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Raaj Kumar

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Raaj Kumar
BornKulbhushan Pandit
8 October 1926
Loralai, Baluchistan,British india(now Pakistan)
Died3 July 1996 (aged 69)
Mumbai, India
Notable workHamraaz, Dil Ek Mandir,Pakeezah and Saudagar
Spouse(s)Gayatri
ChildrenPuru Raajkumar, Panini Raajkumar and Vastavikta Raajkumar
Raaj Kumar (8 October 1926 – 3 July 1996), born Kulbhushan Pandit, was a Hindi film actor. Raaj Kumar started out as sub-inspector i.a.s. of Mumbai Police in the late 1940s before he turned to acting with the 1952 film Rangeeli.[1] He appeared in the Oscar-nominated 1957 film Mother India and went onto star in over 70 Hindi films in a career that spanned over four decades.

Personal life[edit]

Raaj Kumar was born at Loralai Balochistan, Pakistan in a Kashmiri Pandit family.[2][3] In the late 1940s he moved to Mumbai, India where he became Sub-inspector of the Mumbai Police.[citation needed] He married Jennifer, an Anglo Indian, whom he met on a flight where she was the airhostess. She later changed her name to Gayatri based on her horoscope as per Hindu customs.[4] They had three children, two sons named Puru Raajkumar (a Bollywood actor), Panini Raajkumar and a daughter named Vastavikta Raajkumar, who made her screen debut in 2006 film Eight: The Power of Shani.[5]

Career[edit]

Raaj Kumar made his acting debut in Rangili and appeared in films like Aabshar, Ghamand and Lakhon Mein Ek, but it was as Prince Naushazad in Sohrab Modi’s Nausherwan-E-Adil (1957) that he became famous. In 1957, he achieved prominence with his brief role as the husband of Nargis in Mother India. He followed this with the unglamorous role of a mill worker in Paigham alongside Dilip Kumar. He was cast with Sunil Dutt, Shashi Kapoor and Balraj Sahni in Yash Chopra’s family drama Waqt. In Sridhar’s Dil Ek Mandir, Raaj Kumar played the role of a cancer patient for which he won the Filmfare Award in the Best supporting actor category for movies Dil Ek Mandir[6] and Waqt.[7] He became known for his distinct style of dialogue delivery.[8]
His other notable films included Hamraaz (1967), Heer Raanjha (1971), Lal Patthar (1971) and Pakeezah (1972). He acted in fewer films by the mid 1970s and became a character actor in the 1980s with films like Kudrat (1981), Ek Nai Paheli (1984), Marte Dam Tak (1987), Muqaddar Ka Faisla (1987) and Jung Baaz (1989). In 1991, he reunited with Dilip Kumar after 32 years in Subhash Ghai's Saudagar.
From his screen debut in Rangeeli to his last film God & Gun in 1995, he played memorable characters in 60-odd films.[9]

Death[edit]

He died of throat cancer at the age of 69 on 3 July 1996.[10][11] According to Purru Raaj Kumar in his interview to Farhana Farook, his father suffered from Hodgkins for which he had chemotherapy. The last two years were bad with the nodes recurring in the lungs and ribs.[12]

Filmography[edit]

YearTitleRoleNotes
1952Rangeeli
1953Aabshar
1953Vag vusudi Andhi Ayee
1955Ghamand
1957Mother IndiaShamu
1957Krishna Sudama
1957Babaji ka Thulu
1957Nausherwan-E-Adil
1957Neel Mani
1958Dulhan
1958Jailor
1958Panchayat
1959kanhaiya
1959Durga Mata
1959Paigham
1959Shararat
1959Swarg Se Sundar Desh Hamara
1959Ujala
1960Dil Apna Aur Preet Parai
1960Maya Machhindra
1961Gharana
1962Sautela Bhai
1963Aaj Aur Kal
1963Dil Ek Mandir
1963Godaan
1963Phool Bane Angarey
1963Pyar Ka Bandhan
1964Dooj Ka Chand
1964Zindagi
1965WaqtRAJA
1965Kaajal
1965Oonche Log
1965Rishte Naahte
1967Hamraaz
1967Nai Roshni
1968Mere Huzoor
1968Neel Kamal
1968Vaasna
1970Heer Raanjha
1971Lal Patthar
1971Maryada
1971Pakeezah
1972Dil Ka Raja
1973Hindustan ki kasam
197436 Ghante
1976Ek Se Badh Kar Ek
1978Karmayogi
1980Bulundi
1980Chambal Ki Kasam
1981Kudrat
1982Dharam Kanta
1984Ek Nai Paheli
1984Raaj Tilak
1984Shar ara
1987Itihaas
1987Marte Dam Tak
1987Muqaddar Ka Faisla
1988Mahaveera
1988Mohabbat Ke Dushman
1988Saazish
1989Desh Ke Dushman
1989Jung Baaz
1989Galiyon Ka Badshah
1989Suryaa: An Awakening
1990Police Public
1991SaudagarRajeshwar Singh
1992TirangaaBrigadier Suryadev Singh
1993Insaniyat Ke Devta
1993Police Aur Mujrim
1994Ulfat Ki Nayee Manzilen
1994Betaaj BadshahPrithvi Raj
1995Jawab
1995God and Gun
1995Bakwaas
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        Raaj Kumar, born Kulbhushan Pandit, was a Hindi film actor. Raaj Kumar started out as sub-inspector i.a.s. of Mumbai Police in the late 1940s before he turned to acting with the 1952 film Rangeeli. Wikipedia
        Born: October 8, 1926, Loralai, Pakistan
        Died: July 3, 1996, Mumbai
        Spouse: Gayatri Raajkumar (m. ?–1996)
        Children: Puru Raajkumar, Panini Raajkumar
        Notable works: Hamraaz, Dil Ek Mandir, Pakeezah, Saudagar
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