Bollywood Comedy King Johnny Lever is celebrating his 68th birthday on August 14. He has gained a lot of popularity on the basis of his work. Johnny Lever has made a special and different place in the industry. He has won the hearts of people with his comedy in hundreds of films. So let’s know about some interesting things related to the life of actor Johnny Lever on the occasion of his birthday …
Birth and family
Johnny Liver was born on 14 August 1957 in Prakasham district of Andhra Pradesh. His real name is John Prakash Rao Janumala. Due to the lack of financial condition of the family, he left his studies in the middle. He could not go to school after 7th. For the financial help of the family, he started selling pens on the road. He used to sell the pen by mimicing film stars, making them earning a lot.
Johnny Lever had told that earlier he used to earn 25-30 rupees by selling a pen. But when he started selling the pen by mimicing film stars, his daily earnings were 250-300 rupees. But by this time he did not know that one day it would become his profession.
Got name like this
Johnny Lever’s father used to work in Hindustan Lever. It was here that he also got the son a job. Johnny used to easily transport overweight drums. While working in the company, he used to laugh at his comrades doing acting comedy. While working in the company, he got his name John Prakash Rao Janumala from Johnny Lever. The company’s boss, influenced by his mimicry, named him Johnny Lever.
Film journey
Johnny was quite adept at mimicry with liver comedy. He started his career as a standup comedation. He used to do stage shows. In one such stage show, actor Sunil Dutt was noticed Johnny Lever. Sunil Dutt gave Johnny Lever the first break in the 1982 film Dard Ka Rishta. After this, the actor did not look back. By the way, Johnny Lever has acted in many films.
Johnny Lever’s main films are films like ‘Judai’, ‘Chalbaaz’, ‘Yes Boss’, ‘Karan-Arjun’ ‘Raja Hindustani’, ‘Baazigar’, ‘Ishq’, ‘Aunty No.1’, ‘Raja Raja’, ‘Kuch Kuch Hota Hai’.