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Published: 27 November 2021

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In the preface to his book on Junior Artists, Upendra writes,

"Once you start to see these individuals they become like a family, one could always count on to show up in a party or a crowd scene."

After watching hundreds of songs, I also feel like that. But it was not always so.

In the early 90s, I got and saw lots of movies and kept seeing this fat guy, but I had no ides who her was. Lights came on when I saw the credits in Baiju Bawra (1952).

Nadir = Hathi Singh!

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Published: 26 November 2021

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Many people came forward to give more information. About Fatty Prasad. Shishir Krishna Sharma wrote,

"...he was born in mhow on 4 april 1907 in a christian family...his real name was george bunyan...he was a law graduate from mumbai university and was introduced in the films by mohan bhavnani, who also gave him this screen name..."

Others posted information about Durga (Prasad) Mota. There is a misconception that he died during riots in Lahore, perhaps due to a book by Isak Mujawar. I had read differently in Filmindia of April 1948. Many people, Sanjeev Tanwar (by email, he also sent another item) and Vivek Kumar who also pointed to a photo by Rashid Ashraf from a book, Mera Shehr Lahore by Yonus Adeeb. 

The urdu page just says that people made fun of him and he did not mind.

Everybody, thanks you very much.

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Published: 25 November 2021

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Some heavy actors have the word Mota (Fat in Hindi) after their names, eg Durga Mota and Nadir. I do not know hat his real first name is but in films he is Fatty Prasad, Punarmilan (1940).

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