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Mac Mohan, who played Sambha in ‘Sholay’, wept after seeing the small role of the film and was angry with director Ramesh Sippy. Later he became famous as Sambha.
A scene of Sholay in which Sambha and Gabbar are seen together
Highlights
- Mac Mohan was angry at the small role in ‘Sholay’.
- Ramesh became famous as Sambha after the fight with Sippy.
- Mac Mohan acted in many languages and foreign films.
‘Sholay’ was not only an iconic film but every character was discussed a lot. But there was a villain of ‘Sholay’ who was very angry with the director in the beginning. He was enraged and sat fighting. He found his role quite small and he lost his temper. This is none other than Mac Mohan, who played the role of ‘Sholay’, who once talked about ‘Sholay’ and shared the story.
According to Tabassum Talkies, Mac Mohan had told about ‘Sholay’ that he felt that he was going to have an important role in the beginning. But when the picture was completed and he saw the film, he wept. Because his role was quite small. He reached Ramesh Sippy directly and complained. Then what Ramesh Sippy said came true.
Mac Mohan wept after seeing Sholay’s release print
Mac Mohan told in the interview, ‘I shot Sholay a lot. I also went to Bangalore for this. I was thinking that I would be one of the heroes. But when the picture was released and we saw the release print, I started crying completely. Had to find himself. I was surprised to see that the bass of shooting was given such a role.
Ramesh had expressed anger by going to Sippy
He further explains, ‘I went to Ramesh Sippy. I said why it kept it too. They would also do not cut it. He laughed and said that I cut as many scenes as I could. Then he said that if this picture goes on, then you will call you the child in the name of the child Sambha.
The truth came true
Ramesh Sippy told Mac Mohan. The same thing happened. After the release of Sholay, he dominated all around. Even today people know him by the name of Sambha. He plays the villain of Gabbar Singh’s gang in the film. Who had a famous dialogue, Hey! O sambha! How many men were there?’.
Mac Mohan’s popular movies
Mac Mohan seems to be the maternal uncle of Raveena Tandon in the relationship. He did many films in Bollywood and he gained a lot of popularity from Villain’s role. He appeared in hit films ranging from Don, debt, power, chained to Shan and Khoon Sweat. Mac Mohan started his career as an assistant to Chetan Anand.
Foreign films are also part
You will be surprised to know that Mac Mohan worked in many languages across the country. Bhojpuri, Haryanvi, Marathi, Punjabi, Bengali to Sindhi were part of films. Not only this, from English to Russian and Spanish films. Mac is no longer in this world. In 2010, he passed away at the age of 72.
