His most active years were from the 1930s to the 1980s.Īgha played a character role, not a comedian's role in the film " Patita" which had Dev Anand and Usha Kiran in the leading roles. He acted in Kikubhai Desai's ( Manmohan Desai's father) Circus Ki Sundari (1941), which was popular and this helped in getting lead roles in films such as Muqabala (1942), Laheri Cameraman (1944) and Taxi Driver (1944). However, his films Karwan-e-Husn (1935), Wadia Movietone's Rangila Mazdoor (1938) and Anuradha (1940) helped him gain recognition as a comic actor. ![]() Career Īgha's first film was Kanwal Movietone's Stree Dharma, also called Painted Sin (1935), starring Mehtab and Nazir. His interest in acting took him to films where in 1933 he started as a production manager in Kanwal Movietone. Agha came to Bombay and joined his neighbourhood drama group. He spent time "mooching" around the Poona Race Course as he wanted to become a jockey and loved horses. ![]() ![]() Agha confessed that he went to school for just three days, "that was as long as I could stand it".
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