With an anything-for-a-laugh attitude blended with genuine talent, Mehmood grew notorious for his nutty nuggets. Here are two of the more famous ones.

Pyaar Kiye Jaa has this classic scene in which Mehmood, who plays an aspiring film director, tries to convince his moneybags father (Om Prakash) to bankroll his banner, Wah Wah Productions.

Narrating a ghost story from his film's plot to a credulous Om Prakash, Mehmood uncannily recreated the whole scenario using only dialogue, but with the help of onomatopoeic sounds like 'Waoo, waoo, kudu kudu, kach kach kach' woven into his whacky story of a chudail [witch]. The result was a scintillating sequence that had Om Prakash perspiring and the audience rolling in the aisles.

In Padosan, Mehmood played Sunil Dutt's rival for the attentions of Saira Banu. As the choti-sporting, lungi-clad music teacher enamoured with his shishya, Bindoo,