Unnoticed names in Bollywood - Part 1

Note - I'm not making fun of them. I genuinely appreciate their work (however limited in scope). They've been the pillars of so many hit movies that we tend to forget their contributions.
Also this list is not complete by any means. If I can predict the future, I see this list extending in at least 3 parts.

Satyen Kappu (Satyendra kapoor) ( Career span 1961-2007)

Lets start from a  relatively famous personality - Ramlal in Sholay. His IMDB list shows a whopping 319 movies. In larger productions he was the ramukaka or servant. In mid sized productions he would play a bechara baap or a police inspector or any other character.
His marathon film innings can be found here


Dinesh Hingoo ( Career span 1967-)
 

The "Hehehehehhehe" guy. 
The parsi bawaji with a rather  wide smile on his face. If you were making a comedy in 90's, you'd find him in any of the comedy scenes with that iconic laughter. Remember the Baazigar scene?
Well, he's acted in 305 movies so far. Here's a complete list of his films

Ram Mohan ( Career span 1958-2010)

Masterji, postman, Judge, A beggar, drunkard, poor farmer, rocket scientist in a shoddy movie, a veteran with medals hanging on  his walls - This guy's been all of them. In a long running movie career, he has the distinction of singing a song in one of his movies! A long career spanning across 5 decades,he's seen all rising and falling stars. Here's his filmography

Anjana Mumtaaz ( Career span 1968- )

In cricket, When Sunil Gavaskar retired, we got another legendary batsman in Sachin Tendulkar. When the original Maa of Bollywood - Nirupa Roy retired, Anjana mumtaaz took her place. Though she was a stronger, happier and non-blind maa, she continued the glorious tradition of wailing, weeping and making an impact by getting caught by bad guys. She provided her acting in maternal capacity for almost 2 decades, before the post 2000 era of more glamorous and in vogue moms took over.


Sudhir (Career span 1962-)

The eternal sidekick of any villain in 1970's Bollywood. He wasn't as iconic as his elder baddy friend Macmohan, but he was there. Be it any smuggling operation, a bank robbery or the proverbial rape scene in a village shanty- he was always present. As Bollywood moved from action movies to romantic and family entertainers, Sudhir found himself stereotyped as a comic character acting in a few important scenes. Remember the Police Commissioner in DulheRaja?

Yunus Parvez (Career span 1963-2007)

You probably won't remember him as an actor who starred in "Zanjeer", "Deewar", "Golmaal", "Angoor". But you may remember him in "Mr. India", "Tridev"! You can often see him doing an Usmaan Chacha or bade miyaa type role in N number of movies. He often came across as either a Samaritan with good nature  or a 70's landlord with menacing intentions. Whatever he did, it came with the comic character that he was always associated with.


Javed Khan (Career span 1973-)

We'll always remember him as "Anand Akela" in AAA or the servant in "Lagaan". He appeared in nukkad too. A wasted youth, a petty thief or a regular bloke on the street would be his identity in any of his movies. I'd rather like to see him being used in the new wave Hindi cinema, He has a lot of opportunity now!


There are many more such faces whom we take for granted.
Lets dig a little deep next time. We'll take a look at some faces who are regularly seen but absolutely unknown when it comes to their actual identities.