Mother India Fame Sajid Khan Career: There is a wave of mourning in the Bollywood industry due to the demise of famous veteran actor Sajid Khan. He was suffering from a dangerous disease like cancer for some time. Sajid Khan made a lot of headlines by playing the role of Young Birju in the film ‘Mother India’ released in 1957. This film was nominated for Oscar. After this, Sajid Khan had spread his talent extensively in foreign countries.
Sajid Khan was living a life of anonymity
Sajid Khan was living a life of anonymity for the last many years. It can be estimated that he died on 22nd December, but the news of his death spread on 27th December. He took his last breath at the age of 70. Sajid Khan was living in Kerala with his second wife in his last moments. Rajkumar Pitambar Rana and Sunita Pitambar adopted Sajid Khan and were raised by his famous filmmaker Mehboob Khan.
Sajid Khan had become a global star
After the success of ‘Mother India’, Sajid Khan worked in many Hindi films but he did not get success but in the 60s and 70s he became very famous in North America and Philippines. He got stardom at global level with John Berry’s film ‘Maya’. In this he shared the screen with Jay North. Sajid Khan became famous across the world due to his powerful acting in ‘Maya’, released in 1966. After the popularity of ‘Maya’, a TV series was also made on the film with the same name.
Had earned a lot of name in Philippines film industry
Apart from this, Sajid Khan was seen as a guest in the American TV show ‘The Big Valley’ and the music show ‘It’s Happening’. He was a big name in the Philippines film industry. He made his acting debut with Nora Aunor in Filipino films like ‘The Singing Filipina’, ‘My Funny Girl’, ‘The Prince and I’.