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Prithviraj Kapoor
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Life & Death

Died aged 65
Also known asपृथ्वीराज कपूरGenderMaleNationalityBritish RajBorn03/11/1906Born inPeshawar, North-West Frontier Province, British IndiaDied29/05/1972 (aged 65)Died inMumbaiCausecancerWikidataQ560197 ↗TMDb#121863 ↗

Prithviraj Kapoor was an Indian actor who is also considered to be one of the founding figures of Hindi cinema. He was associated with IPTA as one of its founding members and established the Prithvi Theatres in 1944 as a travelling theatre company based in Mumbai.

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Filmography70 titles

YearTitleCharacterAge at
release
1987Raj Kapoor - The Showman of Indian CinemaMovieSelf81
1986Living Legend - Raj KapoorMovieSelf (archive footage)80
1973Naya NashaMovieRana67
1972Naag PanchamiMovieMaharaj Chandradhar66
1971Kal Aaj Aur KalMovieDiwan Bahadur Kapoor65
1971SakshathkaraMovieBhoopalayya, Mahesh's father65
1971Sher E WatanMovieBaadshah Hanibaal65
1970Heer RaanjhaMovie—64
1970Nanak Dukhiya Sub SansarMovieGranthi64
1969Nanak Naam Jahaz HaiMovieGurmukh Singh63
1968Teen BahuraniyanMovie—62
1967Bombay In The Night's EmbraceMovie—61
1967Rustom SohrabMovieRustom61
1966Yeh Raat Phir Na AaygiMovieProfessor (as Prithviraj)60
1966Love and MurderMovieInspector60
1966InsaafMovie—60
1966Lal BanglaMoviePolice Sub-Inspector60
1965LooteraMovieShah Zaman59
1965Where There Is Truth There Is GodMovieMaharaja Karamdham59
1965Sky palaceMovie—59
1964RajkumarMovieMaharaja58
1964Jahan AraMovieEmperor Shah Jahan58
1964ZindagiMovie—58
1963Pyaar Kiya To Darna KyaMovieKunwar Saheb57
1960Mughal-e-AzamMovieEmperor Akbar54
1958LajwantiMovie(as Prithiviraj)52
1957Ab Dilli Dur NahinMovieSelf (uncredited)51
1957PardesiMovieGrand Vizier Mahmud Gavan51
1957PaisaMovie—51
1954EhsanMovie—48
1952Anand MathMovieSatyananda46
1952InsaanMovie—46
1952Emperor ShivajiMovieRaja Jaisingh (Hindi Version)46
1951AwaaraMovieJustice Raghunath45
1950DahejMovie—44
1950India Is OursMovie—44
1946ValmikiMovie—40
1945VikramadityaMovieVikramaditya (King of Avanti)39
1945PhoolMovie—39
1945Nala DamayantiMovieKing Nala39
1945Shri Krishnarjun YudhMovieArjun39
1943GauriMovie—37
1943IsharaMovieRamnath37
1943Vish KanyaMovie—37
1943Aankh Ki SharmMovie—37
1942Ek RaatMovieRavi36
1942UjalaMovieShyam Krishna36
1941The Court Dancer: Raj NartakiMoviePrince Chandrakriti (Hindi version)35
1941SikandarMovieAlexander the Great35
1940India TodayMovieDhiraj34
1940SajniMovieNanda34
1940PagalMovieDr. Vasant34
1940DeepakMovieDr. Deepak34
1940ChingariMovieBiren34
1939SaperaMovie—33
1939Adhuri KahaniMovieSomnath33
1938AbhaginMoviePromod32
1937VidyapatiMovieKing Shiva Singha31
1937Anath AshramMovieRanjit31
1937MilapMovie—31
1936GrihadahaMovieSuresh (Hindi version)30
1935InquilabMovie—29
1934SeetaMovieRam28
1934Daku MansoorMovieAli28
1933Rajrani MeeraMovieRana Kumbha, King of Mewar27
1931Alam AraMovie—25
1931DraupadiMovieArjuna25
1930The Arabian KnightMovie—24
1930Cinema GirlMovie—24
1929Do Dhari TalwarMovie—23