Raj Kapoor
Born: 1924-12-14 in Peshawar, North-West Frontier Province, British India
Died: 1988-06-02
Known For: Acting
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.
Filmography
2022
- Beauty and the Beast: A 30th Celebration ... (Executive Producer)
1987
1985
- Ram Teri Ganga Maili ... (Director)
1984
- Kim as Policeman
1982
- Vakil Babu as Advocate Mathur
- Prem Rog ... (Director)
- Gopichand Jasoos as Gopichand Jasoos
1981
- Naseeb as Self
- Biwi O Biwi ... (Producer)
- Indian Talkie as Self
1980
- Abdullah as Abdullah
1978
- Satyam Shivam Sundaram ... (Director)
- Naukri as Swaraj Singh
1977
- Chandi Sona as Gypsy Singer
1976
- Khaan Dost as Havaldar Ramdin Pandey
1975
- Do Jasoos as Dharamchand Jasoos
- Dharam Karam as Ashok 'Bonga Babu' Kumar
1973
- Bobby ... (Director)
- Mera Desh Mera Dharam as Dr. Bannerjee
1971
- Kal Aaj Aur Kal as Ram B. Kapoor
1970
- Mera Naam Joker as Raju
1968
- Sapnon Ka Saudagar as Raj Kumar
1967
- Diwana as Pyare
- Around The World as Raj Singh
1966
- Teesri Kasam as Hiramani
1964
- Sangam as Flight Lt. Sundar Khanna
- Dulha Dulhan as Raj Kumar
1963
- Dil Hi To Hai as Yusuf / Chand / Khan
- Ek Dil Sau Afsane as Shekhar
1962
- Aashiq as Gopal / Uday Kumar
1961
- Nazrana as Rajesh
1960
- Chhalia as Chhalia
- Jis Desh Mein Ganga Behti Hai as Raju
- Shriman Satyawadi as Vijaykumar
1959
- Anari as Raj Kumar
- Kanhaiya as Kanhaiya
- Main Nashe Mein Hoon as Ram Das Khanna
- Char Dil Char Rahen as Govinda
- Do Ustad as Raj Kumar / Raju / Rajan / Raj Kapoor
1958
- Parvarish as Raja J. Singh
- Phir Subha Hogi as Ram
1957
- Ab Dilli Dur Nahin ... (Producer)
- Sharada as Chiranjeev/Shekhar
1956
- Jagte Raho as Peasant
- Chori Chori as Sagar
1955
- Shree 420 as Ranbir Raj / Raj Kumar of Pipli
1954
- Boot Polish as Himself
1951
- Awaara as Raj
1950
- Sargam as Vinod
- Pyar as Banke
- Jan Pahchan as Anil
- Banwra
- Dastan as Raj
- Bawre Nain as Chand
1949
- Barsaat as Pran
- Andaz as Rajan
- Sunehre Din as Premendra
- Parivartan as Ganesh
1947
- Dil Ki Rani as Madhav
- Jail Yatra
- Neel Kamal as Madhusudan
- Chittor Vijay
1946
1945
- Begum ... (Assistant Director)