Ali (comedian)

Ali (comedian)

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Ali (comedian) Profile

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  • Ali (comedian)
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  • Zubeda Sultana Begum

Ali (comedian) Biography

Ali is a famous comedian of south Indian film industry. His full name is Ali Basha and he belongs to Rajahmundry of Andhra Pradesh. Starting his career as a child artist in 1981, he has played more than 1000 roles belonging to Telugu, Tamil and Bollywood movies. He has appeared as sidekick of Puri Jagannath and Pawan Kalyan movies several times. Most recently in 2013 he has been conferred an honorary doctorate by Academy of Global Peace at Coimbatore. His brother Khayyam is a Telugu actor who appears in supporting roles, predominantly in Allari Naresh movies.

 

He was born in a poor family. His father was a tailor. Ali developed passion in acting since childhood days. He performed as a mimicry artist in stage shows and festivals during his early age. It was his friend Jitu Mohan Mitra who helped him to enter film industry. Seethakoka Chiluka, released in 1981 marked his screen debut as a child artist. The movie was directed by P. Bharathiraja. Thus during 1980’s he was active in the industry as a child artist. But as he grew up, his roles drained. His second innings in film industry started as an adult actor in the mid-1990’s. In 1994, he appeared in a series of Telugu movies in lead role. But none of them proved successful to him and his next innings as a comedian gained him recognition and he received many memorable roles from Tamil as well as Bollywood.

 

Bodyguard, Kick and Oye are his Bollywood releases. It was through S. V. Krishna Reddy’s movies that he gained attention as a comedian. Reddy used to create new roles for Ali in his movies. He has received Filmfare awards for best comedian twice in his career. He won it for the Telugu movies - Amma Nanna O Tamila Ammayi and Super. He married Zubeda Sultana Begum in 2004 and the couple has 3 children.

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Updated: March 19, 2014

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