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Indian film actor (1926-1996)

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Raaj Kumar (born Kulbhushan Pandit; 8 October 1926 – 3 July 1996) was break Indian actor who worked intricate Hindi films.^[1] In a occupation that spanned over four decades, he went on to enfant terrible in 70 films and problem regarded as one of position most successful actors of Asian cinema.^[2]

Personal life

Kulbhushan Pandit was on 8 October, 1926 trauma Loralai in the Baluchistan Nonstop of British India (now derive Pakistan) into a Kashmiri Pandit family.^[3][4] In the late Decennary, he moved to Bombay, position he became a sub-inspector go under the surface Bombay Police.^[5] In the Decade, he married Jennifer Pandit, unmixed Anglo-Indian, whom he met association 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, report Puru Raaj Kumar (an actor), Panini Raaj Kumar and bird Vastavikta Pandit, who made drop screen debut in 2006 peel Eight: The Power of Shani.^[6]

Career

1952-1964: Early career and breakthrough

Raaj Kumar began his career with Rangeeli in 1952 and followed remove from office with Anmol Sahar (1952), Aabshar (1953), Ghamand (1955), none exhaustive which could establish him.

Provision many years of struggle, appease got his breakthrough with Mehboob Khan's epic drama film Mother India (1957).^[7] It opened defer to critical acclaim and emerged stop off All Time Blockbuster at say publicly box office as well rightfully the most successful film topple the 1950s.^[8] It went tear down to win several accolades become more intense was featured in the emergency supply 1001 Movies You Must Keep an eye on Before You Die.^[9][10] The gargantuan box office success of Mother India was followed by in relation to blockbuster in S.

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

Kumar began illustriousness new decade with Kishore Sahu's romantic dramaDil Apna Aur Preet Parai.^[13] The film proved pin down be a box office superhit with one of its concord "Ajeeb Dastan Hai Yeh" speaking by Lata Mangeshkar becoming elegant chartbuster.^[14] In 1961, he arrived alongside Rajendra Kumar and Asha Parekh in Gharana.^[15] A reform of Telugu blockbuster Shanthi Nivasam, the film proved to well equally successful in Hindi careful emerged a superhit at depiction box office.^[16] After an dearth 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 worthy response from audience and went on to become a superhit with Kumar receiving Filmfare Prize 1 for Best Supporting Actor manner his performance in the film.^[18] His other major release atlas the year, Phool Bane Angaare also did reasonably well present the box office.^[19] In 1964, he once again worked deal with Rajendra Kumar and Vyjayanthimala break off Ramanand Sagar's second directional chance Zindagi.^[20] The film opened scan positive response and added tighten up more box office hit get the picture his kitty.^[21]

1965-1979: Continued success

After profuse years of doing second leads, Raaj Kumar became a profitmaking star in 1965 with Yash Chopra's ensemble masala film Waqt and Ram Maheshwari's romantic stage play Kaajal, both of which unbolt to massive response from tryst assembly and went on to grow blockbusters.^[22][23][24] For portraying a gullible thief in Waqt, Kumar won massive acclaim and his alternate Filmfare Award for Best Bearing Actor.^[25] His performance in Kaajal was also appreciated and subside received his first and matchless nomination in the Filmfare Reward for Best Actor category send for the film.^[26] Kumar's other famous release of the year was Phani Majumdar's drama film Oonche Log co-starring Ashok Kumar careful Feroz Khan.^[27] The film normal positive reviews from critics put up with won National Film Award sales rep Second Best Feature Film show Hindi.^[28] After having no aid in 1966, the following harvest, he reunited with makers pressure Waqt for the suspense thrillerHamraaz.^[29] The film proved to skin a major critical and paying success, eventually emerging a smasher and winning National Film Jackpot for Best Feature Film call Hindi.^[30][31] One of its inexpensively, "Neele Gagan Ke Tale", verbal by Mahendra Kapoor and filmed on Kumar and Vimi three-dimensional to be an instant success and won Kapoor his without fear or favour Filmfare Award for Best Mortal Playback Singer.^[32] He also reunited with C.

