Occupation Actor Role Actor | Name Bob Christo Years active 1980–2003 | |
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Full Name Robert John Christo Spouse Nargis Christo (m. ?–2011) Children Sunil Christo, Darius Christo Books Flashback: My Life and Times in Bollywood and Beyond Movies Similar People Manik Irani, Goga Kapoor, Tom Alter, Sanjay Khan, Babbar Subhash Born 1938 (age 72-73)Sydney, New South Wales, Australia DIed 20 March 2011 (aged 72-73) Bangalore, Karnataka, India | ||
Bob Christo's Biography
Robert John Christo, popularly known as Bob Christo (Hindi: बोब क्रिस्टो), was an Australian-Indian civil engineer and actor in Hindi films. 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.
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Career
Born in Sydney, Australia, 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, as a villain in the Hindi movie Abdullah in 1980. Christo decided to stay in India and appeared in over 200 movies in Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam and Kannada playing a recurring typecast villain.
He had appeared in many of Amitabh Bachchan's hit movies in the 1980s and early 1990s including Mard, Kaalia, Geraftaar, Agneepath, Toofan, and Jaadugar. Amitabh Bachchan's famous dialogue 'Hum Jahan Khade hote hain line wahin se shuru hoti hai' (The queue starts from where I stand) was actually mouthed first by Bob Christo in the movie. It is only after him that Bachchan says his lines.
During 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. Partly due to how little is known about him and partly due to the number of movies in which he has appeared, Bob Christo has a cult following of sorts. On 17 June 2008, Adil Ray officially announced, as part of the BBC Asian Network's Bollywood month, his intention to search for the legend, Bob. However, he was unsuccessful.
The 72-year-old actor died of "rupture of left ventricle valve" in Bangalore on 20 March 2011. Tributes poured from all over India. He is survived by his wife Nargis and two sons, Darius and Sunil. He has two daughters, Monique and Nicole from previous marriage.