![]() When his teenage years ended, so did stardom. As a bratty youngster with a gift for the gab, he was a scene-stealer in films such as ‘Aan Milo Sajna’ (1970). JM would often be given mischievous one-liners. In Rajesh Khanna’s ‘Do Raaste’ (1969), he frolicked to ‘Apni apni biwi pe sabko guroor hai’ – the song’s echoes can be heard in the 1981 chartbuster from Lawaaris, ‘Mere angne mein’. Gemini’s ‘Ghar Ghar Ki Kahani’ (1971) saw his free-spirited jive in the song, ‘Aesa banoonga actor main yaaron’. ![]() His name would be highlighted in TOI advertisements for qawwali shows. By his own admission, he would charge Rs 1 lakh per film, a staggering amount for a child actor those days. At the peak of his career, a Junior Mehmood (JM) song and dance routine would be woven into the script as an added attraction of sorts. Savvy film producers saw his box-office value. By Saturday morning, I was a big star,” the actor recounted. I was asked to perform the way I performed at my shows…That was the turning point in my career. Everyone loved his enactment and a scene was created for him by writer Sachin Bhowmick. The audience fell in love with him in Shammi Kapoor’s ‘Brahmachari’ where he mimicked and reprised his ustad’s famous lungi dance from the 1965 film, ‘Gumnaam’, ‘Hum kale hain to kya hua dilwale hain.’ In a 2012 interview to, Junior Mehmood recounted how the film’s director Bhappi Sonie saw him dancing to the number at a Durga Puja function and asked the young actor to get his lungi, baniyan and music system to Kardar Studio and showcase his hotstepping moves to Shammi Kapoor. The young performer stood out from the pack with his innate sense of rhythm and a sharp comic timing.
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