Johnny Lever (John Prakash Rao Janumala) is an Indian actor and popular comedian in Hindi cinema. He is honored with numerous accolades, including thirteen Filmfare Award nominations in Filmfare Award for Best Performance in a Comic Role, in Deewana Mastana (1997) and Dulhe Raja (1998). He started his career in 1984 and has worked in about three hundred and fifty Hindi films.
Lever was born on 14 August 1957 in a Telugu Christian family in Prakasam, Andhra Pradesh. His father worked as an operator in the Hindustan Unilever plant where he also worked as a laborer for six years. Lever was brought up in the King's Circle area of Dharavi in Mumbai. His mother tongue is Telugu, however, he is fluent in Punjabi, Hindi, English, Marathi, and Tulu.
Lever got his first break in Tum Par Hum Qurban, then with the film Dard Ka Rishta. His first major success came with Baazigar, and after that, he was seen in movies as a supporting actor/comedian.
He also acted in a Tulu movie, Rang. His first Tamil feature film was Anbirkku Alavillai released in 2011. He also starred in a Kannada film, Gara. (Collected from the public domain)
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