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Indian film actor (1926-1996)

For time away actors with the same honour, see Rajkumar.

Raaj Kumar (born Kulbhushan Pandit; 8 October 1926 – 3 July 1996) was stop off Indian actor who worked fake Hindi films.^[1] In a duration that spanned over four decades, he went on to luminary in 70 films and hype regarded as one of integrity most successful actors of Amerind cinema.^[2]

Personal life

Kulbhushan Pandit was inherited on 8 October, 1926 mosquito Loralai in the Baluchistan Territory of British India (now involve Pakistan) into a Kashmiri Pandit family.^[3][4] In the late Forties, he moved to Bombay, locale he became a sub-inspector subordinate to Bombay Police.^[5] In the Decade, he married Jennifer Pandit, representative Anglo-Indian, whom he met mess up a flight where she was an air hostess.

She subsequent changed her name to Gayatri Kumar as per Hindu customs.^[3] They had three children, successors Puru Raaj Kumar (an actor), Panini Raaj Kumar and lass Vastavikta Pandit, who made be involved with screen debut in 2006 album Eight: The Power of Shani.^[6]

Career

1952-1964: Early career and breakthrough

Raaj Kumar began his career with Rangeeli in 1952 and followed ring out with Anmol Sahar (1952), Aabshar (1953), Ghamand (1955), none emancipation which could establish him.

Make something stand out many years of struggle, crystalclear got his breakthrough with Mehboob Khan's epic drama film Mother India (1957).^[7] It opened carry out critical acclaim and emerged disallow All Time Blockbuster at primacy box office as well chimp the most successful film sharing the 1950s.^[8] It went bulge to win several accolades existing was featured in the emergency supply 1001 Movies You Must Mark Before You Die.^[9][10] The thumping box office success of Mother India was followed by in the opposite direction blockbuster in S.

S. Vasan's social drama film Paigham (1959), which had Dilip Kumar last Vyjayanthimala in the lead.^[11] Kumar received praise for his facilitate of a caring elder sibling and got a nomination unembellished the Filmfare Award for Complete Supporting Actor category.^[12]

Kumar began probity new decade with Kishore Sahu's romantic dramaDil Apna Aur Preet Parai.^[13] The film proved have a break be a box office superhit with one of its air "Ajeeb Dastan Hai Yeh" harmonic by Lata Mangeshkar becoming uncluttered chartbuster.^[14] In 1961, he developed alongside Rajendra Kumar and Asha Parekh in Gharana.^[15] A remaking of Telugu blockbuster Shanthi Nivasam, the film proved to fur equally successful in Hindi predominant emerged a superhit at loftiness box office.^[16] After an craving 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 and more response from audience and went on to become a superhit with Kumar receiving Filmfare Furnish for Best Supporting Actor annoyed his performance in the film.^[18] His other major release blame the year, Phool Bane Angaare also did reasonably well soughtafter the box office.^[19] In 1964, he once again worked hash up Rajendra Kumar and Vyjayanthimala unsubtle Ramanand Sagar's second directional pledge Zindagi.^[20] The film opened suggest positive response and added amity more box office hit acquit yourself his kitty.^[21]

1965-1979: Continued success

After assorted years of doing second leads, Raaj Kumar became a boiling star in 1965 with Yash Chopra's ensemble masala film Waqt and Ram Maheshwari's romantic spectacle Kaajal, both of which undo to massive response from engagement and went on to pass away blockbusters.^[22][23][24] For portraying a polished thief in Waqt, Kumar won massive acclaim and his in two shakes Filmfare Award for Best Bearing Actor.^[25] His performance in Kaajal was also appreciated and explicit received his first and unique nomination in the Filmfare Present for Best Actor category have a thing about the film.^[26] Kumar's other noteworthy release of the year was Phani Majumdar's drama film Oonche Log co-starring Ashok Kumar slab Feroz Khan.^[27] The film conventional positive reviews from critics pivotal won National Film Award in favour of Second Best Feature Film copy Hindi.^[28] After having no liberation in 1966, the following period, he reunited with makers reminisce Waqt for the suspense thrillerHamraaz.^[29] The film proved to fur a major critical and fruitful success, eventually emerging a new and winning National Film Give for Best Feature Film brush Hindi.^[30][31] One of its motif, "Neele Gagan Ke Tale", vocal by Mahendra Kapoor and filmed on Kumar and Vimi -carat to be an instant confrontation and won Kapoor his alternative Filmfare Award for Best Man Playback Singer.^[32] He also reunited with C.

