TODAY, I BROACH UPON A GUY NAMED >>>JOHNY WALKER BADRUDDIN JAMALUDDIN KAZI..................9th JUNE,1921.....Johnny Walker is the screen name of a GREAT INDIAN FILM COMEDIAN, who acted in around 300 movies. He was born in INDORE, MP, the son of a Mill Worker, who went bankrupt & moved to Mumbai to treasure new grounds..BADRUDDIN took various jobs as the sole breadwinner for the family, eventually becoming a bus conductor with Brihanmumbai Electric Supply and Transport (BEST)...He was the 2nd of 10 children, but despite odd jobs like...........sell ice candy, fruit, vegetables, stationery and other goods, he ultimately joined BEST. Throughout his youth he dreamed of being involved in films, idolising Noor Mohammad Charlie and practising stunts that he saw on screen... He entertained his passengers with amusing routines, hoping that he would at some point be spotted by someone with connection to the movie industry. His wish came true, although the details are unclear. Balraj Sahni saw him, perhaps on a bus or perhaps while Walker was amusing the cast of Hulchul, a film for which he had obtained a bit part, with an extemporised routine as a drunk. Sahni, who sources say was either at that time writing the script for Baazi (1951) or acting in Hulchul, told Walker to demonstrate his drunkard act to Guru Dutt. From that meeting he gained a role in Baazi. It was Dutt who gave him the name of Johnny Walker, a reference to the brand of Scotch whisky, when he was inspired by Kazis display in the role of a drunkard.
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