Prithviraj Kapoor
Acting
Biography
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Born: November 3, 1906
Place of Birth: Peshawar, North-West Frontier Province, British India
Known For
Jahan Ara
The relationship between two childhood friends is tested as they grow up and discoveries are made. Mirza Yusuf Changezi has known Jahan Ara since childhood, and both have been good friends. After they grow up, things are not quite the same, as Jahan Ara's dad is none other than Emperor Shah Jahan, and men are not permitted to meet with the princess under any circumstance. But Jahan and Mirza do meet secretly and promise to marry each other.
Sakshathkara
The story revolves around the dangers of superstition, particularly when it concerns marriage and how unscrupulous elements in society could manipulate these beliefs to their benefit and lead to tragic consequences.
Yeh Raat Phir Na Aaygi
After discovery of skeletal remains at an excavation site, a woman known to be deceased for over 2 centuries mysteriously re-surfaces to claim her lover.
Rustom Sohrab
In the year 720B.C., Rustom, who reigned in Iran- Persia and was known for superhuman strength, married Tehminia, Princess of Samangan. When he moved to Samangan, Iran's enemies took advantage, attacked and imprisoned the king. As he heard the news of this rebellion, he began planning his own revolt- to free the king from his captors.
Kal Aaj Aur Kal
Widower Ram Kapoor lives a very wealthy lifestyle in Bombay, but is very lonely, as his only child, a son named Rajesh, lives abroad, and his aged dad, Diwan Bahadur, lives in the village. Ram frequently throws lavish parties to overcome this loneliness. This changes when Rajesh returns home, and he is able to convince Diwan also to return so that the three could live together. Shortly thereafter differences crop up between Rajesh and Diwan - initially on love and marriage; then on Caste issues; then the marriage of Rajesh, which is arranged with Diwan's friend, Thakur Janak Singh's daughter, Rukmani, while Rajesh wants to marry Monica. Things come to such a pass that Ram decides to leave, takes to women and alcohol in a big way, and becomes the subject of a big scandal.
Awaara
A petty thief is put on trial for the attempted murder of a lawyer. Through a series of flashbacks, the intertwining lives of the thief, the lawyer, and the thief's defense lawyer are illustrated.
Mughal-e-Azam
In the 16th century, when Prince Salim falls in love with a beautiful courtesan named Anarkali, Emperor Akbar's disapproval leads to a battle between father and son.
Anand Math
Driven by the devastation of a famine, a patriotic landlord joins a secret brotherhood of warrior monks to lead a fiery revolt against the British East India Company, embracing the motherland's freedom as a sacred and ultimate sacrifice.
Lajwanti
Having been unjustly accused of having an affair, a dutiful and loving wife is thrown out of the house by her husband and forced to abandon her baby. When mother and child are eventually reunited, the mother faces an uphill struggle to regain the love of her daughter.
Heer Raanjha
Heer Raanjha is a 1970 Indian Hindi-language romantic musical film directed by Chetan Anand. It stars Raaj Kumar and Priya Rajvansh and tells the tragic love story of Heer, a wealthy girl, and Ranjha, who has been banished by his family. The film is often referred to as a Punjabi version of "Romeo and Juliet.
Filmography
as Rana
as Maharaj Chandradhar
as Bhoopalayya, Mahesh's father
as Diwan Bahadur Kapoor
as Granthi
as Gurmukh Singh
as Rustom
as Professor (as Prithviraj)
as Police Sub-Inspector
as Inspector
as Maharaja Karamdham
as Emperor Shah Jahan
as Maharaja
as Kunwar Saheb
as Emperor Akbar
as (as Prithiviraj)
as Grand Vizier Mahmud Gavan
as Self (uncredited)
as Satyananda
as Justice Raghunath
as Arjun
as King Nala
as Vikramaditya (King of Avanti)
as Ramnath
as Shyam Krishna
as Ravi
as Alexander the Great
as Prince Chandrakriti (Hindi version)
as Dr. Deepak
as Nanda
as Dr. Vasant
as Biren
as Dhiraj
as Somnath
as Promod
as Suresh (Hindi version)
as Ram
as Ali
as Rana Kumbha, King of Mewar
as Arjuna