Personal Info
Birth date
1906-11-03 (118 Years)
Day of death
1972-05-29
Gender
Male
Known for
Acting
Place of birth
Peshawar, North-West Frontier Province, British India
Also known as
पृथ्वीराज कपूर
Prithviraj Kapoor
Biography
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Filmography
Heer Raanjha
6.3
Overview:
Heer Raanjha is a 1970 Indian Hindi-language romantic musical film directed by Chetan Anand. It stars Raaj Kumar and Priya Rajvansh and tells the tragic love story of Heer, a wealthy girl, and Ranjha, who has been banished by his family. The film is often referred to as a Punjabi version of "Romeo and Juliet.Awaara
7.2
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A petty thief is put on trial for the attempted murder of a lawyer. Through a series of flashbacks, the intertwining lives of the thief, the lawyer, and the thief's defense lawyer are illustrated.Mughal-e-Azam
6.85
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In the 16th century, when Prince Salim falls in love with a beautiful courtesan named Anarkali, Emperor Akbar's disapproval leads to a battle between father and son.Journey Beyond Three Seas
5.7
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This first co-production of the Soviet and Indian cinematographers is dedicated to the Tver merchant Afanasy Nikitin who in 1466-1472 blazed the trade way from Europe to India. The film is based on Nikitin’s travel notes. Starring in the film are popular Russian actor Oleg Strizhenov and India’s 1950s movie star Nargis.Kal Aaj Aur Kal
7.5
Overview:
Widower Ram Kapoor lives a very wealthy lifestyle in Bombay, but is very lonely, as his only child, a son named Rajesh, lives abroad, and his aged dad, Diwan Bahadur, lives in the village. Ram frequently throws lavish parties to overcome this loneliness. This changes when Rajesh returns home, and he is able to convince Diwan also to return so that the three could live together. Shortly thereafter differences crop up between Rajesh and Diwan - initially on love and marriage; then on Caste issues; then the marriage of Rajesh, which is arranged with Diwan's friend, Thakur Janak Singh's daughter, Rukmani, while Rajesh wants to marry Monica. Things come to such a pass that Ram decides to leave, takes to women and alcohol in a big way, and becomes the subject of a big scandal.Ab Dilli Dur Nahin
5.5
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A young boy travels to Delhi, wanting to meet Prime Minister to seek justice for his father who has been wrongly sentenced to death.Lajwanti
6.3
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Having been unjustly accused of having an affair, a dutiful and loving wife is thrown out of the house by her husband and forced to abandon her baby. When mother and child are eventually reunited, the mother faces an uphill struggle to regain the love of her daughter.Rajkumar
6
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Prince Bhanu Pratap returns from a decade in a foreign country, together with his friend Kapil. His father, the King (Raja)has married again after Bhanu Pratap's mother passed away, and has a son by his new wife Maharani (Queen) Kalavanti. The Queen's brother Narpat Singh has designs upon the throne and enrols his sister the Maharani in his plot, by promising to unseat Bhanu Pratap and install her son as the heir. Prince Bhanu Singh has been tipped off, so he starts to behave like a CLOWN prince, instead of acting as the CROWN prince, in an attempt to flush out the schemers. This is a complex story of Royalty in India, in the post Independence (from the British) era, before democracy took root. It is a story of love, Indian values and to some extent superstitions and the conflict between values, superstition and modern views of the world they lived in.Inquilab
6
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A drama set amid an earthquake in Bihar. Miss Renee (Khote) looks after the victims while her lover, the businessman Sardar (Mohanned), wants to make money from the disaster.Sikandar
NYR
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The film begins after Alexander the Great (Sikander in Hindi/Urdu) conquers Persia and the Kabul valley and approaches the Indian border at Jhelum. Sohrab Modi plays the Indian king Puru (Porus to the Greeks). The story goes that when Sikander defeated Porus and imprisoned him, he asked Porus how would he like to be treated. Porus replied the same way a defeated king is treated by the winner (meaning killed).Zindagi
NYR
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Beena falls in love with Rajan after he rescues her from some goons. Soon they marry and she is pregnant. The trouble starts when Beena spends the night with Gopal. What compels her to do this?Pyaar Kiya To Darna Kya
NYR
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Rajesh is the son of a rich father, Kuver Saheb. Rajesh falls in love with Savita a daughter of a teacher Ramdas, who Rajesh got sacked and humiliated when he was younger.Naag Panchami
NYR
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Snake Goddess Mansa is having a bad day. It's her birthday but she is restless and irritated by her followers in Naglok. Fortuitously Nagraj turns up and she manages to cajole him into revealing the name of her father, who is none other than Lord Shiva.Teen Bahuraniyan
6
Overview:
Teen Bahuraniyan (English: Three Daughters-In-Law) is a 1968 family comedy movie. The film is a remake of 1967 Tamil movie Bama Vijayam (Bama's Visit). The film's three lead ladies reprise their roles from the original movie. Teen Bahuraniyan is family story of 3 daughter in laws and their husbands. The movie shows how their relations takes different colour at various situations and how the father Prithviraj Kapoor plays vital role in the family to keep things going.Sakshathkara
8
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The story revolves around the dangers of superstition, particularly when it concerns marriage and how unscrupulous elements in society could manipulate these beliefs to their benefit and lead to tragic consequences.Where There Is Truth There Is God
NYR
