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{{short description|Indian film actor (1914–1992)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2018}}
{{Use Indian English|date=August 2018}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Agha
| image = Agha in the film Hamara Ghar.jpg
| image_size =
| caption = Agha in the film ''[[Hamara Ghar (1950 film)|Hamara Ghar]]''
| birth_date = 21 March 1914
| birth_place = [[Pune]], [[Bombay Presidency]], [[British India]]
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1992|4|30|1914|3|21|df=yes}}
| death_place = [[Pune]], [[Maharashtra]], [[India]]
| birth_name = Aghajan Baig
| years_active = 1935–1986
| spouse =
| occupation = Actor, singer, director
| children = [[Jalal Agha]] (son)<br />Shahnaz Anand (daughter)<br />Shahoor Agha (daughter)<br />
Shahi Agha (daughter)
| relatives = [[Tinnu Anand]] (son-in-law)
}}

'''Agha''' (21 March 1914 – 30 April 1992) was an Indian actor of [[Bollywood]] films. He was known for comic roles and modeled himself on Bob Hope's style of acting.<ref name=Narwekar>{{cite book|last1=Narwekar|first1=Sanjit|title=Eena Meena Deeka The Story of Hindi Film Comedy|date=2012|publisher=Rupa Publications|location=India|isbn=9788129126252|pages=96|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KbSbAwAAQBAJ&q=Sanjit+Narwekar+Eena+Meena+Deeka+The+Story+Of+Hindi+Film+Comedy+Agha&pg=PT107}}</ref> He appeared in over 300 Hindi films in his career between 1935 and 1986.<ref name=cine>{{cite web|title=Agha (a profile)|url=http://cineplot.com/encyclopedia/agha/|website=Cineplot.com website|access-date=11 February 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150403100507/http://cineplot.com/encyclopedia/agha/|archive-date=3 April 2015|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref> His son, [[Jalal Agha]], also became an actor, mostly known for the song ''Mehbooba Mehbooba'' in ''[[Sholay]]'' (1975).

== Early life ==
Agha Beg was born on 21 March 1914 at Fatima Nagar, Pune, [[British India]]. His father was originally from Iran and had settled in Pune but had to leave Pune for Bombay in search of employment
Agha confessed that he went to school for just three days, "that was as long as I could stand it". He spent time "mooching" around the [[Pune Race Course|Poona Race Course]] as he wanted to become a jockey and loved horses. Agha came to Bombay and joined his neighbourhood drama group. His interest in acting took him to films where in 1933 he started as a production manager in Kanwal Movietone.<ref name=cinemaazi/>

== Career ==
Agha's first film was Kanwal Movietone's ''Stree Dharma'', also called ''Painted Sin'' (1935), starring [[Mehtab (actress)|Mehtab]] and [[Nazir Ahmed Khan|Nazir]]. However, his films ''Karwan-e-Husn'' (1935), [[Wadia Movietone]]'s ''Rangila Mazdoor'' (1938) and ''[[Anuradha (1940 film)|Anuradha]]'' (1940) helped him gain recognition as a comic actor. He acted in Kikubhai Desai's ([[Manmohan Desai]]'s father) ''Circus Ki Sundari'' (1941), which was popular and this helped in getting lead roles in films such as ''[[Muqabala]]'' (1942), ''Laheri Cameraman'' (1944) and ''Taxi Driver'' (1944).<ref name=Narwekar /> His most active years were from the 1930s to the 1980s.<ref name=cinemaazi/>

