Actor Johnny Lever, who has made a tremendous identity with his comedy in films, is celebrating his birthday on 14 August. Johnny’s real name is John Prakash Rao Janumala. He acted in more than 350 films in his career and made people laugh fiercely with his comedy. However, Johnny never used to come in films.
Born in the Christian family, Johnny Lever’s childhood was spent in extreme poverty. Troubled by financial constraints, Johnny also tried to commit suicide. For the financial help of the family, Johnny Lever started leaving the middle and started selling pens. He was quite funny since childhood. In such a situation, he used to dance like Bollywood stars and sell the pen.
During an interview, Johnny Liver had told that the condition of the house used to bother me a lot. One day I lay on the railway track and closed my eyes, because I did not want to see death from the front. My eyes were closed when the face of the family started coming out. Seeing this, I got up quickly and went back home.
Johnny Lever’s father used to work in Hindustan Lever Company. He also got Johnny a job in the company itself. He used to laugh fiercely to the friends of the company with his comedy. Because of this, he was named Johnny Lever in place of John Prakash Rao Janumala.
Johnny used to do mimicry along with liver comedy. He started his career as a standup comedian, due to which he also used to do stage shows. Sunil Dutt was noticed during a stage show. He gave Johnny Lever the first break in the film ‘Dard Ka Rishta’, after which Johnny Lever caught a track of success that reached the heights of fame.
There was a time in Johnny Lever’s life when he decided to leave everything and become a religious leader. He used to hold his meetings in Mumbai, Chennai and America where hundreds of people used to come. Johnny Lever had said about his decision, I have always been a religious person. However, an incident happened and my whole life changed. My son had cancer.
Johnny Lever has also been accused of tricolor. In fact, in 1999 he went to a show, where he said something about the tricolor, which angry people accused him of insulting the tricolor. Because of this, he was also sentenced to jail for 7 days. However, Johnny Lever apologized and his sentence was reduced to one day.
