Raj Kapoor
राज कपूर | Ranbir Raj Kapoor | Радж Капур
Acting
Date of birth:Peshawar, North-West Frontier Province, British India
Gender:Male
Popularity:1
Date of death1988-06-02
63Raj 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
Rating by year
- Nargis1991-06-010.00
- Raj Kapoor - The Showman of Indian CinemaSelf1987-12-179.01
- Living Legend - Raj KapoorSelf1986-12-140.00
- KimPoliceman1984-05-168.02
- Vakil BabuAdvocate Mathur1982-04-099.01
- Gopichand JasoosGopichand Jasoos1982-02-196.02
- NaseebSelf1981-05-017.215
- AbdullahAbdullah1980-03-079.73
- NaukriSwaraj Singh1978-06-024.45
- Chandi SonaGypsy Singer1977-03-259.01
- Khaan DostHavaldar Ramdin Pandey1976-03-2310.01
- Dharam KaramAshok 'Bonga Babu' Kumar1975-12-018.33
- Do JasoosDharamchand Jasoos1975-10-076.84
- Mera Desh Mera DharamDr. Bannerjee1973-01-0510.01
- Kal Aaj Aur KalRam B. Kapoor1971-09-178.33
- Mera Naam JokerRaju1970-12-187.480
- Sapnon Ka SaudagarRaj Kumar1968-01-018.01
- Around The WorldRaj Singh1967-01-015.73
- DiwanaPyare1967-01-019.33
- Teesri KasamHiramani1966-07-016.69
- SangamFlight Lt. Sundar Khanna1964-06-187.419
- Dulha DulhanRaj Kumar1964-01-017.01
- Dil Hi To HaiYusuf / Chand / Khan1963-01-0110.01
- Ek Dil Sau AfsaneShekhar1963-01-019.01
- AashiqGopal / Uday Kumar1962-01-019.01
- Jis Desh Mein Ganga Behti HaiRaju1960-08-016.17
- ChhaliaChhalia1960-01-017.52
- Shriman SatyawadiVijaykumar1960-01-0110.01
- Char Dil Char RahenGovinda1959-09-188.02
- AnariRaj Kumar1959-01-167.56
- KanhaiyaKanhaiya1959-01-018.01
- Main Nashe Mein HoonRam Das Khanna1959-01-019.52
- Do UstadRaj Kumar / Raju / Rajan / Raj Kapoor1959-01-016.02
- Phir Subha HogiRam1958-11-067.52
- ParvarishRaja J. Singh1958-01-018.01
- SharadaChiranjeev/Shekhar1957-02-236.45
- Jagte RahoPeasant1956-12-126.310
- Chori ChoriSagar1956-07-067.34
- Shree 420Ranbir Raj / Raj Kumar of Pipli1955-09-067.520
- Boot PolishHimself1954-08-205.48
- PaapiRaju / Swami Satyananand1953-06-089.52
- AahRaj Rai Bahadur1953-03-227.01
- AnhoneeAdvocate Rajkumar Saxena1952-10-106.84
- AshianaRaju1952-08-019.01
- AmberRaj1952-01-018.01
- BewafaRaj1952-01-019.01
- AwaaraRaj1951-12-147.265
- Banwra1950-12-319.01
- SargamVinod1950-12-319.01
- Bawre NainChand1950-11-010.01
- DastanRaj1950-08-179.02
- PyarBanke1950-08-119.01
- Jan PahchanAnil1950-06-228.03
- ParivartanGanesh1949-07-0810.01
- AndazRajan1949-05-196.69
- BarsaatPran1949-04-226.210
- Sunehre DinPremendra1949-01-010.00
- AagKewal1948-08-066.52
- Amar Prem1948-01-0110.01
- GopinathMohan1948-01-010.00
- Chittor Vijay1947-06-078.01
- Neel KamalMadhusudan1947-03-248.01
- Jail Yatra1947-01-017.01
- Dil Ki RaniMadhav1947-01-019.01
- Valmiki1946-01-019.01
- Hamari Baat1943-01-0110.01
- Inquilab1935-07-057.52