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1 Jan, 4 tweets, 1 min read
Was watching Ludo yesterday, when I heard the Song Oh Betaji, from the 1951 movie Albela

The lead star of that movie was Bhagwan Dada

He was the son of a textile worker from Amaravati, who came to Mumbai to become an actor

After working as a labourer, he got a chance in movies
He then started making Low Budget movies, which usually made their money back. This finally culminated in the movie Albela.

Albela was a blockbuster in its time, and was the third highest grossing movie. This catapulted him to be a major star.
At one point in time, he owned a huge water front Bungalow in Juhu and had one car for each day of the week.

Then he lost it all, and finally died in poverty in a Mumbai Chawl

The Lyrics of the song Oh Betaji goes,
'Kismat ki Hawa kabhi garam, kabhi Naram, Kabhi Naram Garam"
Or, "The winds of Fortune are sometimes Hot, Sometimes Cold and sometimes are both Hot and Cold"

Nobody exemplified the lyrics of that song, better than the protagonist, Bhagwan Dada himself...

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