in the film.

He was born Badruddin Jamaluddin Kazi,the son of a textile mill worker, he did not find life easy,and the mill where his father worked closed down, causing the family to come to Bombay.

There Kazi tried his hand at several jobs,and eventually secured a post as a bus conductor in the B.E.S.T bus service.
Kazi would often be seen working on the Dadar bus depot.

Sometimes he would entertain his passengers with antics that would send them into splits of laughter, and he had an uncanny ability for inventing such routines on the spot.

This knack got him spotted by actor writer Balraj Sahni,he introduced Kazi to Guru Dutt, who was so impressed by Kazi's performance as a drunk that he immediately wrote a role for him into his directorial 1951 film Baazi.

Walker always had the best comic lines and the most popular and hummable tunes in Dutt's Films

Dutt and Walker were also the best of friends and often went out on expeditions together, and on Dutt's suicide Walker was deeply shocked and grieved by the loss of his friend.

His last role was,as a make-up artist in Kamal Hassan’s Chachi 420.

Despite his fame, he was a humble soul and kept a low profile.

Presented by - CALIBRE FILMS

SPECIAL THANKS -
DD SAHYADRI
EROS
SHEMAROO
SAREGAMA MUSIC
ULTRA
ZEE MUSIC COMPANY