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Mohan Choti

{{Short description|Indian actor (1935–1992)}}

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{{Infobox person

| name = Mohan Choti

| image = Mohan Choti.jpg

| caption =

| birth_name = Mohan Rakshakar

| birth_date = 1935

| birth_place = Amravati, Central Provinces and Berar, British India

| death_date = {{Death date and age |df=yes|1992|2|1|1935}}

| death_place = Bombay, Maharashtra, India

| spouse = According to film expert Rajesh Subramanian Mohan Choti's wife spent her last year's in an old age home at Gorai.

| occupation = Actor, comedian

| years_active = 1954–1992

| nationality = Indian

}}

Mohan Choti (1935 – 1 February 1992) was an Indian actor who worked as a comedian in Hindi films. The name Mohan Choti came from a fictional character of the same name from the 1957 film Musafir, in which he plays a tea shop delivery boy who sports a "choti" or traditional lock of hair on the top of his head.{{Cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0159269/|title=Mohan Choti|website=IMDb|access-date=2018-10-15}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.veethi.com/india-people/mohan_choti-profile-10580-14.htm|title=Mohan Choti|website=veethi.com|access-date=2018-10-15}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.cinestaan.com/people/mohan-choti-2867|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190329235228/https://www.cinestaan.com/people/mohan-choti-2867|url-status=live|archive-date=29 March 2019|title=Mohan Choti movies, filmography, biography and songs - Cinestaan.com|website=Cinestaan|access-date=2020-02-08}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.indianfilmhistory.com/details-supporting-actor/mohan-choti|title=Mohan Choti Filmography {{!}} Biography of Mohan Choti|website=www.indianfilmhistory.com|language=en|access-date=2020-02-08}}

Biography

Mohan Choti was born as Mohan Rakshakar to Constable Atmaram Rakshakar in 1935 at Amravati, Amravati District Maharashtra.

He produced and directed two films — "Dhoti Lota Aur Chowpatty" and "Hunterwali 77". He also opened a restaurant which was called "Sawal roti ka; Dhaba choti ka". He also started Atta distribution unit called "Choti Walla Atta".

He died on 1 February 1992 at the age of 57.

Filmography

Mohan Choti acted in nearly 280 films from 1954 to 1994.{{Cite news|url=http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2ba1d97eae|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170803213536/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2ba1d97eae|url-status=dead|archive-date=3 August 2017|title=Mohan Choti|work=BFI|access-date=2018-10-15|language=en}}

References

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External links

  • {{IMDb name|0159269|Mohan Choti}}

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Category:1935 births

Category:1992 deaths

Category:Male actors in Hindi cinema

Category:Place of birth missing

Category:20th-century Indian male actors