Raj Kapoor
Personal Info
Known For Actor
Gender Male
Birthday 1924-12-14
Deathday 1988-06-02 (63 years old)
Place of Birth Peshawar, North-West Frontier Province, British India
Also Known As राज कपूर, Ranbir Raj Kapoor, Радж Капур, რაჯ კაპური
Raj Kapoor
Biography
Raj Kapoor was an Indian film actor, producer and director of Hindi cinema widely considered to be one of the greatest and most influential actors and filmmakers in the history of Indian cinema. Often referred to as "The Greatest Showman of Indian Cinema" and the "Charlie Chaplin of Indian Cinema", his work enjoyed immense popularity and widespread acclaim not only within India but in parts of Eastern Asia, the Middle East, the Caribbean, Africa and the Soviet bloc. Among Kapoor's numerous accolades are three National Film Awards and 11 Filmfare Awards in India, the Padma Bhushan (India's third-highest civilian honor) in 1971 for his contributions to the arts, and the Dadasaheb Phalke Award, India's highest award in cinema, in 1987. Kapoor's acting style was inspired by Charlie Chaplin and he played characters based on The Tramp in films such as Awaara (1951) and Shree 420 (1955). His performance in Awaara was ranked as one of the "Top-Ten Greatest Performances of All Time in World Cinema" by Time magazine in 2005; Awaara (1951) and Boot Polish (1954), which he produced, competed for the Palme d'Or prize at the Cannes Film Festival in 1951 and 1955 respectively.
Known For
Actor
as Policeman
as Advocate Mathur
as Gopichand Jasoos
as Self
as Abdullah
as Swaraj Singh
as Gypsy Singer
as Havaldar Ramdin Pandey
as Ashok 'Bonga Babu' Kumar
as Dharamchand Jasoos
as Dr. Bannerjee
as Ram B. Kapoor
as Raju
as Raj Kumar
as Raj Singh
as Pyare
as Hiramani
as Sunder
as Raj Kumar
as Yusuf / Chand / Khan
as Shekhar
as Gopal / Uday Kumar
as Rajesh
as Raju
as Chhalia
as Vijaykumar
as Govinda
as Raj Kumar
as Kanhaiya
as Ram Das Khanna
as Raj Kumar / Raju / Rajan / Raj Kapoor
as Ram
as Raja J. Singh
as Chiranjeev/Shekhar
as Peasant
as Sagar
as Ranbir Raj / Raj Kumar of Pipli
as Himself
as Raju / Swami Satyananand
as Raj Rai Bahadur
as Advocate Rajkumar Saxena
as Raju
as Raj
as Raj
as Raj
as Vinod
as Chand
as Raj
as Anil
as Rajan
as Pran
as Ganesh
as Premendra
as Kewal
as Mohan
as Madhusudan
Producer
as Executive Producer
as Producer
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as Producer
as Producer
Director
as Director
as Director
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as Director
Editor
as Editor
as Editor
as Editor
as Editor
Writer
as Writer
as Story
Crew
as Presenter