Rajendra Kumar

Rajendra Kumar Tuli (20 July 1929 – 12 July 1999) was an Indian film actor who starred in Bollywood films. Starting his career in 1950, he appeared in more than 80 films in a career spanning over four decades. He was considered as one of the most successful Indian Bollywood actors in the 1960s. He also produced several films starring his son Kumar Gaurav. The Government of India honoured him with the Padma Shri in 1969.

He was born in a Punjabi Hindu family in Sialkot, in the Punjab province of British India, now in Pakistan.

Career

Rajendra Kumar's family was based in Punjab, British India. His grandfather was a successful military contractor and his father had a textile business in Karachi. During the Partition of India, the family had to leave all the land and property behind and move to India. When they came to Bombay, Kumar decided to try his luck in the Hindi film industry. He never wanted to be a hero and took up work with director H. S. Rawail as an assistant. For nearly five years, he worked with Rawail as an assistant in films like Patanga, Sagai, Pocketmaar.

Rajendra Kumar (politician)

Rajendra Kumar (born 1960) is a leading politician and member of the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) in India. Active in politics from his college days, he was first elected Cabinet Minister in the BSP government in 1995. He has been a Member of The Legislative Assembly (mla) since 2007 serving the Muhhamadabad Gohana constituency in Mau District. Since 2008 he has been working as Bihar pradesh prabhari (BSP).

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