Raj Kapoor
Birthday: 1924-12-14
Place of Birth: Peshawar, North-West Frontier Province, British India
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.
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Aag
A man obsessed over two things, the theater and a childhood friend, recounts his life story to his n...
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Kanhaiya
Shanno falls for the flautist Kanhaiya, believing him to be Lord Krishna, and decides to marry him. ...
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Awaara
A petty thief is put on trial for the attempted murder of a lawyer. Through a series of flashbacks, ...
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Shree 420
The story of a small-town man who comes to make it big in the city, where he is almost instantly rel...
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Jis Desh Mein Ganga Behti Hai
Raju informs the police about a group of bandits, even though he is in love with the chief's daughte...
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Aah
At the behest of his father, Raj writes letters to Chandra, a prospective bride. However, unbeknowns...
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Stay Awake
Entering an apartment block in search of a drink of water, a naive peasant finds himself mistaken fo...
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Chhalia
The tragic-comic story of Chhalia, a naive, simple-minded young man who comes to the city and witnes...
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Ashiana
Raju (Raj Kapoor) and Gaura (Nargis) are childhood lovers and promise to be with each other no matte...
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Shriman Satyawadi
An honest man instills in his only child the adage, 'Honesty is the best policy.' When the boy grows...
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Banwra
A story centers on themes of social status and romantic conflict, involving a sensitive or "mad" (th...
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Pyar
A classic love story focusing on the emotional trials and obstacles faced by the two individuals in ...
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Sargam
Sargam is a 1950 Bollywood family drama film directed by P. L. Santoshi and starring Raj Kapoor....
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Parivartan
A social drama revolving around a dramatic transformation in the life of Suresh and his lover Nalini...
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Amar Prem
Amar Prem is a movie directed by N.M. Kelkar featuring Madhubala, Alka Rani....
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Mera Desh Mera Dharam
An idealistic son of an army officer rises against atrocities of the army and get his nation much ne...
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Chandi Sona
A group of people of Indian origin live on an Island which contains a tomb of Shahenshah Chandi Sona...
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Sunehre Din
Renu gets into a minor accident and Premendra helps her out, unaware that he is her favourite singer...
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Aashiq
When Pratap learns that his fiancee is in love with his younger brother, Gopal, he steps aside and a...
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Gopinath
Mohan is fascinated by films and eventually meets a big movie star. The actress, in turn, is charmed...
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Jail Yatra
Jail Yatra is an Indian Hindi-language drama film released in 1947. It was directed by Gajanan Jagir...
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Valmiki
Valmiki is a movie directed by Bhalji Pendharkar featuring Shanta Apte, Prithviraj Kapoor....
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Chittor Vijay
Chittor Vijay is a 1947 Hindi language film directed by Mohan Sinha, featuring Raj Kapoor and Madhub...
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Inquilab
A drama set amid an earthquake in Bihar. Miss Renee (Khote) looks after the victims while her lover,...
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Barsaat
Two friends with opposite personalities, the rich but sensitive Pran and the womanizing Gopal both h...
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Boot Polish
Two orphans are forced by their abusive aunt to beg in the streets of Bombay. They take up shining s...
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Andaz
Nina is a rich and spoiled girl. Dilip accidentally meets her and starts liking her, not knowing tha...
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Sharada
After Shekhar (Raj Kapoor) falls for beautiful Sharada (Meena Kumari), he makes her promise that she...
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Chori Chori
Kammo lives a very wealthy lifestyle with her widowed multi-millionaire dad, Girhdarilal, who would ...
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Anari
Raj Kumar is an honest, handsome and intelligent young man. Working as a painter, he is unable to ea...
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Mera Naam Joker
Raju faces many hurdles and disappointments in matters of the heart throughout his life. But as a cl...
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Do Jasoos
Two bumbling, middle-aged private detectives, Dharamchand and Karamchand, are assigned to locate the...
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Dil Hi To Hai
Children are exchanged by greedy aunt and uncle in childhood and they live undeserved lives....
