Ghory and Dixit were a comedy duo comprising Nazir Ahmed Ghory and Manohar Janardhan Dixit. They were active in Indian cinema during the 1930s and 1940s.Template:Sfn They were called the Indian Laurel and Hardy.Template:SfnTemplate:Sfn The duo had starred in several films including Do Badmaash, Sitamgarh, Toofani Toli and Bhola Raja. Most of their films were produced by Ranjit Studios.Template:Sfn Unlike Laurel and Hardy they played only supporting roles in their films.Template:Sfn
Ghory
Ghory was born on 11 August 1901 in Bombay.Template:Sfn He started his film acting career with Bhagwati Prasad Mishra-directed Alladin and His Wonderful Lamp and Scented Devil in 1927.Template:Sfn Before joining Ranjit Film Company, Ghory had worked with several other production companies.Template:Sfn His last Indian film was the 1948 Duniyadaari. After Dixit's death Ghory migrated to Pakistan. He continued acting there and died on 9 December 1977 aged 76.Template:Sfn
Dixit
Dixit was born on 12 November 1906 in Sinnar, Nasik district of Maharashtra. He was the eldest child of a district magistrate.Template:Sfn He made his debut with the 1930 film Template:Sfn His last film was Mahatma which was released in 1953. He died on 29 June 1949 in Mumbai after suffering a severe heart attack aged 42.Template:Sfn One of friends Baburao Patel described him as "a 220-pound-bundle of nerves, with a hypochondria-cal mind that constantly imagines various illnesses, not to speak of several imaginary grievances."Template:Sfn Dixit entered the film industry as a cameraman's assistant at Navjivan studios. When someone suggested that he would look good as a nawab, he was cast in the 1930 film Sharkling Youth alongside Jairaj and Madhav Kale. After starring in 3 more films – Badmash, Bijli and Vandevi (all released in 1930) he joined Ranjit Film Company.Template:Sfn During the principal photography of Puggree in 1947 he suffered a heart attack.Template:Sfn
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Dixit was obese while Ghory was a lean man and their pair served as a comic element in several of the early talkies. The duo first starred together in the 1932 Jayant Desai-directed talkie Char Chakram.Template:Sfn They acted in several other films directed by Desai – Bhola Shikar, Do Badmaash, Bhool Bhulaiyan and Vishivamohini. They continued to act in Ranjit Film's production's till 1947.Template:Sfn
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Works cited
- Encyclopaedia of Hindi Cinema{{#if:|, {{{last}}}}. Popular Prakashan(2003). ISBN 978-81-7991-066-5
- Eena Meena Deeka: The Story of Hindi Film Comedy{{#if:Narwekar|, Narwekar}. Rupa & Company(2005). ISBN 978-81-291-0859-3
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- Lot-pot: Humour In Hindi Cinema. Dearcinema(10 November 2007). Retrieved 10 August 2014.
- Ghory and Dixit. Cineplot(6 February 2012). Retrieved 8 July 2014.