Mastan was always friends with the gang leaders in those times. It is said that when inter-gang rivalry in Mumbai began increasing, Mastan called all top gang leaders together and recommended to split Mumbai between the gangs so that they could freely operate without any confrontation from rival gangs.
Mastan did not operate a gang of his own. He depended on the muscle-power from gang leaders like Karim Lala and Varadarajan Mudaliar to carry out his smuggling operations and intimidate rivals and debtors. Mastan and Varadarajan were best friends as they both hailed from Tamil Nadu and spoke Tamil. When Varadarajan died in Tamil Nadu as an impoverished man, Mastan hired a private chartered plane to bring his body to Mumbai for final rites.
During the Indian Emergency - 77 , he was imprisoned. Whilst in prison, he was influenced by the ideals of politician Jaiprakash Narayan. In prison, he began learning Hindi. Later he went on haj, and thereafter came to be referred as Haji Mastan. He devoted time for his meetings with the poor, solving their problems through financial assistance and his contacts.
Haji Mastan died on 9 May , of cancer. The film Deewaar was loosely based on Haji Mastan's life. The film " Once Upon a Time in Mumbaai " was heavily based on Mastan's life although it was also partially fictionalized.
On 25th May , it is announced Rajnikanth's forthcoming movie will be Kala Karikalan which is believed to be based on gangster Haji Mastan. His foster son Sundar Shekar Mishra sent a notice to Rajinikanth on knowing this from news reports. He decided to join a smuggler from Daman named Sukkur Narayan Barkhia to control the trade of illegally traded goods. In no time Mastan was a wealthy man and his childhood dream of owning a seaside bungalow came true.
He bought his first bungalow at Peddar road, one of the most top-notch areas in Mumbai. However, a funny fact about him is that he spent most of his life living in a small room built on the terrace of his house.
Mastan was in good terms with all the gangs ruling Mumbai during those days. Referred to as the first celebrity gangster, Mastan had a charming personality. He was often seen attending A-list parties, enjoying a friendly banter with many famous politicians, actors, and businessman. He was known for his stylish dressing, notably white clothes combined with white shoes. If you would see someone smoking expensive cigarettes and driving a white Mercedes, it would have to be Haji Mastan!
Such was his personality. People would often try to imitate him for his fashion sense. Mastan married Shahjehan Begum in She is popularly known as Sona. Haji and she got married soon after he was released from prison. In an interview she recalled, Haji was fond of the Bollywood beauty Madhubala.
When he saw Sona acting in his production, he found her like Madhubala and asked her mother for marriage. Haji even adopted a son Sundar Shaekhar, who was a Hindu by birth. Haji Mastan believed in giving more to the society. Mastan spent most of his time in helping the poor, understanding their problems and providing financial assistance to them. Due to this, the unprivileged always were behind him and supported him through thick and thin.
Another one, Samad Khan, was shot dead in a south Mumbai hotel, in Both had been killed by men loyal to Dawood and an era of violence unlike anything Mumbai had seen was about to begin with members and rivals of D-Company running wild.
These are the men who made Mumbai tremble back in the days when the underworld was on top. Born Rajendra Sadashiv Nikalje, Chhota Rajan began his criminal career selling cinema tickets, but quickly rose to positions of power when he joined the Bada Rajan gang in On November 13, , Thakiyudeen Abdul Wahid, managing director of East West Airlines, was about to go home after a regular day at work. Samant had catapulted to fame in with the Great Bombay Textile strike. On January 16, , Samant, 64, was killed on his way to his Pant Nagar office.
It was around Conspicuously missing was the bodyguard provided by the Uttar Pradesh government. That morning, when Gulshan Kumar stepped out of the temple, he was alone. Adil Mohammed Khan came forward and shot Kumar. An injured Kumar tried to scramble away from his assailants, who fired in the air to disperse the crowd before killing Kumar. The crime branch investigation revealed that the plot to kill Kumar had been hatched in Dubai, in May One of the masterminds was Abu Salem, who was ultimately arrested in and was convicted for his involvement in the bomb blast case, in The whispers, however, were that he was safest in police lock-up because one of the labour unions and a rival gang were baying for his blood.
On March 5, a group of eight people took two taxis at 3am and after driving around central Mumbai, they eventually threw the cabbies out and drove the cabs to Agripada police station.
One of them walked in and asked for the keys to the ground floor cells, where Reshim was being held. When the constable on duty refused, the eight men threw crude bombs and then opened fire. Kanjari would later be killed in a police encounter. The word on the street was that the attack on Reshim had been ordered by Mahesh and Arvind Dholakia, who were close to a rival gang and ran their own illegal operations.
Between and , the underworld had unleashed a wave of attacks on builders and real estate developers in Mumbai. Nearly 16 attacks had been carried out in this period.
On March 7 , builder Pradeep Jain was shot dead by assailants outside his Juhu bungalow after he allegedly refused to part with his huge property to Abu Salem.
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