Ajit Khan

Ajit Khan

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Ajit Khan Profile

  • Name:
  • Ajit Khan
  • Born:
  • January 27, 1922
  • Died:
  • October 22, 1998
  • Father:
  • Bashir Ali Khan

Ajit Khan Biography

Ajit Khan was one of the most talented actors of Bollywood popular with negative roles. His dialogues are very famous. His dialogue delivery holds a distinct style and single phrases like “Mona Darling” are still remembered by millions. Many parodies have been made in movies as well as stage shows collecting the most popular dialogues of this ‘dangerous villain’. No doubt, he was one of the most powerful villains Bollywood screen has ever witnessed. Though his career began as a leading hero and later spread to supporting roles, it was through his ‘negative image’ that he put a great impulse on Bollywood cinema. He has played second lead in Dilip Kumar starrer blockbusters - Mughal-e-Azam and Naya Daur. He played lead role in Nastik, Bada Bhai, Milan and Bara-Dari of 1950’s. Suraj, Yaadom ki barat and Zanjeer are a few among his memorable roles as villain.  

 

Ajit Khan’s real name is Hamid Ali Khan. He was born in Hyderabad on 27 January 1922. Hamid entered the film industry during early 1940’s to become a hero and did a few movies as well. Shahe Misra (1946) opposite Geeta Bose was his first noted role. Opposite Nalini Jaywant he did 15 movies. But later his movies began to flop. Later he moved to supporting roles with Mughal-e-Azam and Naya Daur. As a villain, Suraj was his first movie. Yadom ki baraat and Zanjeer in the early 70’s placed him as a successful villain and after that, he didn’t look back. In the mid-seventies he had acted in over 57 films, mostly as a villain.  In Javed Akhtar’s words, who scripted Zanjeer, both Amitabh Bachchan and Ajit (hero and anti hero) found a new image with the movie Zanjeer.

 

A few other memorable roles of Ajit are Paraya dhan, Lal pathar, Dil ka raja, Shareef Badmash,Raja aur runk, Aadmi Aur Insaan, Chupa rustam, Dharma, Prince, Jeevan Mrityu and Andaz.

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Updated: October 25, 2013

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