Last Updated:
Johnny Lever is considered the Comedy King of the 90s. He won a lot of applause from the audience by playing brilliant roles in many films, but do you know that the credit for bringing Johnny Lever to films was worked with Rajkumar …Read more
Johnny Lever was recognized in films after the struggle.
Highlights
- Johnny Lever was given a break in films by Tabassum.
- Tabassum picked up Johnny Lever from the streets and made a star.
- Johnny Lever considered Tabassum as elder sister.
New DelhiJohnny Lever is famous today as Bollywood’s best comedian. He has not known how many films have been raised to the audience with his characters. The credit for bringing Johnny Lever to films is given to the late actress Tabassum. It was Tabassum who picked up Johnny Lever from the streets and brought it to the peak of fame in the film industry. This was revealed by Tabassum on his show Tabassum Talkies. The late actress had told that she had given her a break to Johnny Lever and her talent first.
After Tabassum left the world, Johnny Lever recalled him, saying that Tabassum was like a elder sister for him. Tabassum had a hand behind whatever he has been able to achieve in his career today. Recalling the contribution of the actress, the comedian had told that he considered him a big sister and till the last moment he had a very good relationship with the actress’s family.
Tabassum gave the first break to Johnny Lever
Johnny Lever said while talking about Tabassum, ‘I had a family relationship with Tabassum. She was like my elder sister. He supported me a lot at the beginning of my career. This will be in 1979, when she was an anchor there for Kalyan ji Anand ji and I used to do mimicry there too. When no one knew me, she still used to call a boy like me to her house and feed them.
Comedians considered actress as elder sister
Comedy King Johnny Lever shared an old anecdote, telling about the depth of her relationship with the actress. He had told, ‘Tabassum was a very helpful person. She used to host the talk show Full Khile Gulshan-Gulshan. She used to interview the veterans on that show and she gave me a chance there too. He gave me a chance everywhere from TV to radio shows’.
Tabassum
Johnny Lever did not even have money to buy medicine
The comedian said that he went abroad for the first time in connection with a show. Those people went to London, but in those days they did not have the amount of money they did not even know. When his health deteriorated there, there was no money to go to the doctor in his pocket and buy medicine. In such a situation, as soon as Tabassum came to know about the actor’s health, she was very angry and she took Johnny Lever to the doctor.
Actor was broken by Tabassum’s death
After the death of the actress in 2022, Johnny Lever was badly broken. He had said that even during the Korona period, the rumor of the actress’s death was raised and when she was not really in the world, she first first felt that it was a rumor again. The actor had said that the lack of his big sister still keeps them up.