Where would you put his stardom in today’s scenario? The News Porter: Your father, the late Premnath ji was a legendary actor. He explained to me that he was a theatre actor and believed in spontaneity. I will meet you directly tomorrow in front of the camera.” In the very first scene I did, I had to face Dad so I requested him if we could rehearse the scene at home? But he just brushed off my suggestion saying, “This is your acid test. Monty Nath: I had just passed out from school and was only 16 when I was offered a role in this film called Rahu Ketu where I was playing as my father, Premnath ji’s, son. The News Porter: How do you feel when you look back at the days of your own debut as an actor? Monty Nath and his father Prem Nath in a scene from the film Rahu Ketu I sat in the background as an extra behind my dad in the court scene of the film Mome Ki Gudiya, played drums in Baharon Ke Sapne and was there in the hospital scene in the classic Shor as well. I remember how I used to put on their makeup and walk around the studio. Monty Nath: As a child, I used to accompany my mom and dad to their shooting locations. How do you reminisce about those early years? The News Porter: Your father and mother were both established actors. Excerpts of the interview: Monty Nath with his parents Prem Nath and Bina Rai
In a freewheeling interview with this writer, Monty Nath shared in some detail about his past and present and his plans for the morrow. His two sons, Adiraj and Arjun, are now taking the family flag forward having launched their YouTube channel, Major Mood Entertainment, and having shot a short film, Whats up Buddy, with Rajpal Yadav. Like his father, he used to come across as a quintessential yet a likeable villain.īorn on 25th May, 1958 in the house of his parents in Malabar Hill, Mumbai, Monty kept alive the family tradition by acting in a number of films. The 80s were when Monty Nath established himself with aplomb as a good-looking villain and went on to star in some hits of that decade like Ashaanti (1982), Teri Kasam (1982), Prem Rog (1982), Ram Teri Ganga Maili (1985), etc. However, so enamoured was the famous couple’s younger son, Monty Nath, with the world of showbiz that he would make it a point to accompany his parents to shooting locations, put on their make-up, and oftentimes roam around the studio with the abandon of the child that he was, wanting to be photographed. It becomes doubly difficult when there is another acting stalwart in the same household – someone no less than Bina Rai, Prem Nath’s wife.
Walking under the towering shadow of a legend like Prem Nath and still being able to create a distinctive place for oneself is never easy. A brief montage video of Monty Nath created by a wellwisher on his birthday on 25th May 2022
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