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Mehmood enjoyed the privilege of singers like Mohammed Rafi and Manna Dey lending their voice to his dotty ditties.

Here are the more famous ones:
Hum kaale hain toh kya hua dilwale hain (Gumnaam), in which he chased Helen sporting a chequered lungi and a Hitler moustache.

O meri maina, tu maan le mera kehna (Pyar Kiye Jaa) in which he did the twist with a ditzy starlet, played by an elfin Mumtaz.

Tujhko rakhe Ram, tujhko Allah rakhe (Aankhen) saw a disguised Mehmood scouring the streets of Tokyo begging for dollars!

Ek chatur naar badi hoshiyar had the audience in splits as Kishore Kumar and Mehmood matched wits and vocals.

Saj rahee galee meri amma (Kunwara Baap) made you laugh and cry simultaneously, a trait that became Mehmood's signature in his latter years.

 
  For some youngsters of today, Mehmood is pop star Lucky Ali's father, but for four generations of moviegoers he is a comedian who had an inexhaustible gold mine of laughs.

 
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