‘Muchein ho to Natthulal Jaise’ this dialogue from film ‘Sharabi’ was so famous, that in those days everyone was desperate to keep a moustache like Natthulal. He was was none other then ‘Mukri’. Yes, there used to be Mukri in Bollywood and he was an evergreen artist. The famous song of the movie ‘Amar Akbar Anthony’ ‘Tayyab Ali Pyaar Ka Dushman Hai Hai..’ was picturised on him.
When Bhimsen Joshi Left The Stage for A Booze
Mukri worked with almost all the superstars of his era but his pairing with Amitabh Bachchan was hit. Mukri’s stature was small, while Amitabh was tall. That’s why the public liked their pairing very much. Both worked in several films besides ‘Sharaabi’ (1984).
People may forget Mukri, but as soon as you ask about Nathulalal of the film Sharabi, they will give back a big smile in return. In the film ‘Sharabi’, Amitabh Bachchan used to say a dialogue, on seeing Mukri, that dialogue was ‘muchein hi natthulal jaise warna na hon’ However, neither of the two knew that this character of ‘Nathulal’ will be so famous. This dialogue had given Mukri so much recognition that Manmohan Desai has named his character Natthulal in his film ‘Jadugar’ (1989). But it didn’t worked out.
Bharat Bhushan Maintained Distance From Liquor
Mukri was extremely simple man. When he grew he was appointed as teacher in a madarsa. He was teaching but without interest, Once when he came to know that his classmate Dilip Kumar had become a big actor in the films he was desperate to meet him . On Dilip Kumar’s recommendation, he got to work in the film ‘Pratima’. The film’s lead actor was none other then Dilip Kumar. After that, he was in demand and later he worked in the movie ‘Aan’ with Dilip Kumar.
Due to Girish Karnad Shashi Kapoor Changed His Liquor
Mukri worked in more than five hundred films, but he got most of his popularity from the film Sharabi, where Amitabh Bachchan has praised his mustache. Mukri immensely contributed to enhance the character of Amitabh in the film. Although Mukri never consumed liquor in his life, but he worked very well with those who cosumed liquor. That’s why he knew their every single action. Mukri’s full name was Mohammad Umar Mukri and he was a Konkani Muslim. He started his film journey from 1945, which ended on September 4, 2000, in Mumbai, the day he died.