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Monday, February 22, 2021

Remembering actor producer Kamal Kapoor 1920-2010


Kamal Kapoor was an Indian actor and producer who acted in around 600 Hindi, Punjabi and Gujarati films.

He was born on 22 Feb  1920 in Lahore, Punjab, British India. He completed his studies in Lahore's DAV college. He was cousin of Prithviraj Kapoor and maternal grandfather of Goldie Behl.

He started his career working as a hero through the 1940s-50s. His first film was Door Chalen, which was released in 1946 . He played the lead in the movie Door Chalen. He started playing the role of a villain in the 1960s-70s. Some of his popular roles are those of the father of Raj Kapoor in Aag and Narang in Don.





Filmography
This is a selected list

Year Film Role
1947 Dak Bangla Hatimtai
1948 Aag Advocate Khanna
1961 Reshmi Rumal Deepak
1962 Ek Musafir Ek Hasina Ranjeet
1965 Shaheed Public Prosecutor  Jab Jab Phool Khile Rai Bahadur Chunnilal Khanna
1967 Taqdeer Vijay Raaz Sunil's Friend
1968 Raja Aur Runk Commander Vikram
1970 Sachaa Jhutha Commissioner of Police
1972 Pakeezah Nawab Zafar Ali Khan
1972        Seeta Aur Geeta Ravi's Father
1972        Gora Aur Kala Dilawar Singh
1973 Black Mail Dr. J.K. Shetty
1974 Dil Diwana Kapoor
1975 Deewaar Factory Owner
1978 Don Narang
1985 Mard General Dyer
1989 Toofan ACP Sharma
1991 Indrajeet Principal
1997 Akhri Sanghursh Patel's Partner

He died on 2nd Aug 2010

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