== Filmography ==
Selected list.<ref name=citwf>{{cite web|title=Filmography of Agha|url=http://www.citwf.com/person67705.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160328142324/http://www.citwf.com/person67705.htm|website=Complete Index To World Film (CITWF) website|publisher=Alan Goble|date=18 July 2014|archive-date=28 March 2016|access-date=11 February 2022}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year !! Film !! Director
|-
| 1935 || Stree Dharma || C. M. Rafi
|-
| 1935 || Karwan-e-Husn || C. M. Rafi
|-
| 1936 || Berozgaar || Rajhans
|-
| 1937 || Daulat || [[S. M. Yusuf]]
|-
| 1938 || Rangila Mazdoor || S. M. Yusuf
|-
| 1939 || Kahan Hai Manzil Teri || S. M. Yusuf
|-
| 1940 || [[Anuradha (1940 film)|Anuradha]] || Mohan Sinha
|-
| 1940 || [[Captain Kishore|Captain Kishori]] || [[K. Amarnath]]
|-
| 1941 || [[Circus Ki Sundari]] || Balwant Bhatt
|-
| 1941 || [[Nai Roshni]] || Chimankant Gandhi
|-
| 1941 || Safed Sawar || Nari Ghadiali
|-
| 1941 || Roti || [[Mehboob Khan]]<ref name=cinemaazi/>
|-
| 1942 || Muqabla || Nanabhai Bhatt, Babubhai Mistri
|-
| 1942 || Apna Paraya || Ramachandra Thakur
|-
| 1942 || Mera Gaon || Prafulla Roy
|-
| 1943 || Amanat || Lalit Chandra Mehta
|-
| 1943 || Mohabbat Ki Jeet || Ramanlal Desai
|-
| 1944 || Laheri Cameraman || Nari Ghadiali
|-
| 1944 || Taxi Driver || S. M. Raza
|-
| 1944 || Bhagya Laxmi || [[Sarvottam Badami]]
|-
| 1945 || Meghdoot || [[Debaki Bose]]
|-
| 1945 || Chalis Karod || [[Nanabhai Bhatt]]
|-
| 1946 || Khush Naseeb || Vithaldas Panchotia
|-
| 1946 || Dhokhebaaz || R. Shivraj
|-
| 1947 || Elaan || [[Mehboob Khan]]
|-
| 1947 || [[Jugnu (1947 film)|Jugnu]] || [[Shaukat Hussain Rizvi]]
|-
| 1948 || Jadui Bansuri || Nanubhai Vakil
|-
| 1948 || Shikayat || [[Shahid Lateef]]
|-
| 1949 || Balam || [[Homi Wadia]]
|-
| 1949 || Bhool Bhulaiyan || Taimur Behramshah
|-
| 1950 || Hamari Beti || [[Shobhana Samarth]]
|-
| 1950 || [[Hamara Ghar (1950 film)|''Hamara Ghar'']]||Nanabhai Bhatt
|-
| 1951 || [[Baadal (1951 film)|Badal]]|| [[Amiya Chakravarty]]
|-
| 1951 || Ustad Pedro || Harish
|-
| 1952 || Do Raha<ref name=citwf/> || Bal Chhabda
|-
| 1952 || Ambar<ref name=citwf/> || [[Jayant Desai]]
|-
| 1953 || [[Patita (1953 film)|Patita]] || [[Amiya Chakravarty]]
|-
| 1954 || [[Bahut Din Huwe]]|| [[S. S. Vasan]]
|-
| 1954 || [[Chandni Chowk (film)|Chandni Chowk]]<ref name=citwf/> || [[B. R. Chopra]]
|-
| 1955 || Tismarkhan || H.S. Kwatra an music by [[Sardul Kwatra]]
|-
| 1955 || [[Udan Khatola]] || S. U. Sunny
|-
| 1955 || [[Mr. and Mrs. 55]]<ref name=citwf/> || [[Guru Dutt]]
|-
| 1956 || Parivar || [[Asit Sen (director)|Asit Sen]]
|-
| 1957 || [[Bade Sarkar]] || [[Kishore Sahu]]
|-
| 1957 || [[Nausherwan-E-Adil]]<ref name=citwf/> || [[Sohrab Modi]]
|-
| 1958 || [[Kala Pani (1958 film)|Kala Pani]] || [[Raj Khosla]]
|-
| 1959 || [[Navrang]] || [[V. Shantaram]]
|-
| 1959 || [[Ardhangini (film)|Ardhangini]] ||
|-
| 1960 || [[Ghunghat (1960 film)|Ghunghat]]<ref name=citwf/><ref name=cinemaazi/> || [[Ramanand Sagar]]
|-
| 1961 || [[Zindagi aur Khwab]] ||
|-
| 1963 || [[Nartaki (1963 film)|Nartaki]] || [[Nitin Bose]]
|-
| 1964 || [[Daal Mein Kaala]] || [[Satyen Bose]]
|-
| 1964 || [[Dulha Dulhan]]<ref name=citwf/> || [[Raj Kapoor]]
|-
| 1968 || [[Padosan]] || Jyoti Swaroop
|-
| 1968 || [[Teen Bahuraniyan]] || S.S Balan and S.S Vasan
|-
| 1969 || [[Jigri Dost]] || Ravikant Nagaich
|-
| 1971 || [[Tere Mere Sapne (1971 film)|Tere Mere Sapne]] || [[Vijay Anand (Hindi film maker)|Vijay Anand]]
|-
| 1972 || [[Bombay To Goa]] || S. Ramanathan
|-
| 1972 || |[[Piya Ka Ghar]] || [[Basu Chatterjee]]
|-
| 1973 || |[[Honeymoon (1973 film)|Honeymoon]] || [[Hiren Nag]]
|-
| 1974 ||Prem Nagar ||K.S. Prakash Rao
|-
| 1976 || [[Charas (1976 film)|Charas]] || Ramanad Sagar
|-
| 1977 || [[Aadmi Sadak Ka]] || [[Devendra Goel]]
|-
| 1981 || [[Kranti]] || [[Manoj Kumar]]
|-
|1983|| ''[[Andhaa Kanoon]]'' || [[T. Rama Rao]]
|-
| 1986 || [[Love And God]]<ref name=citwf/> || [[K. Asif]]
|-
|1986 || [[Baat Ban Jaye]] || [[Bharat Rangachary]]
|-
| 1989 || [[Ishwar]] ||[[K. Vishwanath]]
|-
| 1968 || [[Ishwar|Aadmi]] ||[[K. Vishwanath|A. Bhimsingh]]
|}

== Death ==
Agha died on 30 April 1992 of a heart attack in Pune, Maharashtra, India at the age of 78.<ref name=cinemaazi/> He was survived by three daughters, one son [[Jalal Agha]] and Son-in-law actor [[Tinnu Anand]].<ref name=cinemaazi>[https://www.cinemaazi.com/people/agha Profile of Agha] Indian Cinema Heritage Foundation website, Retrieved 11 February 2022</ref>

== Awards ==
He was nominated for the [[Filmfare Best Supporting Actor Award]] for the 1960 film ''[[Ghunghat (1960 film)|Ghunghat]]'', but did not win the award.<ref name=cinemaazi/>

== References ==
<references />

== External links ==
*{{IMDb name|id=0013023|name=Agha}}

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[[Category:20th-century Indian male actors]]
[[Category:1914 births]]
[[Category:1992 deaths]]
[[Category:Male actors in Hindi cinema]]
[[Category:Indian male comedians]]
[[Category:Film producers from Maharashtra]]
[[Category:Male actors from Pune]]
[[Category:20th-century comedians]]

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