Rajkumar

Rajkumar or Raj Kumar may refer to:

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Raaj Kumar

Raaj Kumar (8 October 1926 – 3 July 1996), born Kulbhushan Pandit, was a Hindi film actor. He worked as sub-inspector of Mumbai Police in the late 1940s before he turned to acting with the 1952 film Rangeeli. He appeared in the Oscar-nominated 1957 film Mother India and went onto star in over 70 Hindi films in a career that spanned over four decades.

Personal life

Raaj Kumar was born in Loralai, Balochistan, Pakistan in a Kashmiri Pandit family. In the late 1940s he moved to Mumbai, India where he became Sub-inspector of the Mumbai Police. He married Jennifer, an Anglo-Indian, whom he met on a flight where she was the airhostess. She later changed her name to Gayatri per Hindu customs. They had three children, sons Puru Raajkumar (a Bollywood actor), Panini Raajkumar and daughter Vastavikta Raajkumar, who made her screen debut in 2006 film Eight: The Power of Shani.

Career

Raaj Kumar made his acting debut in Rangili and appeared in films like Aabshar, Ghamand and Lakhon Mein Ek, but it was as Prince Naushazad in Sohrab Modi’s Nausherwan-E-Adil (1957) that he became famous. In 1957, he achieved prominence with his brief role as the husband of Nargis in Mother India. He followed this with the unglamorous role of a mill worker in Paigham alongside Dilip Kumar. He was cast with Sunil Dutt, Shashi Kapoor and Balraj Sahni in Yash Chopra’s family drama Waqt. In Sridhar’s Dil Ek Mandir, Raaj Kumar played the role of a cancer patient for which he won the Filmfare Award in the Best supporting actor category for movies Dil Ek Mandir and Waqt. He became known for his distinct style of dialogue delivery.

Raj Kumar (athlete)

Raj Kumar (born in Rajasthan state) is a former Indian track and field athlete. He won the bronze medal in 5000 meters in 1982 Asian Games and the silver medal in the event at the 1983 Asian Championships in Athletics. He is a former national record holder in 5000 meters with a time of 13.46.4 minutes.

He was awarded Arjuna Award in 1984.

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Raj Kumar Sharma

Pandit Raj Kumar Sharma (born 14 August 1962) appears on various Indian television channels as an Astrologer. He is recognized for his predictions based on Hindu astrology, gesture readings, and numerology. Pandit Raj Kumar Sharma inherited the science of astrology from his forefathers; his grand uncle Pandit Dharamchand Jhingan (Sharma) was a renowned astrologer to royal families in North India.

Astrological View

Raj Kumar Sharma has been writing columns based on his Astrological views in the German Magazines Die Teleborse and DM Euro as well as in Indian Newspapers like Economic Times, Punjab Kesri, Times Of India, Mid-day, Jagwani, Samna and Nav-Bharat Times. He has had his shows aired by the All India Radio, Doordarshan, Star Plus, Zee Television and Sahara Samay Mumbai, his programs are based on Astrology for television channels like German, Dutch, Holland and B.B.C. London. He appears weekly in a popular Astrological program on TV9 Channel.

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