Jagdish Raj was born in 1928 in Sargodha, Punjab, British India as Jagdish Raj Khurana. He is known for his work on Ilzam (1970), Johny Mera Naam (1970) and Deewaar (1975). He died on July 28, 2013 in Juhu, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India.
Jagdish Raj
Movies
Deewar (2004)
The movie tells the story of two brothers, Vijay and Ravi Verma, who follow different career paths: Vijay is a smuggler and Ravi the policeman who is asked to hunt Vijay down. Vijay Verma (Amitabh Bachchan) and Ravi Verma (Shashi Kapoor) are the sons of a trade unionist, Anand Verma(Satyen…
Aag Ka Gola
Poverty and hunger forces young Shankar to take up employment as a mechanic. To this extent all is well for him until he is arrested by the police for a crime he did not committed; but Shankar manages to escape only to witness that his mom die of shock; unable…
Dhund
A traveler, Chandrashekhar alights from his car to take refuge in a house only to meet a beautiful, troubled young woman, Rani who had just murdered her abusive spouse, Thakur Ranjit Singh. In just a moment Chandrashekhar gets attracted to Rani and when the police gets informed about this incident…
Doosra Aadmi
Kanu decides to come out of the shadow of his illustrious father and set up an advertising agency. All is going well at home and at work for the newly weds until Kanu decides to hire the services of an ace designer Nisha (Rakhee). Nisha is the mysterious older woman…
Safar
Neela and Avinash are medical students, and are attracted to each other. But Avinash is poor and wants Neela to live a comfortable life. When Neela, who tutors Monto Kappor, meets his elder businessman brother, Shekhar, he instantly falls in love with her. He goes to propose marriage with her…
Fakira
In order to help the poor and needy; Vijay alias Fakira rob a gang leader, Chimanlal on multiple occasions of his cash and smuggled goods. This makes him a target of the police and Chimanlal himself; Chimanlal hires a man name Toofan to either capture Fakira or bring his dead…
Bhoot Bungla
After Kundanlal was murdered his family vanished from the haunted bungalow on outskirts of Bombay.Fifty years later Kundanlal’s nephew’s Ramla,Shyamlal and Ramu are living in the bungalow.Rekha daughter of Ramlal returns from London and soon Ramlal is killed and Ramu is suspected for his murder but he to is killed…
Bol Radha Bol
Kishan Malhotra finds his life turned upside down, when he returns home one day to find that his place has been taken over by a look-alike imposter. When he attempts to assert his identity, no one including his very own mother, or even his dog, believes him. The only person…
Inquilaab
Street-wise and poor, Amar Nath makes a living selling cinema tickets and fast-food snacks (Bhel Puri) outside cinema halls. He is taken under the wing of a politician and Chair of the “Garibon Ki Party’, Shankar Narayan, allowed to join the Police Academy, and returns as a Police Inspector. He…
Daag
Sunil and Sonia are attracted to each other, and both get married. On the way to celebrate their honeymoon, they spend a night at Sunil’s boss’s bungalow, which is occupied by his son, Dhiraj. Dhiraj welcomes the two, and allows them to spend the night. Next morning, when Sunil leaves…
Jheel Ke Us Paar
Kulwant Rai’s horse carriage runs over a child, and as a result, she loses her vision. Years later she grows up to be beautiful girl namely, Neelu (Mumtaz), and Kulwant Rai’s son, Sameer (Dharmendra) takes a fancy to her. This fancy turns to love, and he proposes to marry her.…
Fun Facts
Holds a unique record for being the most type-cast actor. He has played a police inspector in 144 films.
He is survived by two daughters Anita Raj, Roopa Malhotra and a son. Anita is a former Bollywood actress.
Father of Bollywood director Bobby Raaj. Bobby acted in Mohabbat Ki Kasam as a leading man. He used the screen name Ashwini Raaj. He is married to producer Reena Raj.
Grandfather of Bollywood actress Malivika Raaj.
Grandfather of Producer and Costume Designer Sonakshi Raaj ( Bobby Raaj's daughter).
Stardust July 1983 magazine carried a story about Jagdish Raj being first married to a Ms Sharma. This happened while he was a engineering student. He later left her to marry a girl from a rich family. Jagdish Raj and daughter Anita Raj denied the allegation .
Son in law name is Rakesh Malhotra. Rakesh Malhotra is the son of producer and Dimple Kapadia's secretary,Ravi Malhotra. Ravi was the youngest brother of Prem Nath,Rajendra Nath,Narendra Nath. Rakesh Malhotra is also the brother of director Karan Malhotra.
Grandson named Krishna Malhotra. He is daughter Roopa's son.