Rajendra Kumar

Rajendra was born in the Punjabi-speaking Tuli family on 20 July 1927, in Sialkot, British India (now located in Pakistan).After the turbulent years of partition, at the age of 23, Rajendra got his first break in ‘Jogan’ during 1950. He attained fame in ‘Mother India’ during 1957, playing the son of Nargis Dutt.He went on to star in many movies, most of them successful, and earned the nickname of ‘Jubilee Kumar’.He got married to Shukla, and they subsequently became parents of three children, a boy, Manoj, who would subsequently be an actor in his own rights and be re-named Kumar Gaurav, and two daughters.After offers stopped on lead roles, he turned to character roles, as well as became a producer. He was successful in launching his son’s career in ‘Love Story’.His son’s marriage was initially arranged with Reema, the daughter of Raj Kapoor, but things did not work out, and his son went on to get married to Sunil and Nargis Dutt’s daughter, Namrata, and shortly thereafter he became grandfather of Saachi and Siya.He also produced another successful movie ‘Naam’, the star-cast included his son, and Sanjay Dutt.He attained a PHD and had a title of ‘Doctor’ prefixed to his name. Known to refuse taking any medication, he succumbed to cancer on July 12, 1999, just a day after his son’s 43rd birthday, and just 8 days before his 71st birthday.He will always be remembered for his memorable performances in ‘Dhool Ka Phool’, ‘Mere Mehboob’, ‘Sangam’, ‘Suraj’, ‘Arzoo’, ‘Aman’ ‘Ganwaar’, ‘Dil Ek Mandir’, as well as ‘Saajan Bina Suhagan’

Movies

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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Suraj

Vikram Singh is the Maharaja of Pratap Nagar and is very impressed with his Senapati Sangram Singh for years of loyal service. He decides to make him a Maharaja and agrees to marry his daughter, Anuradha, with his son, Pratap. Years later, Vikram sends his now grown-up Anuradha to visit…

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Mera Naam Joker

Raju is a joker, a clown. It is what he is and what he always shall be. As his life story unfolds in three chapters, from his school days to the circus to the streets, he must always make people laugh and be happy, no matter how unhappy he is…

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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 Kumar Gaurav

Films started coming his way when he played the role of a straight son of Nargis in Mother India.

His daughter-in-law (Namrata) is Sunil Dutt's daughter and Sanjay Dutt's sister.

Started as an assistant director before getting a role in Vachan.

Was nicknamed as "Jubilee Kumar"" by the trade people because majority of his movies used to do either Silver or Golden Jubilee.

He used to actively participate in campaigning for friend

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