Sholay fame Mac Mohan died due to cancer, Amitabh Bachchan condoles

The ‘Bollywood Sambha’ is no more among us. The legendry actor Mac Mohan took his last breath on Monday at hospital where he was fighting with cancer.

Chetan Anand’s Haqeeqat was his debut film and then he did one after the other film making a total of 200 films in his career.

Remembering the golden days with Mac Mohan, film maker Ramesh Sippy said, “He was part of my two films, Sholay and Shaan. In Sholay, his character became so popular that he came to be known as “Sambha” after that. After the film was edited, Mac Mohan was left with only one dialogue, ‘pachaas hazar’, but he had no issues with it. He was happy to be part of the film.”

Mac Mohan is Bollywood actress Raveena Tandon’s uncle as well.

He had shared screen with veteran actor Amitabh Bachchan in around16 movies like Sholay, Don and Shaan. Condoling Mac’s death, Big B said, “There is sadness in declaring that this evening actor Mac Mohan passed away. He was a soft hearted gentle soul. His frail body defeated the strength of his character and his kind nature. I worked with him in several films, films that can be identified as being some of the most memorable in my repertoire. Some of the roles he did were evil in nature, quite the opposite of his own personal demeanour. His laughter was full throated and free; a symbol of the free spirit he always depicted.”

He added, “He will be missed and remembered for many reasons, but perhaps the most for his reference in the film ‘Sholay’ as Samba, Amjad’s, and the dreaded character he played of Gabbar Singh’s, gang.”