Ranbir Raj Kapoor (born Shrishti Nath Kapoor; 14 December 1924 2 June 1988), popularly known as Raj Kapoor, was an Indian actor, film director and film producer who worked in Bollywood films. He was fondly called Raj Sahab, The Showman, The Greatest Show Man of Indian cinema, Charlie Chaplin of Indian cinema by his family, friends and fans. Kapoor worked in many films, and his filmography is listed below.
Filmography Year Film Character(s) played Producer(s) Director(s) Notes Ref. 1935 InquilabDebaki Kumar BoseDebut film; child artist1943 GauriChandulal Jesangbhai ShahKidar Nath Sharma Hamari BaatChild artist 1946 Mahahrishi Valmiki NaradamuniAll workers under Prabhakar Pictures Bhalji PendharkarFirst adult role; credited as Kumar Raj 1947 Neel KamalMadhusudanKidar Nath SharmaFirst leading role Chittor VijayMohan Sinha Dil-Ki-Rani alias Sweet-Heart Madhav "Madho"P. V. BankerMohan Sinha Jail YatraGajanan Jagirdar 1948 Aag Kewal Khanna Amar Prem alias Radha KrishnaKrishnaV. N. MisraN. M. Kelkar GopinathMohanMahesh Kaul 1949 AndazRajanMehboob Khan Barsaat Pran Sunehre Din PremendraSatish Nigam ParivartanN. R. Acharya 1950 BanwraRaghpat Roy Kapur alias G. Rakesh Bawre NainChandKidar Nath Sharma DastanRajAbdur Rashid Kardar Jan Pahchan AnilFali D. Mistry and Robin ChatterjeeFali D. Mistry PyarBankeVishnu Kumar Magan Lal Vyas Sargam VinodPyare Lal Santoshi 1951 Awara Raj 1952 Amber RajJagat NarainJayantilal Jhinabhai Desai AnhoneeRaj Kumar SaxenaKhwaja Ahmad Abbas Ashiana RajuB. Swinder SabharwalB. Trilochan Bewafa RajJaffer HussainM. L. AnandOnly film where he played a fully gray or negative character. 1953 Aah Raj Raja Nawathe Dhoon RajPramilaMijjan Kumar LahrenShree 420Ramchandra Narhar ChitalkarHarnam Singh RawailGuest appearance; the nickname of his character Shree 420 in this film probably inspired the title of his 1955 classic film. PapiRaju and Swami SatyanandChandulal Jesangbhai ShahOnly film where he played a dual or double role. 1954 Boot Polish A sleeping man on the train beside a window (played either himself or his lookalike) Prakash AroraUncredited cameo 1955 Shree 420 Ranbir Raj 1956 Chori Chori SagarL. B. LachmanAnant Thakur Jagte Raho A peasant Sombhu Mitra and Amit Maitra Ek Din Ratre Bengali version of Jagte Raho (1956)1957 Ab Dilli Dur Nahin Amar Kumar SharadaShekhar alias ChiranjeevAkkineni Lakshmi Vara Prasada Rao 1958 Parvarish Raja SinghMahipatray ShahS. Banerjee Phir Subha HogiRam MehraRamesh Saigal 1959 Anari Raj KumarL. B. LachmanHrishikesh Mukherjee Char Dil Char RahenGovindaKhwaja Ahmad Abbas Do Ustad Rajan KumarSheikh MukhtarTarachand Harish MathurHis character is often mistaken to be his real self in the film. Kanhaiya KanhaiyaSant Singh and Pachhi ChibberOm Prakash Chibber Main Nashe Men Hoon Ram Das KhannaNaresh Saigal 1960 Chhalia ChhaliaSubhash DesaiManmohan Desai Jis Desh Men Ganga Behti Hai Raju Radhu Karmakar Shriman Satyawadi Vijay KumarMahipatray ShahSyed Mohammed Abbas 1961 Nazrana RajeshS. Krishnamurthy and T. GovindarajanChithamur Vijayaraghavalu Sridhar 1962 Aashiq Gopal alias Uday KumarBunny Reuben and Vijay Kishore DubeyHrishikesh Mukherjee 1963 Dil Hi To Hai Yusuf alias ChandB. L. RawalPyare Lal Santoshi and C. L. Rawal Ek Dil Sau AfsaneShekharRaghbir Chand Talwar 1964 Dulha DulhanRaj KumarRavindra Dave Sangam Sundar Khanna Also Editor 1966 Teesri Kasam HiramanShailendraBasu Bhattacharya 1967 Around the WorldRaj SinghPachhi Chibber Diwana Pyare LalMukhram Sharma and N. C. SippyMahesh Kaul 1968 Sapno Ka Saudagar Raj KumarB. AnanthaswamiMahesh Kaul 1970 Mera Naam Joker Raju 1971 Kal Aaj Aur Kal Ram Kapoor Randhir Kapoor 1973 Bobby Mera Desh Mera Dharam Dr. BanerjeeDara Singh 1975 Dharam Karam Ashok Kumar Randhir Kapoor Do JasoosDharam ChandNaresh Kumar Tuli 1976 Khaan Dost Ramdin Pandey Pawan Kumar and YogiDulal Guha 1977 Chandi SonaGypsy singerSanjay KhanGuest appearance as the performer of the song "Apna Kya Hai Hum Toh Anjaane" 1978 Satyam Shivam Sundaram Naukri Swaraj Singh (Captain)Jayendra Pandya, Rajaram Pandya and Satish WagleHrishikesh Mukherjee 1980 Ramu To Diwana HaiChandruGuest appearance AbdullahAbdullahSanjay Khan 1981 Naseeb(Himself)Manmohan DesaiGuest appearance as one of the film stars in the song "John Jani Janardhan" Biwi O Biwi Rahul Rawail 1982 Gopichand JasoosGopichandNaresh Kumar Tuli Vakil Babu Satyaprakash Mathur Jawahar Kapur Asit Sen Prem Rog 1983 Film Hi Film Suresh and a clown Shahab Ahmed Hiren Nag Documentary film where footages of his shelved film Reporter produced by C. M. Trivedi and directed by Manibhai Vyas starring him, Gope and Ramayan Tiwari in which he played the title role of a reporter named Suresh (supoosed to have been released circa 1960, nearly 3 years after Gope's demise) and footage of the song "Has Kar Hasa, Masti Mein Gaa" sung by Manna Dey from the shelved film Bahrupiya produced by Navin Chandra Shah and directed by Nandlal Jaswantlal Mehta in which he played the title role of a clown were used (supposed to have been released circa 1964, nearly 3 years after Jaswantlal's demise). 1985 Ram Teri Ganga Maili 1990 Dhadaka Dancer-singer Dr. Malik Pawar Marathi film; Guest appearance as one of the performers in the song "Nache O Nache Abdullah Mama"; Posthomous release
See also List of awards and nominations received by Raj Kapoor
References
External links Raj Kapoor filmography at Bollywood Hungama