Mukri

Mohammed Umar Mukri (5 January 1922 – 4 September 2000), popularly known as Mukri, was an Indian actor, who worked as a comedian in Hindi films. Born as Muhammad Umar Mukri in Uran. He started his film career as an assistant to debutant director K. Asif with Phool (1945) and as an actor with the film Pratima along with noted film actor Dilip Kumar in 1945, it was the second film for the latter. They used to be school friends at Anjuman Islam High School. Dilip Kumar was a year senior in school than Mukri whose classmate was Dilip Kumar's younger brother Nasir Khan, who also become an actor. Subsequently, in career spanning 50 years, he acted in over 600 films. Mukri, with his toothless smile, diminutive stature and perfect comic timing amused the audiences in more than 600 films, in over six decades in Indian cinema. His notable films are Mother India (1957), Sharaabi (1984), Amar Akbar Anthony (1977), Laawaris (1981), Bombay to Goa (1972), Gopi (1970), Kohinoor (1960) and many more.