Biography

Vijay Saxena was a former Indian actor, He was born in 1 January 1968 at Dhubri, Assam, India. His original name was Mintu Paul. who primarily worked in Hindi films from 1990 to 1994. He was famous for his resemblance with Bollywood superstar Amitabh Bachchan, which made him to act in Hindi movies and sign many as hero. Saxena died in a car accident at Mumbai in 24 June 1994. Saxena initially worked in the crew of various films as a spotboy. He had done B. A. in Hindi. He made his film debut in Mithun Chakraborty starrer Swarg Yahan Narak Yahan. He also appeared in the parody film Ramgarh Ke Sholay(1991), which was inspired by Sholay(1975). The film also had other look-alike actors; Navin Rathod of Anil Kapoor, Anand Kumar of Govinda and Kishore Bhanushali of Dev Anand. He was paired opposite Sudha Chandran in Aakhri Chetawani. He was signed by a top director of Bollywood at the time of his death in 1994.

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