Sajjan

Sajjan Lal Purohit, popularly known as Sajjan in the Indian Film industry, is a Bollywood and stage actor. He was born on January 15, 1921 in Jaipur. He wanted to be a lawyer and had graduated from Jaswant College in Jodhpur. Initially, he was introduced onto the screen as an extra in movies like Masoom (1941) and Chowringhee (1942) while he was working as a laboratory apprentice in Calcutta. After moving to Mumbai, he assisted directors like Kidar Sharma 'Kidar Sharma', whose birth name is Kidar >> Read More... , Gajanan Jagirdar Gajanan Jagirdar was a veteran Indian screenwriter >> Read More... , and Vakil Sahib. He displayed his poetic heart in the script dialogues he wrote for films such as Meena (1944) or the lyrics of Dhanyavad (1948) and Door Chalen (1946), which adds to his remembrance as a skilled lyricist as well. 

His acting debut was in the film Dhanyavad. Previously, he had done minor roles in Prithvi Theatre. It was in 1950 that he became prevalent in films that followed Bombay Theatre's Muqaddar. Starting from 1950s till the 1960s he was the hero or side-hero for many films including, Paridhaan, Ghar-Ghar Mein Diwali, Bahana, Rail Ka Dibba, Haa-Haa-Hee-Hee-Hoo-Hoo, Halla-Gulla, Saiyan, Malkin, Nirmohi, Poonam Jhanjhar, Lagan, Girl School, Mehmaan, Kasturi, and Sheesha.  He had the experience of working in more than 150 films. Some of the famous movies are Rail Ka Dibba, Johny Mera Naam, April Fool, Chalti Ka Naam Gaadi, Jhumroo, and Bees Saal Baad. His last screen appearance on screen was in the film Shatru in 1986. But as a hero, his last were Do Chor and Kabuliwala. He also acted in TV serials like Vikram Aur Betaal Vikram-Aur-Betaal was a 1985 Hindi, mythological a >> Read More... and Lena-Dena.