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Raaj Kumar is a Actor Indian born on 8 october 1926 at Loralai (Pakistan)

Raaj Kumar

Raaj Kumar
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Birth name Kulbhushan Pandit
Nationality Inde
Birth 8 october 1926 at Loralai (Pakistan)
Death 3 july 1996 (at 69 years) at Mumbai (Inde)
Awards Filmfare Awards

Raaj Kumar (8 October 1926 – 3 July 1996), born Kulbhushan Pandit, was a Hindi film actor. He worked as sub-inspector I.A.S. of Mumbai Police in the late 1940s before he turned to acting with the 1952 film Rangeeli. 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.

Biography

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

Best films

Mother India (1957)
(Actor)

Usually with

Hema Malini
Hema Malini
(8 films)
Satyen Kappu
Satyen Kappu
(8 films)
Mala Sinha
Mala Sinha
(7 films)
Vikas Anand
Vikas Anand
(7 films)
Rakesh Bedi
Rakesh Bedi
(7 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Raaj Kumar (54 films)

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Betaaj Badshah
Directed by Iqbal Durrani
Genres Drama, Action
Actors Raaj Kumar, Shatrughan Sinha, Mamta Kulkarni, Prem Chopra, Jay Mehta, Mukesh Khanna
Roles Raja Prithviraj
Rating51% 2.579042.579042.579042.579042.57904
Well known for his believes in fairness, justice, and fair play, Raja Prithviraj holds sway over a large rural territory in India. His word is the law, and no one would dare to cross swords with him. Prithviraj lives with his only daughter, Tejeshwani, in their exclusive palace. Years later, Tejeshwani has now grown up, attends college, on occasion with her pet cheetah, meets with handsome young fellow collegian, and after several misunderstandings and confrontations, both fall in love with each other. When Prithviraj comes to know of Arjun, he invites him to his palace, insults him, and asks him never to see Tejeshwani again. Watch what Arjun and Tejeshwani do to change her father's mind, knowing fully well that no one in their community will stand up against the Raja.
Tirangaa
Tirangaa (1993)
, 2h48
Directed by Mehul Kumar Original Name Mohammed Baloch
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Crime
Actors Raaj Kumar, Nana Patekar, Mamta Kulkarni, Suresh Oberoi, Varsha Usgaonkar, Alok Nath
Roles Brigadier Suryadev Singh
Rating67% 3.3960153.3960153.3960153.3960153.396015
The film starts with the kidnapping of three nuclear scientists by Pralayanath Gendaswamy (Deepak Shirke) as he plans to build nuclear missiles for an invasion on India. Meanwhile Deputy Inspector General of Police Rudrapratap Chouhan (Suresh Oberoi) an honest police officer is murdered by Pralayanath Gendaswamy since he has been on his hitlist. Rudrapatap's son Harish (Harish Kumar) is the only witness of his murder. When scientists are gone missing police calls Brigadier Suryadev Singh (Raj Kumar) to take matter into his hands. Suryadev allies with hot-headed police Inspector Shivajirao Wagle (Nana Patekar) who spends a lot of time being suspended due to his temper. When Central Minister Jeevanlal Tandel who is an ally of Pralayanath Gendaswamy sets up a meeting with him to inform him about Suryadev Singh, Pralayanath Gendaswamy questions why is there information about his glory and not a single photograph of his face. At that moment Suryadev Singh enters the auditorium and reveals that he is the one whose face Pralayanath Gendaswamy was so eager to see.
Saudagar
Saudagar (1991)
, 3h33
Directed by Subhash Ghai
Genres Drama
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films, Bollywood
Actors Dilip Kumar, Raaj Kumar, Manisha Koirala, Vivek Mushran, Amrish Puri, Gulshan Grover
Roles Rajeshwar Singh
Rating66% 3.3467453.3467453.3467453.3467453.346745
The movie starts with Mandhari, an old crippled man, telling a story of two friends to some kids. In the story, Rajeshwar Singh, a landlord's son, and Veer Singh, a poor boy, become friends. They are naughty kids, calling each other as Raju and Veeru respectively. As the duo grow up, Raju decides to get his sisters marriage arranged with Veeru. Neither his sister nor Veeru have any objections to the marriage.
Galiyon Ka Badshah, 2h15
Genres Drama, Action, Crime
Actors Raaj Kumar, Mithun Chakraborty, Hema Malini, Smita Patil, Poonam Dhillon, Amrita Singh
Roles Raja / Ram
Rating52% 2.600622.600622.600622.600622.60062
Galiyon Ka Badshah is an action thriller, featuring Raaj Kumar and Mithun Chakraborty in lead roles, well supported by Hema Malini, Smita Patil, Amrita Singh, Danny Denzongpa and Iftekhar.
Suryaa: An Awakening
Directed by Esmayeel Shroff
Genres Action, Romance
Actors Raaj Kumar, Vinod Khanna, Raj Babbar, Bhanupriya, Shakti Kapoor, Amrish Puri
Roles Collector Rajpal Chauhan
Rating65% 3.257113.257113.257113.257113.25711
Gangadhar Choudhary rules a small community in rural India with an iron hand, and will never permit anyone to speak up against him. He owns most of the land surrounding his palatial home - save for the small patch of land owned by Veer Singh. He summons Veer to his house, and offers him substantial compensation for his land, but Veer refuses, and the Gangadhar has him killed. Veer's widow dies of shock, leaving behind a young Suraj to be brought up by a kindly widow Mrs. Salma Khan, who is also the mother of Iqbal. Years go by, Suraj grows up joins the Indian Armed Forces, and after a meritorious career, he resigns and returns home to avenge his father's death. What he does not know that he must first come to terms with the local Police Inspector Iqbal Khan, and then the wealthy Collector of the District, Rajpal Chauhan, before he can even think of touching a single hair of Gangadhar Choudhary.
Saazish
Saazish (1988)
, 2h20
Directed by Rajkumar Kohli
Actors Raaj Kumar, Dharmendra, Mithun Chakraborty, Raj Babbar, Dimple Kapadia, Anita Raj
Rating50% 2.5321552.5321552.5321552.5321552.532155
In this convoluted plot, Diwan (Amrish Puri) , Dr. Kalidas (Kader Khan) and another secret person run a crime syndicate. They take insurance policies with fake identities and then fake their own deaths and claim insurance. Prem Krishan, a crime reporter, unearths this nefarious plan but is killed by Diwan. Prem Krishan's step brother Kailash is implicated in Prem Krishan's murder. Anand (Mithun Chakraborthy) is in search of his sister who married her lover without informing him, and has gone missing thereafter. When Anand finally finds her, she is in a mental asylum, her husband is reported dead and Anand's friend Prakash (Raj Babbar) finds evidence which proves that Kailash (Raaj Kumar) is again responsible for her husband's murder. As if his troubles are not enough, Kailash's step sister and Anand's girl friend (Dimple Kapadia) also has a low opinion of Kailash. Chased by cops and Anand, Kailash fakes his own death, but returns to town with a fake identity. After a series of badly scripted events, Kailash proves his innocence, Prakash turns out to be the secret third villain (who cheated Anand's sister) and all the bad guys are caught by police. Poor Anand does not get to protect his sister from villains, but no problem, the police inspector Saxena saves her.