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Raj Kapoor
Actor

Raj Kapoor

14 Dec 1924Born
2 Jun 1988Died
63Age at death
71Credits

Biography

Raj Kapoor was an Indian film actor, producer and director of Hindi cinema widely considered to be one of the greatest and most influential actors and filmmakers in the history of Indian cinema. Often referred to as "The Greatest Showman of Indian Cinema" and the "Charlie Chaplin of Indian Cinema", his work enjoyed immense popularity and widespread acclaim not only within India but in parts of Eastern Asia, the Middle East, the Caribbean, Africa and the Soviet bloc.

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Among Kapoor's numerous accolades are three National Film Awards and 11 Filmfare Awards in India, the Padma Bhushan (India's third-highest civilian honor) in 1971 for his contributions to the arts, and the Dadasaheb Phalke Award, India's highest award in cinema, in 1987. Kapoor's acting style was inspired by Charlie Chaplin and he played characters based on The Tramp in films such as Awaara (1951) and Shree 420 (1955). His performance in Awaara was ranked as one of the "Top-Ten Greatest Performances of All Time in World Cinema" by Time magazine in 2005; Awaara (1951) and Boot Polish (1954), which he produced, competed for the Palme d'Or prize at the Cannes Film Festival in 1951 and 1955 respectively.

Known for

Filmography

  1. TBAKehta Hai Joker (In the Words of the Clown)Film
  2. 1991NargisFilm
  3. 1985Ram Teri Ganga MailiFilm: Writer, Director
  4. 1984KimFilm: Policeman
  5. 1982Prem RogFilm: Director
  6. 1982Vakil BabuFilm: Advocate Mathur
  7. 1982Gopichand JasoosFilm: Gopichand Jasoos
  8. 1980AbdullahFilm: Abdullah
  9. 1978NaukriFilm: Swaraj Singh
  10. 1978Satyam Shivam SundaramFilm: Director
  11. 1977Chandi SonaFilm: Gypsy Singer
  12. 1976Khaan DostFilm: Havaldar Ramdin Pandey
  13. 1975Dharam KaramFilm: Ashok 'Bonga Babu' Kumar
  14. 1975Do JasoosFilm: Dharamchand Jasoos
  15. 1973BobbyFilm: Director
  16. 1973Mera Desh Mera DharamFilm: Dr. Bannerjee
  17. 1971Kal Aaj Aur KalFilm: Ram B. Kapoor
  18. 1970Mera Naam JokerFilm: Raju, Director
  19. 1968Sapnon Ka SaudagarFilm: Raj Kumar
  20. 1967Around The WorldFilm: Raj Singh
  21. 1967DiwanaFilm: Pyare
  22. 1966Teesri KasamFilm: Hiramani
  23. 1964SangamFilm: Flight Lt. Sundar Khanna, Director
  24. 1964Dulha DulhanFilm: Raj Kumar
  25. 1963Dil Hi To HaiFilm: Yusuf / Chand / Khan
  26. 1963Ek Dil Sau AfsaneFilm: Shekhar
  27. 1962AashiqFilm: Gopal / Uday Kumar
  28. 1961NazranaFilm: Rajesh
  29. 1960Jis Desh Mein Ganga Behti HaiFilm: Raju
  30. 1960ChhaliaFilm: Chhalia
  31. 1960Shriman SatyawadiFilm: Vijaykumar
  32. 1959Char Dil Char RahenFilm: Govinda
  33. 1959AnariFilm: Raj Kumar
  34. 1959KanhaiyaFilm: Kanhaiya
  35. 1959Main Nashe Mein HoonFilm: Ram Das Khanna
  36. 1959Do UstadFilm: Raj Kumar / Raju / Rajan / Raj Kapoor
  37. 1958Phir Subha HogiFilm: Ram
  38. 1958ParvarishFilm: Raja J. Singh
  39. 1957SharadaFilm: Chiranjeev/Shekhar
  40. 1956Jagte RahoFilm: Peasant
  41. 1956Chori ChoriFilm: Sagar
  42. 1955Shree 420Film: Ranbir Raj / Raj Kumar of Pipli, Director
  43. 1953PaapiFilm: Raju / Swami Satyananand
  44. 1953DhoonFilm: Raj
  45. 1953AahFilm: Raj Rai Bahadur
  46. 1952AnhoneeFilm: Advocate Rajkumar Saxena
  47. 1952AshianaFilm: Raju
  48. 1952AmberFilm: Raj
  49. 1952BewafaFilm: Raj
  50. 1951AwaaraFilm: Raj, Director
  51. 1950BanwraFilm
  52. 1950SargamFilm: Vinod
  53. 1950Bawre NainFilm: Chand
  54. 1950DastanFilm: Raj
  55. 1950PyarFilm: Banke
  56. 1950Jan PahchanFilm: Anil
  57. 1949ParivartanFilm: Ganesh
  58. 1949AndazFilm: Rajan
  59. 1949BarsaatFilm: Pran, Director
  60. 1949Sunehre DinFilm: Premendra
  61. 1948AagFilm: Kewal, Director
  62. 1948Amar PremFilm
  63. 1948GopinathFilm: Mohan
  64. 1947Chittor VijayFilm
  65. 1947Neel KamalFilm: Madhusudan
  66. 1947Jail YatraFilm
  67. 1947Dil Ki RaniFilm: Madhav
  68. 1946ValmikiFilm
  69. 1943GauriFilm
  70. 1943Hamari BaatFilm
  71. 1935InquilabFilm

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