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Raj Kapoor

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Indian film actor, producer and director

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Raj Kapoor was an Indian actor, producer, and director who was a major figure in the country's film industry. He is considered important because of his influential contributions to Indian cinema across all three of these roles.

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Instance of
human
Gender
male
Citizenship
India
Place of birth
Peshawar
Place of death
New Delhi
Father
Prithviraj Kapoor
Sibling
Shashi Kapoor
Occupation
film actor
Languages spoken
Hindi
Religion
Hinduism
Award
Filmfare Award for Best Director
Hair colour
black hair
Image
Raj Kapoor 1950.jpg
Number of children
5
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date of birth
1924-12-14
date of death
1988-06-02
Commons category
Raj Kapoor
topic's main category
Category:Raj Kapoor
name in native language
राज कपूर
start of work period
1935-00-00
cause of death
asthma
related category
Category:Films directed by Raj Kapoor
on focus list of Wikimedia project
Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4
manner of death
natural causes
end of work period
1988-00-00
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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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