Junior Mehmood Passes Away

(IANS) – Bollywood celebrities like Johnny Lever, Raza Murad, Aditya Pancholi, and Rakesh Bedi, among others, attended the funeral of comedian, and character actor Naeem Sayyed also known as Junior Mehmood, at Dara House, here on December 8.

Johnny Lever attended with daughter Jamie and son Jessy and was seen consoling the sons of Jr Mehmood.

Johnny said to the paparazzi: “It’s a moment of deep grief for us. We have lost our brother. He was a wonderful friend and a brother.”

Johnny, Aditya and Rakesh were seen sitting on the chairs, holding the picture of Jr Mehmood.

Junior Mehmood passed away after a protracted battle with cancer.

Starting his film career as a child actor in ‘Mohabbat Zindagi Hai’ (1966), Jr Mehmood went on to work in over 250 films in multiple Indian languages, besides directing half a dozen Marathi films and crooning a few songs.

He enacted big and small roles in films like ‘Naunihal’ (1967), ‘Brahmachari’ (1968), ‘Kati Patang’ and ‘Aan Milo Sajana’ (1970), ‘Caravan’, ‘Haathi Mere Saathi’, ‘Hare Rama Hare Krishna’ and ‘Jr. Mehmood in Hong Kong’ (all 1971), ‘Aap Ki Kasam’ and ‘Amir Garib’ (1974), ‘Geet Gaata Chal’ (1975), ‘Shehzade’ (1989), ‘Aaj Ka Arjun’ (1990), ‘Judaai’ (1997), ‘Journey Bombay to Goa’ (2007), and many more.