The unknown Khan of Bollywood who vanished into thin air

There were some tough guys who played villain’s henchman and minor roles in old movies. They were known for their intimidating muscular bodies and look who would indulge in fight scenes with heroes. They were twice the size of their opponent heroes but were get beaten by them as per the movie  script.

Some of the names if you remember are Ram Shetty, Bob Christo, Manik Irani aka Billa, Mahesh Anand, Gavin Packard and Mukesh Rishi etc. The last actor is still acting in movies.Here are their pictures .

Ram Shetty

Bob Christo

Manik Irani aka Billa

Mahesh Anand

Gavin Packard

Mukesh Rishi

Audiences remember those baddies for their physical  fitness & sturdy torso . There was one actor who also played goons but the poor fellow was left unrecognized and vanished into thin air.

Do you remember this guy from the 1990’s action movies?

 Do you remember his name?

Do you even know his name?

If you don’t know it’s ok. It is because he generally played the main antagonist’s henchman and some minor roles in movies.

His name was Hussain Khan. He was an actor, stuntman and martial artist.

The best role in his career was in movie Jigar (1992) . In Jigar he played a skilled martial artist who is almost invincible but he is blinded and his back bone is broken by his evil opponent.

I hope you may remember now those fragment of images from that ring fight scene in movie Jigar.

Apart from Jigar, Khan never got any major or supporting role. Mostly his role was to beat the heroes and later get beaten by them.

Perhaps because of nepotism Hussain Khan didn’t get any bigger platform to introduce himself.  Audiences may remember him in the 90’s but forgot him with the passage of time.

Hussain Khan in Platform

Hussain Khan began his career in the late 1970’s. He had a minor role in horror movie Jaani Dushman(1972). He also did a few action and horror movies in the 80’s. A few of them are Cheekh, Khooni Mahal and Shiva. Later he appeared in some action movies of Ajay Devgan including Jigar & Platform (1993) .

Khan with Ajit in Jigar

 

You may be shocked to know this guy had six pack abs years before Salman Khan introduced the trend in Veergati (1995). When Hussain Khan had a toned body with six pack abs no one gave a s***. When superstar Salman bhai displayed his abs he got everyone’s attention. No offense to Salman Khan.

Bruce Lee(L) & Hussain Khan (R)

Perhaps Hussain Khan was a fan of martial art legend Bruce Lee hence his physique and fighting style were inspired from the latter.  His leg split scene in Jigar is probably inspired by Jean-Claude Van Damme.

Khan in Keemat: They are back .

Unfortunately, there is no information of Hussain Khan on the internet .Only in IMDB his name appears with a blank photo & little filmography . His last movie was Keemat: They are back (1998) in which he had a fight scene with Akshay Kumar in the climax.

If  he is  still alive he might have retired from Bollywood and may be not be in very good financial condition and if he is deceased  years earlier there might have been very little or no information of his obituary in newspapers.

We can hope small actors and martial artist like Hussain Khan can get some recognition in Bollywood.

Source  = You Tube , IMDB.

P.S . Sorry for the Saregama logo on the pictures.