I. S. Johar

I. S. Johar
Born (1920-02-16)16 February 1920
Tollagannj, British India
Died 10 March 1984(1984-03-10) (aged 64)
Bombay, Maharashtra, India
Occupation Actor, director, producer, writer
Years active 1931–84
Spouse(s) Ramma Bains (divorced), Sonia Sahni

Inder Sen Johar (16 February 1920 – 10 March 1984),[1] better known as I. S. Johar, was an Indian actor, writer, producer and director.

Early life

He was born on 16 February 1920, in Talagang (Now in Pakistan), British India. He completed MA degree in Economics and Politics before completing his LLB.[2] In 1947, during the Partition crisis, Johar was visiting Patiala with his family for a wedding, when riots broke out back home in Lahore. He could never go back, and thereafter he worked in Jalandhar for a while, and his family remained in Delhi,[3] before he eventually moved to Bombay, where he made his acting debut with Roop K Shorey's, Ek Thi Ladki (1949).[4]

Career

Johar acted in numerous Hindi films from the 1950s through to the early 1980s and played cameos in international films such as Harry Black (1958), North West Frontier (1959), Lawrence of Arabia (1962)[5] and Death on the Nile (1978), besides acting in Maya (1967), a US TV series. He also appeared in Punjabi films, including Chaddian Di Doli (1966), Nanak Naam Jahaaz Hai (1969) with Prithviraj Kapoor, and Yamla Jatt with Helen.[6]

I. S. Johar also wrote and directed films, including the partition-based Hindi movie Nastik (1954), Johar Mehmood in Goa and Johar Mehmood in Hong Kong, in which he co-starred with comedian Mehmood. These were inspired by comedy films of the Bob Hope-Bing Crosby style Road to... series.[7] Johar was a unique and idiosyncratic individual, a lifelong liberal who poked fun at institutionalised self-satisfied smugness – an attitude which did not endear him to the essentially hierarchical and conservative Indian establishment, and led to difficulties finding finance for his unconventional screenplays. In many of his films, both those he directed and those he acted in, Sonia Sahni was the leading lady, most notably in Johar Mehmood in Goa, 1964.

He also starred in films with his own surname in the title such as Mera Naam Johar,[8] Johar in Kashmir and Johar in Bombay, which is a testament both to his immense egotism, as well as his popularity with the common masses – for whom a movie with the Johar name was a guarantee of easy laughs, as well as subtle ironic or frankly sarcastic jibes at Indian customs, mores, superstitions and institutions. His film Nasbandi (Vasectomy) was a spoof on Prime Minister Indira Gandhi's failed policy of population control by coerced vasectomies during the period of Emergency and was "banned" when it was first released. Yash Chopra started his film career as an assistant director with I. S. Johar.

In 1963 he starred as "Gopal" in two Italian films directed by Mario Camerini: Kali Yug, la dea della vendetta (Kali Yug, Goddess of vengeance) and Il Mistero del tempio indiano (The secret of the Hindu temple).

He died in Bombay, on 10 March 1984.[2]

Personal life

He married Ramma Bains in 1943 in Lahore, and the couple had a son, Anil Johar, and a daughter, Ambika Johar, before they divorced.[3][9] Ambika Johar[1] appeared in some films in the late 1970s, including Nasbandi (1978). Anil Johar appeared in 5 Rifles and Nasbandi.

