Actor rajendra kumar biography examples

Indian actor

This article is about the actor. For the politician, see Rajendra Kumar (politician).

Rajendra Kumar (born as Rajendra Kumar Tuli; 20 July 1927 – 12 July 1999), was an Indian actor who starred in Bollywood films.

Actor rajendra kumar biography examples

Starting his career in 1949, he appeared in more than 80 films in a career spanning over four decades.^[3] He was popularly known as the Jubilee Kumar during the 1960s when he starred in several commercially successful films.^[4]

Personal life

Rajendra Kumar was born in a Punjabi HinduKhatri family in Sialkot, in the Punjab province of British India.^[5] His grandfather was a successful military contractor and his father had a textile business in Karachi, Sindh, British India.

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