Bob Christo

Bob Christo
Born	Robert John Christo circa 1938
Died	20 March 2011 (aged 72) Bangalore, Karnataka, India
Occupation	Civil engineer and actor
Years active	1980–2003

Robert John Christo, popularly known as Bob Christo (Hindi: बोब क्रिस्टो), was an Australian-Indian civil engineer and actor in Hindi films. Starting with Sanjay Khan's Abdullah (1980), he went on to act in over 200 Hindi films in the 1980s and 1990s, including Qurbani (1980), Kaalia (1981), Nastik (1983), Mard (1985), Mr India (1987), Roop Ki Rani Choron Ka Raja (1993) and Gumraah (1993), mostly playing roles as a henchman or an Army General.

Born in Sydney, Australia, Christo was a qualified Civil Engineer. He had two brothers, Helmut and Mike. Known for his brawny physique and bald headed look, Bob arrived in Mumbai, India whilst awaiting a work permit to expatriate to Muscat. It was in Mumbai that he was introduced to Bollywood actress Parveen Babi who helped him with his first steps into the world of Hindi films.

He received his first break, as a typecast villain in the Hindi movie Abdullah in 1980. Christo decided to stay in India and appeared in over 200 movies in Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam and Kannada. His film career had restricted him to type-cast roles as an antagonist to the main villain, or a British Indian army officer in pre-war movies.

He had appeared in many of Amitabh Bachchan's hit movies in the 1980s and early 1990s including Mard, Kaalia, Geraftaar, Agneepath, Toofan, and Jaadugar. Amitabh Bachchan's famous dialogue 'Hum Jahan Khade hote hain line wahin se shuru hoti hai' (The queue starts from where I stand) was actually mouthed first by Bob Christo in the movie. It is only after him that Bachchan says his lines.

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