Jankidas Mehra

Jankidas Mehra ( popularly known as Janaki das ) acted in hindi films as a character actor cum comedian and was active from the year 1941 to 1998 almost for 57 years .
He was born at Lahore in the year 1910 in a punjabi hindu family.
He started his cinema career in film Khajanchi ख़ज़ांची in 1941 as a news reporter and thereafter after a gap of five years , he acted in record 1000 films though his roles , barring a few films, used to be short and limited but enough for the audience to laugh and enjoy.
He was also the first production designer in the Indian film industry and had designed several films including Pathar aur Payal and Warrant and in his this capacity he was responsible for the founding of Madhubala’s role in Sohrab Modi’s film Daulat in 1947, Meena Kumari in film Nanabhai Bhatt’s Hamara Ghar and Mala Sinha in film Hamlet, produced and directed by Kishore Sahu.
Jankidas was also a renowned cycling expert and the only Indian to have broken the world record in cycling between 1934 to 1942 and is credited for founding the Cycling Federation of India along with Sohrab Bhoot .
Jankidas also wrote books on the film industry including popular book titled ‘My misadventures in filmland and Acting for beginners’ .
In May 1996, he received the lifetime achievement award instituted by the Indian Motion Pictures Producers’ Association.
He died on 18.6.2003 at his mumbai residence at the age of 93 and survived by two sons and two daughters .
Film lovers will remember janaki das for decades to come .

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Three stars

Janaki Das acted in record 1000 films but his prominent films from 1941 to 1975 are :-
1941 Khazanchi
1946 Dr. Kotnis Ki Amar Kahani
1948 Rambaan
1949 Daulat
1950 Babul
1950 Hanste Ansoo
1958 Kala Pani
1960 Dil Bhi Tera
Hum Bhi Tere
1965 Arzoo
1966 Daadi Maa
1967 Patthar Ke Sanam
1968 Sadhu Aur Shaitaan
1969 Sajan
1970 Pushpanjali
1970 Khilona
1971 Chingari
Naya Zamana
1972 Seeta Aur Geeta
1974 Patthar Aur Payal
1975 Khel Khel Mein
1998 Ghar Bazar ( last film )

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