Rajendra Kumar (20 July 1929 - 12 July 1999) was an Indian movie actor, who acted in Bollywood films and was one of the most successful actors in the 1960s and 1970s. He also produced several films in the 1980s starring his son Kumar Gaurav.
Rajendra Kumar made his debut in the 1950 film Jogan in which he starred opposite Dilip Kumar and Nargis. He then shot to fame in the blockbuster hit Mother India in 1957 in which he played Nargis's son. His first major success as a romantic leading man was in Vijay Bhatt's musical superhit Goonj Uthi Shehnai (1959), co-starring Ameeta.
The 1960s saw Rajendra Kumar rise like no other star had risen,except the first Superstar Rajesh Khanna, and there was a time when every film starring him was a silver jubilee hit. There were times when he had six or seven films running in their silver jubilee weeks at the same time. It was a success that was unbelievable and Rajendra Kumar was soon known as "Jubilee Kumar".
He had many successful box office hits including Dhool Ka Phool (1959), Mere Mehboob (1963), Sangam (1964), Arzoo (1965), Suraj (1966) and Ganwaar (1970).[1]. He received Filmfare Nominations as Best Actor for Dil Ek Mandir (1963), Ayee Milan Ki Bela (1964), Arzoo (1965), and as Best Supporting Actor for Sangam (1964).[1] He was considered a golden boy for the movie producers in the sense that he was the actor who could recover the producers' money in a matter of few weeks.
He died on 12 July 1999 of cancer only 8 days before his 70th birthday. He was known to never have taken medicines in his entire life.
Rajendra Kumar was honoured with the Padma Shri Award in 1969.
He was also conferred with Justice of Peace honour and served as Honorary Magistrate.
He was awarded the National Honour by late Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru simultaneously for Kanoon (Hindi) and Mehandi Rang Lagyo (Gujarati).
He received a special Shastri National Award and was associated with several charity schemes
i love hindi movies of those days, the ladies wore sarees , salwar kameez and they always looked gorgeous.
Sahanalovesyou 1 week ago
70 saal tuhanu dekha this is very good for me sangam mother india geet when iam young wah ji wah
bittoo1961 1 year ago
Hats off to lyrist and Shanker-Jaikishan for evergreen this melody. Lata ji voice is matchless. May long live our lata didi.
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