Mac Mohan

Mac Mohan
Born	Mohan Makijany 24 April 1938 Karachi, Sindh, British India
Died	10 May 2010 (aged 72) Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1964–2010
Spouse(s)	Minny Makijany (m.1986–2010)

Mohan Makijany (24 April 1938 – 10 May 2010), popularly known as Mac Mohan, was a well-known Indian character actor in Hindi language films. Although, Mac Mohan acted in 218 films and remained popular as a rather sympathetic villain through the 1970s and 1980s with films like Don, Karz, Satte Pe Satta, Zanjeer, Rafoo Chakkar, Shaan and Khoon Pasina, he is mostly remembered for his role of Sambha, the sidekick of dacoit Gabbar Singh in Ramesh Sippy's blockbuster Sholay (1975).

Mohan was born in Karachi in British India. Mohan came to Mumbai to become a cricketer, but joined theatre and became a Bollywood actor. He learned acting in the Filmalaya School of Acting in Mumbai.

Mac Mohan started his Hindi film career as an assistant with director Chetan Anand, before making his debut as an actor in his film, Haqeeqat in 1964. His last appearance was in Atithi Tum Kab Jaoge as guest appearance.

Besides Hindi movies, he also acted in Bhojpuri, Gujarati, Haryanvi, Marathi, Punjabi and Sindhi He had delivered dialogue in almost all Indian languages except Oriya. as well as in English, Russian and Spanish films.

He is the only actor where his real name Mac was used as his character name in many movies.

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