By Admin 
August 1 is the birth anniversary of Bhagwan Dada, the first action and dancing star of Indian cinema. Bhagwan Dada, who settled in the hearts of the audience with evergreen songs like ‘Shola Jo Bhadke’ and ‘O son ji, O Babu Ji’, whose real name was Lord Abhraji Palav, is not interested in any introduction. But, the time of time brought this star from the sky to the ground.
Lord Dada, who was once owned by 25 -room luxurious bungalow and seven luxury cars, spent an oblivion in a chawl in Mumbai on his last day.
Lord Dada had to leave studies due to lack of money
Born in Amravati, Maharashtra in 1913, Lord Dada’s father worked in a cloth mill. Lord Dada also faced financial crisis, he had to leave his studies after fourth grade due to financial constraints of the family. Passion for films brought him to Mumbai. Initially, the God, who worked in the textile mill, got a small role in the silent film ‘Criminal’, which laid the foundation of his career.
In 1934, his first speaking film ‘Himmat-e-Marda’ came. After this he directed the film ‘Bahadur Kishan’ in 1938 along with Chandrarao Kadam. From 1938 to 1949, Lord Dada directed many low -budget action films.
Acting, making and directions were all ahead in everyone
Lord Dada acted in more than 400 films and also joined the direction as well as construction. Inspired by Hollywood star Douglas Fairbanks, he did dangerous stunts without body double, for which Raj Kapoor called him ‘Indian Douglas’. The dance steps of Lord Dada were also well liked. Stars like Amitabh Bachchan, Mithun Chakraborty and Govinda also copied his Bhangra Mix Dancing Style.
His film ‘Albela’ appeared in the year 1951, which was a superhit, in which Geeta Bali was his heroine. The songs of this film are still on the tongue of the people. It is said that the film lasted more than 45 weeks in theaters. Lord Dada left no stone unturned to make the film fabulous. He had also rained real notes to make the scene real on the shooting set.
Then how Lord Dada came on the floor from Arsh
The songs of this film ‘Shola Jo Bhadke’ and ‘Bholi Surat Dil Ke Khote’ are still remembered. After the success of ‘Albela’, Lord Dada bought 25 -room bungalow and seven cars in Juhu. Every day he used to go to the set by separate car. But, Zindagi started taking turns, when he started the dream project ‘Laughing’ with Kishore Kumar.
It is said that in this film, he put everything at stake. However, the film remained incomplete due to many reasons. It immersed Lord Dada into debt. He had to sell his bungalow, cars and all the property. Eventually, they were forced to live in a chawl in Dadar.
During the shooting of the 1942 film ‘Jung-e-Azadi’, Lord Dada was supposed to slap Lalita Pawar in a scene. But, by mistake, this slap was so strong that Lalita fainted. Blood was also flowing from his ear. This accident caused paralysis in his face, due to which one of his eyes became small. She stayed in a coma for two days. This incident changed Lalita’s career and had to play the role of the villain. Lord Dada regretted this incident.
Financial crisis and alcohol addiction broke Lord Dada. In the 60s, he started getting small roles, but the film industry gradually forgot him. He died of a heart attack on 4 February 2002.