Bhudo Advani

Sindhi character actor and comedian (1905-1985)

Bhudo Advani was a Sindhi comedian and character actor who worked for half a century and something over a hundred films. He came to Bombay on a word from Ajanta Cinetone and debuted in Maya Jaal (1933), then Dr. Madhurika (1935) and Mehboob Khan's Deccan Queen (1936) - photographed, like Anmol Ghadi ten years later, by Faredoon Irani. Later audiences know him from one scene: Boot Polish (1954), where he mimes Lapak Jhapak Tu Aa Re Badariya and Manna Dey does the singing of a man who cannot sing. Also Shri 420 (1955), Ab Dilli Dur Nahin (1957) and Madhumati (1958). His last film was Satyajit Ray's Shatranj Ke Khilari.