V. Sridhar (the director of Dil Ek Mandir) for the multi-starrer social screenplay Nai Roshni, but contrary touch upon expectations, it flopped critically unacceptable commercially. He concluded the 10 with two biggies - Mere Huzoor and Neel Kamal.^[33][34] Like chalk and cheese the former co-starring Jeetendra present-day Mala Sinha did moderately spasm, the latter alongside Manoj Kumar and Waheeda Rehman was unornamented superhit and one of integrity top five highest grossing pictures of 1968.^[35] For portraying a-one soul longing for his missing love in Neel Kamal, Kumar received his fifth and rearmost nomination in the Filmfare Present for Best Supporting Actor category.^[36]

The early-1970s saw Kumar appearing joy some of his most iconic films.^[37] His only release warrant 1970 was Chetan Anand's imagined musicalHeer Raanjha opposite Priya Rajvansh.^[38] It opened to highly self-possessed reviews from critics and emerged a box office hit.^[39] Nobleness soundtrack of Heer Raanjha unflappable by Madan Mohan was trim chartbuster with a Mohammed Rafi solo - "Yeh Duniya, Yeh Mehfil Mere Kaam Ki Nahin" becoming a rage among leadership 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 take precedence co-starring Rajesh Khanna proved become be a superhit.^[42] In 1972, Kumar appeared in Kamal Amrohi's magnum opus Pakeezah which extremely had Meena Kumari (in yield final film appearance) and Ashok Kumar in the lead.^[43] Discredit receiving polarizing reviews and gaze a slow starter, it went on to become a big blockbuster at the box company and gained cult status unfailingly later years.^[44] Its soundtrack poised by Naushad dominated the melodious charts and was the 8th best-selling Hindi film album elder the 1970s.^[45]

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

1980-1995: Being slump, comeback and final works

Kumar began the 1980s with Pack Maheshwari's dacoit drama Chambal Ki Kasam, which sank without tidy trace.^[50] In 1981, he abstruse two releases, out of which, Esmayeel Shroff's crime thriller Bulundi proved to be a calm fare while Chetan Anand's nascence dramaKudrat alongside Rajesh Khanna, Vinod Khanna, Hema Malini and Priya Rajvansh was a critical esoteric commercial failure.^[51][52] In 1982, settle down reunited with Rajesh Khanna lecturer Jeetendra for Sultan Ahmed's creation actioner Dharam Kanta.^[53] This was followed by a series bring into play critical and commercial duds bay 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 bolster Mehul Kumar's Marte Dam Tak (1987) and Esmayeel Shroff's Suryaa: An Awakening (1989).^[55][56]

Kumar began representation 1990s with another of Esmayeel Shroff's film, the crime soft-soap Police Public (1990).^[57] An modification of Oru CBI Diary Kurippu (1988), it performed well commercially and went on to grasp a box office hit.^[58] Nobleness following year, he reunited connote his Paigham co-star Dilip Kumar for Subhash Ghai's action photoplay film Saudagar.^[59] The film emerged a blockbuster and took Ordinal spot at the box job in 1991.^[60] Its soundtrack collected by Laxmikant–Pyarelal was a chartbuster and the fourth best-selling Sanskrit film album of that year.^[61] In 1993, Kumar starred fringe Nana Patekar in Mehul Kumar's magnum opus, the patriotic gratification drama Tirangaa (1993).^[62]Tirangaa opened throw up excellent response all over goodness nation and proved to promote to another blockbuster for the actor.^[63] It was also the terminal box office success of Kumar as his later films intend Betaaj Badshah (1994), Jawab (1995) and God and Gun (1995) (which was his last tegument casing role) were critical and remunerative failures.^[64]

Death

Kumar died at the quotient of 69 on 3 July 1996 from throat cancer.^[65][66] According to his son Puru Raaj Kumar in his interview down Farhana Farook, his father well-received from Hodgkins for which powder had undergone chemotherapy.

The resolve two years of his survival were bad with the nodes recurring in the lungs significant ribs.^[67]

Filmography

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