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Prithviraj Kapoor (born Prithvinath Kapoor; 3 November 1906 – 29 May 1972) was an Indian actor who is also considered to be one of the founding figures of Hindi cinema. [1] 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 Bombay .
In 1971, Prithviraj Kapoor made his debut in the Kannada movie Sakshatkara, which was directed by Kannada director Puttanna Kanagal. Prithviraj Kapoor (right) in a still from the movie Nanak Naam Jahaz Hai. Prithviraj Kapoor was 17 years old when he got married to Ramsarni Mehra, who was then 15 years old.
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Prithviraj Kapoor was born on Sunday, 3 November 1906 (age 65 years; at the time of death) in Samundri, Punjab, British India (present-day Punjab, Pakistan). His zodiac sign was Scorpio. Soon after completing his school education, he joined the Edwardes College in Peshawar, Pakistan to pursue a bachelor’s in arts degree. He was born and brought up ...
Parents & Siblings
His father’s name is Basheshwarnath Kapoor, and his mother’s name is Vaishno Devi. The couple had three sons, and two of their sons died at a very young age. Prithviraj is the third and only son of Basheshwarnath Kapoor from his first wife. Basheshwarnath Kapoor married twice and had four sons named Trilok, Amar, Ram, Vishi, and three daughters named Kailash, Prem, and Shanta from his second wife. The popular Bollywood actor Trilok Kapoor was his younger brother. The noted Bollywood actors an...
Wife & Children
In 1923, Prithviraj Kapoor got married to Ramsarni Kapoor. The couple has three sons named Raj Kapoor, Shammi Kapoor, and Shashi, Kapoor. They have a daughter named Urmila Sial Kapoor. Prithviraj Kapoor was 17 years old and Ramsarni Mehra was 15 years old at the time of their marriage. It was an intra-community marriage, which was arranged by their parents by following Indian traditional ceremonies. It is said that their marriage was fixed by their parents in their childhood, but was official...
Prithviraj Kapoor belonged to a Punjabi Hindu Khatri family in Lyallpur, Punjab Province. Bengali Cinema: ‘An Other Nation’
Films
When he was a teenager, he began performing in the theatres of Lyallpur and Peshawar and initiated his acting career. In 1928, he decided to shift to Bombay from Peshawar to pursue his dreams of acting and took a loan from his aunt for the same. Soon after he reached Bombay, he became a part of the Imperial Film Company and started appearing in a few Hindi movies in minor roles. In the same year, he rose to prominence when he appeared in the film of the year ‘Be Dhari Talwar’ in a side role....
Prithvi Theatre
Prithviraj Kapoor founded his own theatre group named Prithvi Theatre in 1944. His eldest son Raj Kapoor started directing and producing Hindi films by the year 1946, and Prithviraj Kapoor started keeping himself involved in many theatre plays, which were organised by him to inspire the young people of India to participate in the Indian independence movement and the quit India movement. The ‘Prithvi Theaters’ staged more than 2662 performances after sixteen years of its initiation, and Prithv...
Politics
From 3 April 1952 to 2 April 1960, he served as the Rajya Sabha Member from the Bombay constituency.
In 1954, he earned the Sangeet Natak Akademi Fellowship from the Indian Sangeet Natak Akademi. In 1956, he was honoured with the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award by the Sangeet Natak Akademi. In 1969, he was felicitated the Padma Bhushan by the Government of India. In 1972, he was honoured with the Dadasaheb Phalke Award (Posthumous) for the year 1971 f...
On 29 May 1972, he died in Bombay, Maharashtra, India (present-day Mumbai) at the age of 65 years after battling a long with cancer. His wife also died of cancer, fifteen days after his death. Later, the family members of Prithviraj Kapoor founded a memorial in his memory at their farmhouse named “Rajbaugh,” which is situated on the side of the Mul...
Soon after the marriage of Prithviraj Kapoor and Ramsarni, her brother, Jugal Kishore Mehra, started receiving opportunities to work in Hindi cinema.
- Prithviraj Kapoor. Raj Kapoor was an actor, a producer, and a director who was married to Krishna Kapoor. The couple was blessed with three sons Randhir Kapoor, Rishi Kapoor, and Rajiv Kapoor and two daughters, Rima Jain, Ritu Nanda.
- Prithviraj Kapoor With His Sons.
- Raj Kapoor With His Sons.
- Randhir Kapoor With His Family. Randhir Kapoor: Actor, Director, Producer. Wife: Babita Kapoor (Actress) Children: Karisma Kapoor (Actress), and Kareena Kapoor Khan (Actress)
Prithviraj Kapoor's cousin was Surinder Kapoor [30] who left Peshawar and came to Mumbai with help from Prithviraj Kapoor. [31] who was married to Nirmal Kapoor. His oldest son is Boney Kapoor who was married to Mona Shourie and then to Sridevi and is the father of Arjun, Anshula, Janhvi, and Khushi Kapoor.
May 16, 2012 · Prithviraj Kapoor, a noted pioneer of Indian theatre and Hindi film industry was also the patriarch of Kapoor family. ... At age 18, Prithviraj married the 15-year-old Ramsarni Mehra, in a match ...
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Prithviraj Kapoor Biography. Born On: November 3, 1906 Born In: Lyallpur, Punjab Died On: May 29, 1972 Career: Actor Nationality: Indian The young, dashing, and handsome son of a young cop from then Punjab, British India ran to Mumbai to pursue his career in Bollywood. He is today remembered as one of the most celebrated actors in the Indian ...
