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Anil Kapoor, Johny Lever, and Raju Srivastava in Mr. Azaad (1994)

Sunny Deol and Johny Lever in Singh Saab the Great (2013)

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Akshay Kumar and Johny Lever in It's Entertainment (2014)

Tabu, Ajay Devgn, Kunal Kemmu, Johny Lever, and Shreyas Talpade in Golmaal Again (2017)

Kunal Kemmu, Arshad Warsi, Johny Lever, Tusshar Kapoor, and Shreyas Talpade in Golmaal Again (2017)

Johny Lever, Ashwini Kalsekar, and Parineeti Chopra in Golmaal Again (2017)

Johny Lever, Varun Dhawan, and Varun Sharma in Dilwale (2015)

Akshay Kumar and Johny Lever in Khatta Meetha (2010)

Johny Lever, Sanjay Mishra, Rohit Shetty, Varun Dhawan, and Varun Sharma in Dilwale (2015)

Johny Lever at an event for Santa Banta Pvt Ltd (2016)

Kajol, Shah Rukh Khan, Johny Lever, Varun Dhawan, Kriti Sanon, and Varun Sharma at an event for Comedy Nights with Kapil (2013)

Satish Kaushik, Kunal Kemmu, Johny Lever, Chunky Pandey, Saurabh Shukla, Rajpal Naurang Yadav, Nupur Sanon, Ashwini Kalsekar, Farhad Samji, and Jamie Lever in Pop Kaun? (2023)

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Sadashiv Amrapurkar, Laxmikant Berde, and Johny Lever in Khatarnak (2000)

Johny Lever and Kiku Sharda in Partners (2017)

Johny Lever, Kiku Sharda, and Vipul Roy in Partners (2017)

Mithun Chakraborty, Akshay Kumar, Johny Lever, Prakash Raj, Sonu Sood, Tamannaah Bhatia, Krushna Abhishek, and Junior in It's Entertainment (2014)

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John Prakash Rao "Johny Lever" Janumala was born on August 14, 1957 in Kanigiri, Andhra Pradesh and was brought up in Mumbai's King's Circle area (Dharavi). He is an Indian actor and comedian in Bollywood. His mother tongue is Telugu. Lever studied in Andhra Telugu School till the seventh grade but couldn't study further because of financial problems in his family, after which he decided to leave school and started working different kinds of odd jobs, such as selling pens on the streets of Bombay (present-day Mumbai) by imitating Bollywood stars and dancing to the songs of Bollywood stars. He also spent his early ages in Yakutpura a old city of Hyderabad from where he learnt the unique style of comedy acting. He developed a passion for mimicry and stand-up comedy, inspired by watching comedians like Johnny Walker, Kishore Kumar and Mehmood in films and mimicry artists like Dinesh Hingoo and Nerella Venumadhav on stage, and thus decided to be a mimicry artist. To seek guidance and help regarding mimicry, he met his mentor Pratap Jani and mimicry artist Ram Kumar, who helped him and taught him the basics of mimicry. Lever was also employed in Hindustan Lever's factory in Mumbai with his father. While working, he entertained his co-workers in the factory by imitating Elvis Presley. At one of the functions at his factory he was asked to perform and show his talent. His popularity among coworkers and officers of the factory by his performance earned him his professional name. He started to perform in musical shows (orchestras) and after earning fame, joined the group of Kalyanji-Anandji, a legendary music direction duo. He did a lot of shows and world tours with them, one of his first big tours being with Amitabh Bachchan in 1982. Since he became an instant hit at orchestras and was unable to find time, another comedian who substituted him by the name of Johnny Fever evolved. However, Fever's fame was short-lived as Raju Srivastav came to Mumbai during the same time and started filling gaps of Lever at orchestras. During this period he learned a lot from his mentor Kalyanji, who was described by Lever as a great philosopher and a very humorous person. At one of his shows, actor Sunil Dutt noticed his talent and potential and offered him his first movie Dard Ka Rishta. In the 1980s, he released his mimicry/comedy album, Hansee Ke Hungame, which became a hit in India and the world over, increasing his fame to another level. During this time period, he also did few commercials for Kachua chhap incense, directed by Shekhar Kapoor. In 1986, he performed in a charity show called "Hope 86", in front of the whole Hindi film industry as a filler and was loved by audience. His talent was recognized, which resulted in producer Gul Anand offering him a film called Jalwa with Naseeruddin Shah. He is considered an influential Indian comedian who has been cited as inspiration by many other comics. He has received 13 Filmfare Awards nominations in Best Comedian Category, and has won the award twice.

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