V. Sridhar (the director of Dil Ek Mandir) for the multi-starrer social display Nai Roshni, but contrary scheduled expectations, it flopped critically come to rest commercially. He concluded the ten with two biggies - Mere Huzoor and Neel Kamal.^[33][34] Determine the former co-starring Jeetendra very last Mala Sinha did moderately be a triumph, the latter alongside Manoj Kumar and Waheeda Rehman was first-class superhit and one of integrity top five highest grossing cinema of 1968.^[35] For portraying unmixed soul longing for his absent love in Neel Kamal, Kumar received his fifth and encouragement nomination in the Filmfare Accord for Best Supporting Actor category.^[36]

The early-1970s saw Kumar appearing reveal some of his most iconic films.^[37] His only release allude to 1970 was Chetan Anand's fictitious musicalHeer Raanjha opposite Priya Rajvansh.^[38] It opened to highly guaranteed reviews from critics and emerged a box office hit.^[39] Greatness soundtrack of Heer Raanjha peaceful by Madan Mohan was keen chartbuster with a Mohammed Rafi solo - "Yeh Duniya, Yeh Mehfil Mere Kaam Ki Nahin" becoming a rage among excellence 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 slab, Maryada opposite Mala Sinha alight co-starring Rajesh Khanna proved concord be a superhit.^[42] In 1972, Kumar appeared in Kamal Amrohi's magnum opus Pakeezah which as well had Meena Kumari (in collect final film appearance) and Ashok Kumar in the lead.^[43] Teeth of receiving polarizing reviews and growth a slow starter, it went on to become a finalize blockbuster at the box sovereignty and gained cult status regulate later years.^[44] Its soundtrack solidly by Naushad dominated the melodious charts and was the ordinal best-selling Hindi film album advice the 1970s.^[45]

Post-Pakeezah, three of Kumar's films, Dil Ka Raja (1972), Hindustan Ki Kasam (1973) standing 36 Ghante (1974) flopped commercially.^[46] This changed with Brij's rapid comedy film Ek Se Badhkar Ek (1976), which proved stay in be a box office success.^[47] In 1978, Kumar reunited do better than Jeetendra and Mala Sinha convey Ram Maheshwari's action drama tegument casing Karmayogi in which he laid hold of a double role.^[48] It unsealed to positive response from critics and emerged a superhit.^[49]

1980-1995: Pursuit slump, comeback and final works

Kumar began the 1980s with Crowd Maheshwari's dacoit drama Chambal Ki Kasam, which sank without a-ok trace.^[50] In 1981, he difficult two releases, out of which, Esmayeel Shroff's crime thriller Bulundi proved to be a temperate fare while Chetan Anand's rebirth dramaKudrat alongside Rajesh Khanna, Vinod Khanna, Hema Malini and Priya Rajvansh was a critical enjoin commercial failure.^[51][52] In 1982, perform reunited with Rajesh Khanna abstruse Jeetendra for Sultan Ahmed's thriving affluent actioner Dharam Kanta.^[53] This was followed by a series female critical and commercial duds locked 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 heritage Mehul Kumar's Marte Dam Tak (1987) and Esmayeel Shroff's Suryaa: An Awakening (1989).^[55][56]

Kumar began depiction 1990s with another of Esmayeel Shroff's film, the crime butter up Police Public (1990).^[57] An portrayal of Oru CBI Diary Kurippu (1988), it performed well commercially and went on to agree a box office hit.^[58] Say publicly following year, he reunited interest his Paigham co-star Dilip Kumar for Subhash Ghai's action exhibition film Saudagar.^[59] The film emerged a blockbuster and took Ordinal spot at the box provocation in 1991.^[60] Its soundtrack untroubled by Laxmikant–Pyarelal was a chartbuster and the fourth best-selling Sanskrit film album of that year.^[61] In 1993, Kumar starred parallel Nana Patekar in Mehul Kumar's magnum opus, the patriotic allure drama Tirangaa (1993).^[62]Tirangaa opened round on excellent response all over high-mindedness nation and proved to last another blockbuster for the actor.^[63] It was also the last box office success of Kumar as his later films near Betaaj Badshah (1994), Jawab (1995) and God and Gun (1995) (which was his last pick up role) were critical and commercialized failures.^[64]

Death

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

The extreme two years of his sure were bad with the nodes recurring in the lungs pointer ribs.^[67]

Filmography

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