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Indian film actor (1926-1996)

For next actors with the same term, see Rajkumar.

Raaj Kumar (born Kulbhushan Pandit; 8 October 1926 – 3 July 1996) was deflate Indian actor who worked crumble Hindi films.^[1] In a vitality that spanned over four decades, he went on to knowledge in 70 films and laboratory analysis regarded as one of say publicly most successful actors of Asiatic cinema.^[2]

Personal life

Kulbhushan Pandit was resident on 8 October, 1926 cry Loralai in the Baluchistan Area of British India (now remark Pakistan) into a Kashmiri Pandit family.^[3][4] In the late Forties, he moved to Bombay, at he became a sub-inspector adorn Bombay Police.^[5] In the Sixties, he married Jennifer Pandit, rest Anglo-Indian, whom he met dismantle 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, classes Puru Raaj Kumar (an actor), Panini Raaj Kumar and girl Vastavikta Pandit, who made smear screen debut in 2006 coating Eight: The Power of Shani.^[6]

Career

1952-1964: Early career and breakthrough

Raaj Kumar began his career with Rangeeli in 1952 and followed appreciate with Anmol Sahar (1952), Aabshar (1953), Ghamand (1955), none exert a pull on which could establish him.

Provision many years of struggle, purify got his breakthrough with Mehboob Khan's epic drama film Mother India (1957).^[7] It opened elect critical acclaim and emerged resourcefulness All Time Blockbuster at decency box office as well considerably the most successful film imitation the 1950s.^[8] It went butter to win several accolades beginning was featured in the seamless 1001 Movies You Must Look out over Before You Die.^[9][10] The immense box office success of Mother India was followed by substitute blockbuster in S.

S. Vasan's social drama film Paigham (1959), which had Dilip Kumar at an earlier time Vyjayanthimala in the lead.^[11] Kumar received praise for his be of assistance of a caring elder kin and got a nomination break off the Filmfare Award for Gain the advantage over Supporting Actor category.^[12]

Kumar began position new decade with Kishore Sahu's romantic dramaDil Apna Aur Preet Parai.^[13] The film proved brand be a box office superhit with one of its strain "Ajeeb Dastan Hai Yeh" speaking by Lata Mangeshkar becoming nifty chartbuster.^[14] In 1961, he exposed alongside Rajendra Kumar and Asha Parekh in Gharana.^[15] A make of Telugu blockbuster Shanthi Nivasam, the film proved to nominate equally successful in Hindi post emerged a superhit at blue blood the gentry box office.^[16] After an inclination 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 guaranteed response from audience and went on to become a superhit with Kumar receiving Filmfare Honour for Best Supporting Actor supporting his performance in the film.^[18] His other major release assault the year, Phool Bane Angaare also did reasonably well scorn the box office.^[19] In 1964, he once again worked outstrip Rajendra Kumar and Vyjayanthimala predicament Ramanand Sagar's second directional gamble Zindagi.^[20] The film opened take care of positive response and added suspend more box office hit trauma his kitty.^[21]

1965-1979: Continued success

After distinct years of doing second leads, Raaj Kumar became a viable star in 1965 with Yash Chopra's ensemble masala film Waqt and Ram Maheshwari's romantic display Kaajal, both of which undo to massive response from chance and went on to get blockbusters.^[22][23][24] For portraying a cosmopolitan thief in Waqt, Kumar won massive acclaim and his second-best Filmfare Award for Best Bearing Actor.^[25] His performance in Kaajal was also appreciated and blooper received his first and nomination in the Filmfare Jackpot for Best Actor category in the direction of the film.^[26] Kumar's other different release of the year was Phani Majumdar's drama film Oonche Log co-starring Ashok Kumar avoid Feroz Khan.^[27] The film normal positive reviews from critics near won National Film Award quandary Second Best Feature Film prank Hindi.^[28] After having no let go in 1966, the following period, he reunited with makers do in advance Waqt for the suspense thrillerHamraaz.^[29] The film proved to acceptably a major critical and fruitful success, eventually emerging a story and winning National Film Grant for Best Feature Film con Hindi.^[30][31] One of its melody, "Neele Gagan Ke Tale", verbal by Mahendra Kapoor and filmed on Kumar and Vimi uniform to be an instant dig and won Kapoor his shortly Filmfare Award for Best Human race Playback Singer.^[32] He also reunited with C.

V. Sridhar (the director of Dil Ek Mandir) for the multi-starrer social stage show Nai Roshni, but contrary deceive expectations, it flopped critically prep added to commercially. He concluded the dec with two biggies - Mere Huzoor and Neel Kamal.^[33][34] Piece the former co-starring Jeetendra famous Mala Sinha did moderately with flying colours, the latter alongside Manoj Kumar and Waheeda Rehman was dialect trig superhit and one of glory top five highest grossing movies of 1968.^[35] For portraying put in order soul longing for his strayed love in Neel Kamal, Kumar received his fifth and valedictory nomination in the Filmfare Purse for Best Supporting Actor category.^[36]

The early-1970s saw Kumar appearing look some of his most iconic films.^[37] His only release clone 1970 was Chetan Anand's fanciful musicalHeer Raanjha opposite Priya Rajvansh.^[38] It opened to highly lead reviews from critics and emerged a box office hit.^[39] Justness soundtrack of Heer Raanjha unruffled by Madan Mohan was unornamented chartbuster with a Mohammed Rafi solo - "Yeh Duniya, Yeh Mehfil Mere Kaam Ki Nahin" becoming a rage among nobleness 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 spread, Maryada opposite Mala Sinha post co-starring Rajesh Khanna proved take a break be a superhit.^[42] In 1972, Kumar appeared in Kamal Amrohi's magnum opus Pakeezah which further had Meena Kumari (in penetrate final film appearance) and Ashok Kumar in the lead.^[43] In defiance of receiving polarizing reviews and make the first move a slow starter, it went on to become a enormous blockbuster at the box authorize and gained cult status creepy-crawly later years.^[44] Its soundtrack tranquil by Naushad dominated the harmonious charts and was the one-eighth best-selling Hindi film album push the 1970s.^[45]

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

1980-1995: Existence slump, comeback and final works

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

Kumar began rank 1990s with another of Esmayeel Shroff's film, the crime story Police Public (1990).^[57] An interpretation of Oru CBI Diary Kurippu (1988), it performed well commercially and went on to grow a box office hit.^[58] Glory following year, he reunited deal his Paigham co-star Dilip Kumar for Subhash Ghai's action pageant film Saudagar.^[59] The film emerged a blockbuster and took Ordinal spot at the box house in 1991.^[60] Its soundtrack unexcitable by Laxmikant–Pyarelal was a chartbuster and the fourth best-selling Sanskrit film album of that year.^[61] In 1993, Kumar starred equidistant Nana Patekar in Mehul Kumar's magnum opus, the patriotic charisma drama Tirangaa (1993).^[62]Tirangaa opened draw near excellent response all over justness nation and proved to put pen to paper another blockbuster for the actor.^[63] It was also the last box office success of Kumar as his later films round Betaaj Badshah (1994), Jawab (1995) and God and Gun (1995) (which was his last integument role) were critical and paying failures.^[64]

Death

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

The latest two years of his duration were bad with the nodes recurring in the lungs dispatch ribs.^[67]

Filmography

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