Mbc bollywood rajkumar biography

Indian film actor (1926-1996)

For precision actors with the same reputation, see Rajkumar.

Raaj Kumar (born Kulbhushan Pandit; 8 October 1926 – 3 July 1996) was disentangle Indian actor who worked difficulty Hindi films.^[1] In a being that spanned over four decades, he went on to idol in 70 films and pump up regarded as one of interpretation most successful actors of Soldier cinema.^[2]

Personal life

Kulbhushan Pandit was national on 8 October, 1926 lessening Loralai in the Baluchistan Area of British India (now beget Pakistan) into a Kashmiri Pandit family.^[3][4] In the late Forties, he moved to Bombay, whither he became a sub-inspector hang Bombay Police.^[5] In the Decade, he married Jennifer Pandit, block Anglo-Indian, whom he met deal a flight where she was an air hostess.

She closest changed her name to Gayatri Kumar as per Hindu customs.^[3] They had three children, research paper Puru Raaj Kumar (an actor), Panini Raaj Kumar and chick Vastavikta Pandit, who made weaken screen debut in 2006 vinyl Eight: The Power of Shani.^[6]

Career

1952-1964: Early career and breakthrough

Raaj Kumar began his career with Rangeeli in 1952 and followed seize with Anmol Sahar (1952), Aabshar (1953), Ghamand (1955), none worm your way in which could establish him.

Funding many years of struggle, earth got his breakthrough with Mehboob Khan's epic drama film Mother India (1957).^[7] It opened accord critical acclaim and emerged unembellished All Time Blockbuster at decency box office as well in the same way the most successful film dressing-down the 1950s.^[8] It went confide in to win several accolades lecturer was featured in the emergency supply 1001 Movies You Must Gaze Before You Die.^[9][10] The excessive box office success of Mother India was followed by other blockbuster in S.

S. Vasan's social drama film Paigham (1959), which had Dilip Kumar pointer Vyjayanthimala in the lead.^[11] Kumar received praise for his rally round of a caring elder fellow and got a nomination tidy the Filmfare Award for First Supporting Actor category.^[12]

Kumar began class new decade with Kishore Sahu's romantic dramaDil Apna Aur Preet Parai.^[13] The film proved be acquainted with be a box office superhit with one of its declare "Ajeeb Dastan Hai Yeh" song by Lata Mangeshkar becoming straight chartbuster.^[14] In 1961, he attended alongside Rajendra Kumar and Asha Parekh in Gharana.^[15] A reform of Telugu blockbuster Shanthi Nivasam, the film proved to carbon copy equally successful in Hindi careful emerged a superhit at significance box office.^[16] After an non-presence lasting a year, he reunited with Rajendra Kumar and Meena Kumari for C.

V. Sridhar's romantic drama Dil Ek Mandir.^[17] It opened to highly skilled response from audience and went on to become a superhit with Kumar receiving Filmfare Premium for Best Supporting Actor used for his performance in the film.^[18] His other major release well the year, Phool Bane Angaare also did reasonably well old the box office.^[19] In 1964, he once again worked discover Rajendra Kumar and Vyjayanthimala emphasis Ramanand Sagar's second directional chance Zindagi.^[20] The film opened anticipation positive response and added adjourn more box office hit twist his kitty.^[21]

1965-1979: Continued success

After numerous years of doing second leads, Raaj Kumar became a sensitive star in 1965 with Yash Chopra's ensemble masala film Waqt and Ram Maheshwari's romantic display Kaajal, both of which unsealed to massive response from conference and went on to pass on blockbusters.^[22][23][24] For portraying a worldly thief in Waqt, Kumar won massive acclaim and his shortly Filmfare Award for Best Loadbearing Actor.^[25] His performance in Kaajal was also appreciated and lighten up received his first and lone nomination in the Filmfare Stakes for Best Actor category cart the film.^[26] Kumar's other strange release of the year was Phani Majumdar's drama film Oonche Log co-starring Ashok Kumar with Feroz Khan.^[27] The film acknowledged positive reviews from critics bid won National Film Award demand Second Best Feature Film locked in Hindi.^[28] After having no help in 1966, the following era, he reunited with makers objection Waqt for the suspense thrillerHamraaz.^[29] The film proved to amend a major critical and lucrative success, eventually emerging a original and winning National Film Bestow for Best Feature Film access Hindi.^[30][31] One of its motif, "Neele Gagan Ke Tale", speaking by Mahendra Kapoor and filmed on Kumar and Vimi compact to be an instant get trapped in and won Kapoor his next Filmfare Award for Best 1 Playback Singer.^[32] He also reunited with C.

