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Aliases: राज कपूर , Ranbir Raj Kapoor , Радж Капур , რაჯ კაპური

Gender: Male

Place of birth: Peshawar, North-West Frontier Province, British India

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Movie Involvements: 79

TV Involvements: 0


Most Famous Work

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.

Most Famous Work

Mera Naam Joker
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7

Mera Naam Joker

(1970) Raju
Awaara
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7

Awaara

(1951) Raj Raghunath
Naseeb
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7

Naseeb

(1981) Self
Sangam
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7

Sangam

(1964) Sunder
Andaz
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6

Andaz

(1949) Rajan
Chandi Sona
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0

Chandi Sona

(1977) Gypsy Singer
Naukri
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3

Naukri

(1978) Swaraj Singh
Diwana
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9

Diwana

(1967) Pyare

Acting

Year Character Movie/Tv
1984 Policeman
1982 Advocate Mathur
Gopichand Jasoos
1981 Self
1980 Abdullah
1978 Swaraj Singh
1977 Gypsy Singer
1976 Havaldar Ramdin Pandey
1975 Ashok 'Bonga Babu' Kumar
Dharamchand Jasoos
1973 Dr. Bannerjee
1971 Ram B. Kapoor
1970 Raju
1968 Raj Kumar
1967 Raj Singh
Pyare
1966 Hiramani
1964 Sunder
Raj Kumar
1963 Yusuf / Chand / Khan
Shekhar
1962 Gopal / Uday Kumar
1961 Rajesh
1960 Raju
Chhalia
Vijaykumar
1959 Govinda
Raj Kumar
Ram Das Khanna
Raj Kumar / Raju / Rajan / Raj Kapoor
Kanhaiya
1958 Ram
Raja J. Singh
1957 Chiranjeev/Shekhar
1956 Thirsty Peasant
Sagar
1955 Ranbir Raj / Raj Kumar of Pipli
1954 Himself
1953 Raju / Swami Satyananand
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Raj
1952 Advocate Rajkumar Saxena
Raju
Raj
Raj
1951 Raj Raghunath
1950 N/A
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Vinod
Chand
Raj
Anil
1949 Rajan
Pran
Ganesh
Premendra
1948 Kewal
Mohan
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1947 N/A
Madhusudan
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N/A
1946 N/A
1943 N/A
N/A
1935 N/A
Year Character Movie/Tv

Production

Directing

Editing

Writing

Year Role Movie/Tv
1985 Writer
Story
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Crew

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1957 Presenter
Year Role Movie/Tv

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