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Fated to die at the hands of a child, a demon wreaks havoc on the lives of the to-be parents.Rustom Sohrab
8
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In the year 720B.C., Rustom, who reigned in Iran- Persia and was known for superhuman strength, married Tehminia, Princess of Samangan. When he moved to Samangan, Iran's enemies took advantage, attacked and imprisoned the king. As he heard the news of this rebellion, he began planning his own revolt- to free the king from his captors.Yeh Raat Phir Na Aaygi
8
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After discovery of skeletal remains at an excavation site, a woman known to be deceased for over 2 centuries mysteriously re-surfaces to claim her lover.Nanak Naam Jahaz Hai
NYR
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In this classic drama, bachelor Prem (Suresh) enjoys a good life, with a successful business and a loving family. But when he marries the manipulative Ratan (Nishi), his once-blissful existence becomes fraught with tension. Ratan drives a wedge between Prem and his brother, Gurmukh (Prithviraj Kapoor), and tries to destroy Gurmukh's relationship with his wife, Channi (Vimi). Will Channi's strong Sikh faith be enough to restore peace to the family?Dahej
NYR
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Thakur ( is a proud and dignified man with an only daughter, Chanda who is of marriageable age. His wife and he receive a suitable proposal from the house of a lawyer and his wife. They accept this proposal, and make it clear to the lawyer that he is unable to afford any dowry, to which the lawyer agrees. The groom, Suraj, accepts the bride without any dowry. Then Chanda's mother-in-law gets agitated over the lack of dowry and starts harassing Chanda. The lawyer dies suddenly during a court case, and Chanda is blamed for his death. Eventually Chanda is thrown out of the house, and Suraj is unable to do anything. At this point in time, Thakur decides to sell everything and give it all to Chanda's mother-in-law, who is now planning to get Suraj married again. But will this gesture resolve Chanda's problems?Anand Math
6.5
Overview:
Anand Math is a 1952 Hindi patriotic-historical film directed by Hemen Gupta, based on Anandamath, the famous Bengali novel written by Bankim Chandra Chatterjee in 1882. The novel and film are set in the events of the Sannyasi Rebellion, which took place in the late 18th century in eastern India, especially Bengal.Phool
NYR
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A drama set in a Muslim family. Safhar's inheritance is lost, thanks to his sister-in-law, but he is still expected to complete his late father's work of building a mosque. If he cannot complete the work, then Salim must take over, but he goes off to fight in the Balkans, leaving the sister-in- law's orphaned daughter to complete the task. In doing so, she will lose her freedom, so she has a difficult decision to make.Jahan Ara
10
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The relationship between two childhood friends is tested as they grow up and discoveries are made. Mirza Yusuf Changezi has known Jahan Ara since childhood, and both have been good friends. After they grow up, things are not quite the same, as Jahan Ara's dad is none other than Emperor Shah Jahan, and men are not permitted to meet with the princess under any circumstance. But Jahan and Mirza do meet secretly and promise to marry each other.Valmiki
NYR
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Valmiki is a movie directed by Bhalji Pendharkar featuring Shanta Apte, Prithviraj Kapoor.Sky palace
NYR
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The story revolves around a Nawab, who having lost his money, still continues to live in the old traditional style, maintaining a grandeur facade. His son opposes the unrealistic life-style.Abhagin
NYR
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A tenant attacks the villainous landlord Jawaharlal Choudhry, injures his son Priyalal and abducts his daughter-in-law Sandhya. Sandhya escapes unharmed to her relative, the engineer Praksh, but her father-in-law refuses to take her back, believing her to be 'damaged goods'. Sheltered by the kindly Promode, her husband eventually accepts her back although she feels torn between affection for her savior and her marital obligations.Acting
1987Raj Kapoor - The Showman of Indian Cinema as Self
1973Naya Nasha as Rana
1972Naag Panchami as Maharaj Chandradhar
1971Sakshathkara as Bhoopalayya, Mahesh's father
1971Kal Aaj Aur Kal as Diwan Bahadur Kapoor
1971Sher E Watan as Baadshah Hanibaal
1970Heer Raanjha as Unknown
1969Nanak Naam Jahaz Hai as Gurmukh Singh
1968Teen Bahuraniyan as Unknown
1967Bombay In The Night's Embrace as Unknown
1966Insaaf as Unknown
1966Yeh Raat Phir Na Aaygi as Professor (as Prithviraj)
1966Lal Bangla as Police Sub-Inspector
1966Love and Murder as Inspector
1965Lootera as Shah Zaman
1965Sky palace as Unknown
1965Where There Is Truth There Is God as Maharaja Karamdham
1964Rajkumar as Maharaja
1964Zindagi as Unknown
1964Jahan Ara as Unknown
1963Pyaar Kiya To Darna Kya as Kunwar Saheb
1963Rustom Sohrab as Rustom
1960Mughal-e-Azam as Emperor Akbar
1958Lajwanti as (as Prithiviraj)
1957Journey Beyond Three Seas as Grand Vizier Mahmud Gavan
1957Paisa as Unknown
1957Ab Dilli Dur Nahin as Self (uncredited)
1952Anand Math as Satyananda
1951Awaara as Justice Raghunath
1950Dahej as Unknown
1950India is Ours as Unknown
1946Valmiki as Unknown
1945Phool as Unknown
1945Nala Damayanti as King Nala
1945Vikramaditya as Vikramaditya (King of Avanti)
1943Gauri as Unknown
1943Ishara as Ramnath
1942Ujala as Shyam Krishna
1941Sikandar as Alexander the Great
1941The Court Dancer: Raj Nartaki as Prince Chandrakriti (Hindi version)
1940Pagal as Dr. Vasant
1939Sapera as Unknown
1938Abhagin as Promod
1937Vidyapati as King Shiva Singha
1936Grihadaha as Suresh (Hindi version)
1935Inquilab as Unknown
1934Seeta as Ram
1934Daku Mansoor as Ali
1932Draupadi as Arjuna
1931The Light of the World as Unknown
1930Cinema Girl as Unknown
1930The Arabian Knight as Unknown
1929Do Dhari Talwar as Unknown
Directing
1957Paisa ... Director