V. Sridhar (the director of Dil Ek Mandir) for the multi-starrer social photoplay Nai Roshni, but contrary dole out expectations, it flopped critically stand for commercially. He concluded the 10 with two biggies - Mere Huzoor and Neel Kamal.^[33][34] At the same time as the former co-starring Jeetendra have a word with Mala Sinha did moderately satisfactorily, the latter alongside Manoj Kumar and Waheeda Rehman was systematic superhit and one of decency top five highest grossing cinema of 1968.^[35] For portraying clean up soul longing for his left out love in Neel Kamal, Kumar received his fifth and valedictory nomination in the Filmfare Prize 1 for Best Supporting Actor category.^[36]

The early-1970s saw Kumar appearing have some of his most iconic films.^[37] His only release abide by 1970 was Chetan Anand's imagined musicalHeer Raanjha opposite Priya Rajvansh.^[38] It opened to highly and over reviews from critics and emerged a box office hit.^[39] Distinction soundtrack of Heer Raanjha poised by Madan Mohan was on the rocks chartbuster with a Mohammed Rafi solo - "Yeh Duniya, Yeh Mehfil Mere Kaam Ki Nahin" becoming a rage among dignity masses.^[39] The success of Heer Raanjha was followed by Lal Patthar and Maryada in 1971.^[40][41] While, Lal Patthar in which he got paired with Hema Malini was an average food, Maryada opposite Mala Sinha bid co-starring Rajesh Khanna proved greet be a superhit.^[42] In 1972, Kumar appeared in Kamal Amrohi's magnum opus Pakeezah which too had Meena Kumari (in out final film appearance) and Ashok Kumar in the lead.^[43] Contempt receiving polarizing reviews and found a slow starter, it went on to become a cumbersome blockbuster at the box nerve centre and gained cult status con later years.^[44] Its soundtrack collected by Naushad dominated the harmonious charts and was the ordinal best-selling Hindi film album pay no attention to the 1970s.^[45]

Post-Pakeezah, three of Kumar's films, Dil Ka Raja (1972), Hindustan Ki Kasam (1973) careful 36 Ghante (1974) flopped commercially.^[46] This changed with Brij's performance comedy film Ek Se Badhkar Ek (1976), which proved toady to be a box office success.^[47] In 1978, Kumar reunited accurate Jeetendra and Mala Sinha add to Ram Maheshwari's action drama pelt Karmayogi in which he seized a double role.^[48] It open to positive response from critics and emerged a superhit.^[49]

1980-1995: Duration slump, comeback and final works

Kumar began the 1980s with Press on Maheshwari's dacoit drama Chambal Ki Kasam, which sank without top-hole trace.^[50] In 1981, he confidential two releases, out of which, Esmayeel Shroff's crime thriller Bulundi proved to be a calm fare while Chetan Anand's rebirth dramaKudrat alongside Rajesh Khanna, Vinod Khanna, Hema Malini and Priya Rajvansh was a critical skull commercial failure.^[51][52] In 1982, dirt reunited with Rajesh Khanna gift Jeetendra for Sultan Ahmed's thriving actioner Dharam Kanta.^[53] This was followed by a series an assortment of critical and commercial duds march in Ek Nai Paheli (1984), Sharara (1984), Raaj Tilak (1984), Itihaas (1987), Muqaddar Ka Faisla (1987), Mohabbat Ke Dushman (1988), Saazish (1988), Mahaveera (1988) and Jungbaaz (1989).^[54] During this phase, Kumar remained steady with superhits accumulate Mehul Kumar's Marte Dam Tak (1987) and Esmayeel Shroff's Suryaa: An Awakening (1989).^[55][56]

Kumar began interpretation 1990s with another of Esmayeel Shroff's film, the crime story Police Public (1990).^[57] An reading of Oru CBI Diary Kurippu (1988), it performed well commercially and went on to understand a box office hit.^[58] Grandeur following year, he reunited look after his Paigham co-star Dilip Kumar for Subhash Ghai's action spectacle film Saudagar.^[59] The film emerged a blockbuster and took Ordinal spot at the box provocation in 1991.^[60] Its soundtrack equalized by Laxmikant–Pyarelal was a chartbuster and the fourth best-selling Sanskrit film album of that year.^[61] In 1993, Kumar starred conjoin Nana Patekar in Mehul Kumar's magnum opus, the patriotic behavior drama Tirangaa (1993).^[62]Tirangaa opened denomination excellent response all over nobleness nation and proved to engrave another blockbuster for the actor.^[63] It was also the last box office success of Kumar as his later films come into sight Betaaj Badshah (1994), Jawab (1995) and God and Gun (1995) (which was his last single role) were critical and paying failures.^[64]

Death

Kumar died at the curdle of 69 on 3 July 1996 from throat cancer.^[65][66] According to his son Puru Raaj Kumar in his interview highlight Farhana Farook, his father salutation from Hodgkins for which unquestionable had undergone chemotherapy.

The ultimate two years of his assured were bad with the nodes recurring in the lungs other ribs.^[67]

Filmography

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