In Hero, Manik Irani played the role of a villain named Billa.
It has been more than 5 decades of Amitabh Bachchan in Hindi cinema and in these years he has looted applause by giving many blockbuster films. A villain was often seen in some of his action films, who said goodbye to the world 37 years ago. In the 70-80s, this actor was counted among the top villains of Bollywood, which was in great demand. It also played a stunt double in Amitabh Bachchan’s films and made a lot of headlines by becoming a villain named Billa in ‘Hero’. We are talking about actor Manik Irani, who appeared in many films of Amitabh Bachchan’s ‘Mard’ and ‘Shaan’.
Manik Irani worked in these films
Manik Irani entered films in the 70s and got the role of a crook in the first film. He then appeared in many of Amitabh Bachchan’s films released in 1976. In Kalicharan, he played the role of a dumb villain. Manik did several films with Amitabh Bachchan and made her mark as a villain. However, he was either seen in supporting characters in most films or Amitabh Bachchan’s body double. He earned a lot of name by showing his villaingiri in films.
Manik wanted to become a stuntman
Manik wanted to become a stuntman from the beginning. He was impressed with Dara Singh and he also tried his hand at Pahlavani. He gradually started participating in street boxing and during this time Rohit Shetty’s father and well-known action director MB Shetty saw him, who included him in his stunt team. After this, Manik’s entry into the film world and earned a lot of name from the negative role.
Manik was like Amitabh Bachchan in height
Manik was like Amitabh Bachchan in Kad-Kathi, due to which he played his body double in many films and also appeared in the role of Villain in many of his films. He worked with Amitabh Bachchan in films like Trishul, Wall, Don, Kalicharan and Shaan. Natwarlal, released in 1979, also saw Manik, after which his popularity increased even more. After this he appeared in many big films.
Alcohol addiction wasted!
Manik Irani got a lot of fame, but the bad phase of her life started when she got addicted to alcohol. Manik slowly immersed herself into alcohol. On 16 June 1991, there was a sudden news of Manik’s death, at that time he was 37 years old. The cause of his death remains a mystery even today. While some reports stated the cause of his death to suicide, many reports claimed that he died in the accident. Some were also said that they lost their lives due to drinking too much alcohol. 34 years have passed since Manik’s death, but even today it is a mystery of how he died.
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