Raaj Kumar

Raaj Kumar was born on October 8, 1926 in Loralai, Baluchistan, British India as Kulbhushan Pandit. He is known for his work on Kaajal (1965), Waqt (1965) and Heer Raanjha (1970). He died on July 3, 1996 in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India.

Movies

Lal Patthar

Raja Kumar Bahadur alias Gyan Shankar Rai has been a total abstainer all his life, never touching a drop of alcohol, and keeping away from women and all known vices all his life. Then one day he sees a young woman named Saudamani, and instantly falls in love with her.…

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Gharana

Businessman Rai Bahadur Ramdas lives a wealthy lifestyle in a mansion along with his wife, Shanta; two sons: Kailash and Kamal; Kailash’s wife, Sita; and widowed Gauri, the wife of his late son and mother of two children, Gappu and Pappu. Kamal runs the business and ensures that everyone is…

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Itihaas

Time begets History – it may be at the war front, at a nation or of a household. Joginder Singh was a dedicated Police Officer of Commissioner rank. He had his wife, two sons Vijay and Rakesh and daughter Jyoti. One day when Rakesh arrested Kalicharan, henchman of Alexander the…

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Zindagi

Beena works as a stage actress and lives a poor lifestyle with her widowed mother. One day while returning home she is molested by Bankhe and two other men, but Rajan comes to her rescue. He escorts her home and soon both of them fall in love with each other.…

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Fun Facts

Father of Puru Rajkumar.

Was a policeman before he started acting

Father of Bollywood actors Panini RajKumar and Vastavikta Rajkumar.

Filmography is often mixed up with South Indian actor " Raj Kumar"" and another "" Raj Kumar"" who acted mythological movies in the black and white era.

Father in law of Croatian Model Koraljka Grdak (Puru Rajkumar's wife).

Son Panini was to debut in a film titled Shivam in 1997. His co stars were Maheep Sandhu ( Sanjay Kapoor's wife) and Nirmal Pandey. The film was shelved after 6 months .

Son Panini finally made his acting debut in 2010 with Milenge Milenge.

First cousin to writer Surendra Kaul.

Uncle to director Pavan Kaul ( Surendra's son).

Was the original choice for Anil Dhawan's role in Tarazu (1997).

Starred in the completed and unreleased film Raghuvanshi. The film starred Raaj Kumar

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