Gope

Gope is also known as Gope Vishandas Kamlani. He was an Indian Hindi film actor and comedian of Indian cinema. Gope was born on April 11, 1913. His place of birth is Hyderabad. He belongs to a Sindhi family. He was interested in sports and drama. His father was an audit officer. He later married Latika, who is an actress. They married under the Civil Marriage Act. He had two sons.

He moved to Mumbai and marked his acting debut career in the Moti Gidwani’s film Insaan Ya Shaitan (1933), produced by Eastern Art productions. He has acted alongside Jaddan Bai and Ermeline, where he played a minor role. He acted in over one hundred forty films in his twenty-four-year of career from 1933 to 1957. He worked with Daryani Brothers and performed in many movies directed by the famous Ram Daryani Ram Daryani, was a well-known filmmaker from the 1 >> Read More... , including Gentleman Daku (1938) with Leela Chitnis Leela Chitnis was an Indian actress, who is known >> Read More... , Master Man (1938), Zamana (1938) with Amir Karnatki, and Hindustan Hamara (1950). He played a supporting role in several films, such as Panna Dai (1945), Doosri Shadi (1947), and Shravan Kumar Bio coming soon... >> Read More... (1948).

He had also acted in negative roles. In 1951, he worked in the film Tarana, starring Dilip Kumar Muhammad Yusuf Khan was born on the 11th of Decemb >> Read More... and Madhubala, directed by Ram Daryani. He played the villain’s role in comic style alongside Jeevan. In the 1950s, he initiated Gope Productions, which made films like Biradari and Hungama. Several films have been directed by his brother Ram Kamlani.

He was also known for his best works in comedy roles and noted to be one of the Hindi cinema’s “most popular comedians.” He won “critical and popular acclaim” for his acting in comic roles, making him the best comedian of his time. In the 1950s, he formed a “Laurel and Hardy” style comic and paired with the great comedian actor Yakub Khan & Mehboob Khan Mehboob Khan was a pioneer producer-director of Hi >> Read More... . Also, he performed exceptionally in comedy scenes. They together acted in many films such as Patanga (1949), Bazar (1949), Beqasoor (1950), and Sagai (1951). He was also seen in the famous song “Mere Piya Gaye Rangoon,” play backed by C. Ramchandra for Gope.

In 1957, Gope died of a sudden heart attack in Mumbai, Maharashtra, while shooting for the film Teesri Gali (1948), directed by Kundan Kumar Kundan Kumar has worked in the television industry >> Read More... . Everyone on the set thought that he was still performing, and they started applauding the scene. Eventually, it was discovered that he was shooting a death scene and his last dialogue was “Main Upar Ja Raha Hoon.” Those were his last words. After that, his widow Latika moved to the United Kingdom with their two sons, and then she eventually remarried.