Mushtaq Khan: From Ballu who said 'I have a fake leg..' to Gulu, such characters made Mushtaq Khan famous
Mushtaq Khan: bollywood actor Mushtaq Khan has worked in many films in his career, but some of his characters are such that people still remember them. Let's know about the memorable characters of the actor...
'I have a fake leg, I was a great hockey player...' It would help if you remembered this dialogue from Akshay Kumar's film 'Welcome' very well. Actor Mushtaq Khan, who spoke this dialogue in the movie, is in the news these days after the news of his kidnapping. Although he has done many films in his career, but today we introduce you to his characters played in some memorable films.
Mushtaq Khan's character in the 1990 film 'Aashiqui' was of a 'Raffu Master'. rahul roy and Anu Agarwal were seen in the lead roles in this film. The story of the film was based on the love of both. Mushtaq, who played the role of Raffu Master, became an important link between the love of Anu and rahul in the film, who gave the letters to each other.
The next film on this list is 'Hum Hain Rahi Pyar Ke'. In this film released in 1993, Mushtaq Khan played the character of Bhagwati prasad Mishra, who used to handle the accounting work in Aamir Khan's factory. There are many comedy scenes of Mushtaq in the film. Along with this, he also helped aamir khan and Juhi Chawla's love to reach its destination in the film.
Mushtaq Khan's character was also very memorable in 'Gadar' released in the year 2001 and 'Gadar 2' released in 2023. In this film, Mushtaq Khan has played the character of 'Gul Khan' aka 'Gullu', who is Sunny Deol's stepbrother. The film shows the love story of tara Singh (Sunny Deol) and Sakina (Ameesha Patel). When tara Singh goes to pakistan with his son and friend to bring his wife, Sakina, he takes refuge in the house of his stepbrother Gullu. Similarly, in 'Gadar 2' also Mushtaq Khan played the character of 'Gullu', which was liked by the fans.
'Welcome,' released in 2007 was the most famous film of Mushtaq Khan's career, whose dialogues made him famous in every household. In the film, he played the character of a goon 'Ballu' in Nana Patekar's gang. He got only one dialogue in the film, but this dialogue became a milestone for him, on which memes are made even today. That dialogue was, 'One of my legs is fake. I was a great hockey player. One day uday Bhai got angry at something I said and he broke my leg into two pieces with my hockey stick, but he is very good at heart. He immediately took me to the hospital and got me a fake leg.'
Mushtaq also made headlines with his role in 'Stree 2' released this year. In the film, he plays the role of an mla of Chanderi village, in which he promises to free the people of the village from the terror of Sarkate and gathers votes for himself.