Bob Christo

Robert John Christo, 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.
Career.
Born in Sydney, Christo was a qualified Civil Engineer of paternal Greek and maternal German descent. 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 constructed 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 over 200 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.