Bob Christo | All Movies List

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About = Bob Christo

Born Robert John Christo
1938
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Died 20 March 2011
(aged 72-73)
Bangalore, Karnataka, India
Occupation Civil engineer and actor
Years active 1980–2003

Robert John Christo, was an Australian-Indian civil engineer and actor in Hindi films. He was however born in Germany, & emigrated to Sydney. Starting with Sanjay Khan's Abdullah (1980), he went on to act in over 200 Hindi films in the 1980s and 1990s, including Qurbani (1980), Kaalia (1981), Nastik (1983), Mard (1985), Mr India (1987), Roop Ki Rani Choron Ka Raja (1993) and Gumraah (1993), mostly playing roles as a henchman or an Army General.
Bob Christo
Born in Germany , Christo was a qualified Civil Engineer. He had two brothers, Helmut and Mike.Known for his brawny physique and bald-headed look, Bob arrived in Mumbai, India whilst awaiting a work permit to expatriate to Muscat.It was in Mumbai that he was introduced to Bollywood actress Parveen Babi, who helped him transition to Hindi films.
He received his first break when he contructed the jungle palace for Francis Ford Copola in "Apocalype Now". And later as a villain in the Hindi movie Abdullah in 1980. Christo decided to stay in India and appeared in movies in Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam and Kannada, playing a recurring typecast villain.
Sanjay Khan discovered him and gave him his first break in his movie Abdullah as the villain, and also after many years, Sanjay Khan gave him a break in his first ever television serial, The Great Maratha, where he played the iconic character of Ahmed Shah Abdali.
During the later stages of his life, he relocated to Bangalore in early 2000, where he started working as a Yoga instructor and remained disconnected from the Hindi movie industry since 2003.
The 72-year-old actor died of "rupture of left ventricle valve" in Bangalore on 20 March 2011. He is survived by his wife Nargis and two sons, Darius and Sunil. He has two daughters, Monique and Nicole from a previous marriage.
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