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My Take
Raj Kapoor fascinates me because he embodied every job on a film set and excelled at most of them. Actor, director, producer, editor — he treated cinema as a single craft rather than separate departments, and four Filmfare Best Director awards spread across two decades show his instincts never went stale. The Chaplin comparison feels earned: beneath the showmanship sat real tenderness for ordinary people, which is why his films travelled far beyond India. Born in Peshawar in 1924 and gone by 1988, he compressed an entire industry's adolescence into one career. Modern Hindi cinema still walks on roads he paved, and I find that legacy genuinely humbling.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Raj Kapoor
- Name (Japanese)
- ラージ・カプール
- Reading
- らーじ・かぷーる
- Born
- December 14, 1924 – June 2, 1988
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Sagittarius / Rat
- Origin
- Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
- Occupation
- film producer / film director / screenwriter / film editor / film actor
2. Background
Awards & achievements
- 1971 Padma Bhushan
- 1987 Dadasaheb Phalke Award
- 1965 Filmfare Award for Best Director
- 1972 Filmfare Award for Best Director
- 1983 Filmfare Award for Best Director
- 1986 Filmfare Award for Best Director
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
Frequently asked questions
When was Raj Kapoor born?
December 14, 1924 – June 2, 1988.
Where is Raj Kapoor from?
Raj Kapoor is from Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan.
What does Raj Kapoor do?
Raj Kapoor works as film producer, film director, screenwriter, film editor, film actor.
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-11
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.