Lucky Ali

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Lucky Ali

Date of Birth

: 9/19/1958

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Biography : Lucky Ali is the second of the eight children of popular Bollywood comedian, Mehmood. His mother Madhuri, was a Bengali and the sister of a popular Indian actress of the 1960s - Meena Kumari. He attended Bangalore's prestigious Bishop Cottons Boys School. His first wife was Masooma accepted Islam after marrying Lucky Ali. She acted in the video O Sanam from his first album Sunoh. Lucky Ali has two children from his first wife - Tasmia and Ta'awwuz. He has a second wife, Inaya (maiden name Anaida). Originally a Parsi, she also accepted Islam after marriage. Lucky Ali's third child is a girl named Sara from his second wife. Lucky and his father Mehmood did not get along very well. Mehmood was a very busy actor in 1960s, and remained away from home for his shoots. Once, when Lucky's mother came with him to receive Mehmood at the airport, Lucky didn't recognize his father and on seeing him said, "He's the film comedian Mehmood!" Lucky has tried marijuana and his drug abuse problem led Mehmood to write the script of the movie Dushman Duniya Ka (Enemy of the World). The movie stars Ali's youngest brother, 21 year old Manzoor. It is the story of the drug abuse of a young man called Lucky. In the end the young man kills his mother, destroys everything around him and finally kills himself. Lucky Ali was furious with his father's vision and refused to act in the movie. "I felt the story lacked hope," he said. However he sang his first song for a movie for the film. Lucky's wanderlust has taken him many places. Lucky used to breed race horses, and also ran a carpet-cleaning business with his friend Aslam (who penned the lyrics for his first album Sunoh, and for his second album Sifar). He then worked in an oil rig in Pondicherry. He has settled somewhere near Glen Eden in Auckland, New Zealand.

Filmography : Being the nephew of Meena Kumari, one of the great actresses to grace the Indian screen, and moreover being Mehmood's son, Lucky Ali did not lack the requisite opportunity to make his debut as an actor. His most popular and commercial Bollywood movie role was in a Sanjay Gupta's Kaante where he acted along leading stars like legend Amitabh Bachchan, Sunjay Dutt and Suniel Shetty. His other performances include Shyam Benegal 's Trikaal, where he played Erasmo, the young Portuguese doctor who comes home to get married. He worked with Benegal again in Discovery of India, in which he played Ashoka's brother Tissa, who was instrumental in drawing him towards a path of non-violence. Lucky also acted in the TV serial Zara Hatke. In 2002, he acted in the hindi musical 'Sur' essaying a complex role that earned him accolades as an actor.

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