Mac Mohan was born in
Karachi in
British India. Mohan came to
Bombay to become a cricketer, but joined theatre and became a
Bollywood actor. He learned acting in the
Filmalaya School of Acting in Bombay. 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 in a guest appearance. Besides
Hindi movies, he also acted in
Bhojpuri,
Gujarati,
Haryanvi,
Marathi,
Punjabi,
Bengali and
Sindhi films. He had delivered dialogue in almost all Indian languages except
Odia, as well as in English, Russian and Spanish films. He is the only actor whose real name "Mac" was used as his character name in many movies. == Illness and death ==