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Kal Aaj Aur Kal
Widower Ram Kapoor lives a very wealthy lifestyle in Bombay, but is very lonely, as his only child, ...
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Neel Kamal
A military coup leads to two outcast princesses falling for the same rakish artist....
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Abdullah
Abdullah has to fight oppression and torture as he tries to bring up the boy as a hindu where the ma...
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Kim
A friendly street kid in India, during the last years of the nineteenth century, looks and considers...
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Sangam
Sunder Khanna is an orphan and lives a poor lifestyle in India. He is friendly with wealthy Gopal Ve...
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Parvarish
After an hospital accident, a wealthy male is compelled to adopt a prostitute's son. The lead protag...
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Dastan
Indira (Suraiya) is an orphan brought up the strict and uprighteous Rani (Veena). Indira grows up to...
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Amber
A vengeful princess waits for the right moment to kill her foster father - the Emperor....
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Phir Subha Hogi
Ram is a bright but destitute law student. Out of love for an even poorer girl, he commits a crime t...
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Anhonee
An impoverished advocate faces challenges after he falls in love with a wealthy woman who has a look...
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Gopichand Jasoos
A middle-aged private detective faces challenges when he accepts an assignment to trace stolen diamo...
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Around The World
A man accompanies his uncle to Tokyo but finds himself in a dilemma when he must travel to Europe im...
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Nazrana
Raj (Raj Kapoor) and Vasanti (Vyjayanthimala) are college mates who clash when she complains to the ...
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Khaan Dost
Ramdin Pandey, a kind but naive prison guard in Nasik, struggles to support his sister and make ends...
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Dhoon
Dhoon (Tune or Passion) is a 1953 Bollywood film directed by M. Kumar. The film was produced by Silv...
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Jan Pahchan
Anil, an artist, comes to stay in a village with his friend Jeevan. While there he meets Asha and as...
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Gauri
Gauri is a 1943 Indian Bollywood film. It was the seventh highest grossing Indian film of 1943. Moni...
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Dharam Karam
Not wishing his son to grow up like himself, a brutish criminal secretly swaps his baby for that of ...
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Bewafa
A wealthy heiress's life is tragically upturned when she discovers her illegitimate, look-alike sist...
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Diwana
Meet Pyarelal, a simple-minded, naive young man, orphaned at birth, living with a Muslim landlady, F...
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Char Dil Char Rahen
Three love stories that take place simultaneously but do not intersect, because the characters do no...
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Vakil Babu
Shekar is a sculptor who is blind. He eventually falls in love with Kalpana though his insecurities ...
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Naukri
A disabled man who can't support his family contemplates committing suicide. However, a mysterious f...
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Main Nashe Mein Hoon
Belonging to a family that has a grandfather addicted to alcohol, Mohan Khanna (Raj Kapoor) too is a...
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Dil Ki Rani
A comic tale of a poet and his fan both in love with each other and relentless efforts by his would ...
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Naseeb
Naseeb, a story of destiny and fate, begins with a lottery ticket. A drunk who cannot pay his restau...
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Bawre Nain
Chand lives in a small rural town in India. He is unable to pay the rent, and his landlord evicts hi...
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Ek Dil Sau Afsane
Shekhar's maternal grandmother loves him dearly, but she is also very religious and firm in her beli...
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Do Ustad
Two rival career-criminal brothers recollect their lives in a Courtroom in which one is about to be ...
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Dulha Dulhan
Chanda, unconscious for three days goes home only to realize a stranger by the name Rajkumar claims ...
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Raj Kapoor - The Showman of Indian Cinema
Raj Kapoor, the film maker and actor became a legend in his lifetime. Head of one of the last great ...
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Kehta Hai Joker (In the Words of the Clown)
Raj Kapoor was an Actor, Director and Producer and a legend in his lifetime. As an actor he was reco...
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Indian Talkie
Drawing the history of the Indian talkie, starting with Alam Ara in 1931, this documentary short pro...
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