Awards and nominations

Filmography

Actor
  • Ek Thi Ladki (1949) - Sohan
  • Ek Teri Nishani (1949)
  • Shrimati Ji (1952) - Chhoturam
  • Nagin (1954)
  • Shart (1954) - Hiten
  • Nastik (1954) - Joker
  • Paisa Hi Paisa (1956)
  • Durgesh Nandini (1956)
  • Hum Sab Chor Hain (1956) - Kadkaram / Shuddhram / Sohrab / D'Souza / Kalidas / Tomson / Ayyar / Madam Kadki / Daleelchand Daleel
  • Mother India (1957) - Pyarelal
  • Kitna Badal Gaya Insaan (1957)
  • Ek Gaon Ki Kahani (1957) - Gokul
  • Harry Black (1958) - Bapu
  • North West Frontier (1959) - Gupta
  • Goonj Uthi Shehnai (1959) - Kanhaiya
  • Bewaqoof (1960) - Johar
  • Aplam Chaplam (1961)
  • Mr. India (1961) - Gullu Lala / Jung Bahadur
  • Lawrence of Arabia (1962) - Gasim
  • Main Shadi Karne Chala (1962)
  • Ma Beta (1962) - Bishan Sahay
  • Banarasi Thug (1962) - Banarasi Prasad
  • Kali Yug: Goddess of Vengeance (1963) - Gopal
  • The Secret Of The Hindu Temple (1963) - Gopal
  • April Fool (1964) - Advocate Brijlal Sinha
  • Johar-Mehmood in Goa (1965) - Ram
  • Teen Devian (1965) - I.S. Johar
  • Namaste Ji (1965)
  • Bheegi Raat (1965) - Acharyaa Jhootlingam
  • Main Wohi Hoon (1966) - Ashok
  • Chaddian Di Doli (1966) - Hero
  • Maya (1966) - One-Eye
  • Ladka Ladki (1966) - Jagmohan / Chakor
  • Johar in Kashmir (1966) - Aslam Abdul Samdani
  • Dil Ne Phir Yaad Kiya (1966) - Bhagwan
  • Akalmand (1966)
  • Johar in Bombay (1967) - Rajesh
  • Shagird (1967) - Prof. Brij Mohan Agnihotri 'Birju'
  • Raaz (1967) - Rakharam Singh 'Rocky'
  • Anita (1967) - Pramanand Marayan
  • Shrimanji (1968) - Johar M. Gupta / Pran
  • Mera Naam Johar (1968) - 008 / Johar Das
  • Haye Mera Dil (1968) - Sokhanlal
  • Nanak Naam Jahaz Hai (1969) - Shuka
  • Pavitra Paapi (1970) - Adarshan Lala
  • Do Thug (1970)
  • Johny Mera Naam (1970) - Pehle Ram (Palmist) / Dooja Ram / Teeja Ram
  • Mera Naam Joker (1970) - (uncredited)
  • Safar (1970) - Kalidas
  • Puraskar (1970) - Sumesh
  • Aag Aur Daag (1970) - Murli - Taxi-driver
  • Albela (1971)
  • Chhoti Bahu (1971) - Premnath (Niku's dad)
  • Thi Reeta (1971)
  • Johar Mehmood in Hong Kong (1971) - Ramesh / Prince Pagadandi
  • Jai Bangladesh (1971)
  • Dost Aur Dushman (1971)
  • Maalik Tere Bande Hum (1972)
  • Doctor X (1972)
  • Dastaan (1972) - Johar aka Birbal
  • Roop Tera Mastana (1972) - Driver
  • Gomti Ke Kinare (1972) - Seth Chellamal
  • Tangewala (1972) - Nagina
  • Banarasi Babu (1973) - Jackpot
  • Joshila (1973) - Raunaq Singh
  • Teen Chor (1973)
  • Kashmakash (1973) - Private Detective Johar
  • Intezar (1973)
  • Intezaar (1973)
  • Ek Mutthi Aasmaan (1973) - Pandit Kishorilal Sharma
  • Aaj Ki Taaza Khabar (1973) - Ramji
  • Trimurti (1974) - Shadilal
  • 5 Rifles (1974) - Harfan Mama
  • Prem Shastra (1974) - Malhotra
  • Do Nambar Ke Amir (1974) - Mr. Johar
  • Do Aankhen (1974)
  • Badhti Ka Naam Daadhi (1974) - Seth Sohrabji Bandookwala
  • Maze Le Lo (1975)
  • Zinda Dil (1975) - Pinto D'souza / Daya Shankar
  • Sankoch (1976) - Sangeet Samrat
  • Khalifa (1976) - Diwan Manoharlal Agnihotri
  • Yamla Jatt (1976) - Yamla Jatt
  • Mazdoor Zindabaad (1976) - Kansraj (uncredited)
  • Aaj Ka Ye Ghar (1976) - Painter
  • Saheb Bahadur (1977) - Prof. Rampyare
  • Jagriti (1977)
  • Ek Aurat Do Joote (1978)
  • Nasbandi (1978) - Himself
  • Ganga Ki Saugandh (1978) - Birju Master
  • Priyatama (1978) - Lawyer
  • Death on the Nile (1978) - Manager of the Karnak
  • Premi Gangaram (1978)
  • Ek Baap Chhe Bete (1978) - B.R.Choranjia
  • Guru Ho Jaa Shuru (1979) - Curator D'Costa
  • Ranjha Ikk Tey Heeran Do (1979) - Tota Ram
  • Ramu To Diwana Hai (1980)
  • Beqasoor (1980) - Dinanath
  • Do Premee (1980) - Daulatram
  • Be-Reham (1980) - Police Inspector Malpani
  • Sanjh Ki Bela (1980)
  • Raaz (1981)
  • Do Posti (1981) - Makhan
  • Guru Suleman Chela Pahelwan (1981) - Dharmatma
  • Gopichand Jasoos (1982) - Ram Rokada / No. 256
  • Teesri Aankh (1982) - Mirchandani
  • Heeron Ka Chor (1982)
  • Bad Aur Badnaam (1984) - Malpani (uncredited) (final film role)
Director

References

  1. 1 2 I. S. Johar on IMDb
  2. 1 2 Sanjit Narwekar (1994). Directory of Indian film-makers and films. Flicks Books. Retrieved 26 December 2011.
  3. 1 2 Survival fittest Times of India, 2 June 2002.
  4. ↑ A serious satirist in Indian Express, 25 July 1997.
  5. ↑ Filmography New York Times.
  6. ↑ In search of a bigger role The Tribune, 19 May 2007
  7. ↑ IS Johar Biography Rotten Tomatoes.
  8. ↑ I. S. Johar on IMDb
  9. ↑ Ramma Bans THIS ABOVE ALL, Khushwant Singh, The Tribune, 6 March 2004.
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