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Raj Kapoor

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Indian film actor, producer and director

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Raj Kapoor was a male person from India whose work period spanned from 1935 to 1988. He was born on December 14, 1924, and died on June 2, 1988. He had five children.

He is associated with the tags Bollywood, Hindi, Indian, soul, and Mukesh. His works include the Physiology Practical Manual, 3E, Physiology Practical Manual and Logbook of Certification Competencies for MBBS Students, Physiology Practical Manual, and Practical Physiology. He has been referenced by 799 other encyclopedia articles.

Synthesized by Vinony from 19 facts across 6 sources: Wikidata, Last.fm, Crossref, MusicBrainz, Open Library, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.

Person · Open Library

Works
4

Top works

  • Physiology Practical Manual , 3E
  • Physiology Practical Manual and Logbook of Certification Competencies for MBBS Students
  • Physiology Practical Manual
  • Practical Physiology

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Gender
Male
Origin
India
Active from
1924-12-14
Active to
1988-06-02

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
1,799
Total plays
8,857

Tags

bollywoodHindiIndiansoulMukesh

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Encyclopedic overview

Ranbir Raj Kapoor ( pronounced [raːdʒ kəˈpuːɾ]) (14 December 1924 – 2 June 1988) was an Indian actor and filmmaker who worked in Hindi cinema. He is considered to be one of the greatest and most influential actors and filmmakers in the history of Indian cinema. He has been referred to as The Greatest Showman of Indian Cinema as well as The Charlie Chaplin of Indian Cinema.

Born in Peshawar as the eldest son of Prithviraj Kapoor of the Kapoor family, Raj Kapoor starred in and produced many films for which he received multiple accolades, including three National Film Awards and 11 Filmfare Awards in India. He was inspired by Charlie Chaplin and played characters based on The Tramp in films, such as Awaara (1951), Shree 420 (1955) and Mera Naam Joker (1970). 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. His films Awaara (1951) and Boot Polish (1954) competed for the Palme d'Or prize at the Cannes Film Festival in 1951 and 1955.

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