Trilok Kapoor

"Trilok Kapoor is a legendary actor who is part of Bollywood royalty as he is a member of the Kapoor clan, younger brother of actor Prithviraj Kapoor One of the most notable names in the Indian film i >> Read More... and uncle to the famous trio Raj Kapoor, Shammi Kapoor and Shashi Kapoor. He was born in 1912 at Peshawar, Pakistan, and it’s here he had completed his education. Although he wanted to join the struggle to achieve freedom, his father, Basheshwarnath Kapoor had forced him to join his brother in Bombay, where his elder brother was also trying to land roles in Hindi films. This was the turning point of his career.

During his time, mythological films were achieving high popularity, and in one such film Char Darvesh (1933), at the young age of 18, he had played the lead romantic hero. His film career began from this movie, and he went on to star in his second film, Seetha, along with his elder brother, where they both had characterized roles as Lord Ram’s twin sons Luv and Kush. After achieving moderate success, he had also assisted director Hem Chandra in direction for about five years. But Kapoor was best known for his mythological movies, especially his pairing with Nirupa Roy Nirupa Roy had acted in over 100 films as a heroin >> Read More... .

In 1950, his film Har Har Mahadev, where he played Lord Shiva, and Nirupa Roy cast as Goddess Parvathi, was released to widespread success and this movie had established Kapoor as a leading actor in Hindi movies. This pairing of Kapoor-Roy as Shiva-Parvathi had become a hit among the audience, and this led to their pairing in several movies, Shiv Shakti, Shiv Kanya, Jai Mahadev, Ganesh Janma and Ganesh Mahima. Another fact worth mentioning is that Kapoor had acted opposite Noor Jehan Noor Jehan is a singer of two countries India and >> Read More... in Mirza Sahiban, before Jehan’s final move to Pakistan. After a long success in the film industry, Trilok Kapoor had died on September 23, 1988, with cause of death assumed to be due to a heart attack."

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Trilok Kapoor, an Indian actor and member of the Kapoor family who appeared in Bollywood movies, was born in India on February 11; 1912. He was Prithviraj Kapoor, an actor younger,'s brother. In a Punjabi Hindu household, Trilok was born as Dewan Basheshwarnath Kapoor's second son. He entered the nascent Hindi cinema business (Bollywood), like his brother Prithviraj Kapoor, in the 1930s and became one of the most financially successful performers of the time. He was born in Peshawar and later resided in Mumbai and Calcutta which was the only houses in the neighborhood, now known as Trilok Kapoor Marg, is his bungalow in Union Park, Chembur. Vicky and Vijay Kapoor were two of Kapoor's sons. Vicky Kapoor was a politician and attorney.

His debut performance was as the lead opposite Kanan Devi in the popular film Char Darvesh (1933). In the 1933 legendary hit Seeta, which Debaki Bose directed, he portrayed Luv. Prithviraj Kapoor, Gul Hamid, and Durga Khote starred in the movie as Rama, Laxman, and Sita, respectively. Trilok Kapoor rose to prominence as a leading man throughout the 1930s and 1940s, and for several years, he was one of the highest-paid movie stars. In 1947's super-hit film Mirza Sahiban, Noor Jehan's final film in India before she migrated to Pakistan, he played the hero opposite Noor Jehan. Leading actresses of the day, like Nalini Jaywant This actress belongs to the black and white era an >> Read More... , Sushila Rani Patel, Meena Shorey "Meena Shorey, born as Khurshid Jehan, was a Pakis >> Read More... , Sulochana, and others, were frequently cast opposite him in supporting roles. In the wildly popular film Pyar ki Baatein, he was coupled with Nargis. He afterward switched to mythical films.

He portrayed Rama in Shri Ram Bhakta Hanuman by Homi Wadia Homi Wadia was born on 22nd May 1958 in Surat, Guj >> Read More... in 1948 and Shiva in Ramayan by Vijay Bhatt Vijay Bhatt was an Indian producer and director. H >> Read More... in 1954. He featured in 18 films with Nirupa Roy and took on various roles in mythological films, mainly portraying Shiva and Parvati. Together, they saw an explosion in popularity following the release of the 1950's highest-grossing films, Har Har Mahadev. He played a hero opposite Mala Sinha in the 1955 movie Ekadashi. He played the lead in the famous movie Ram Janma by Nanabhai Bhatt (1951). In the hugely popular 1955 movie Waman Avtar, starring Nirupa Roy and Shahu Modak and featuring the hit song Tere Dwar Khada Bhagwan written by Kavi Pradeep, he played the part of Lord Vishnu. Even today, devotional songs from his movies like "Bholenath see Nirala (Har Har Mahadev), Tere Dwar Khada Bhagwan," "Pinjare ka panchi," and others are pretty well-known (Naag Mani).

In 1962, he also produced the film Shiv Parvati under the name TK Films, in which he portrayed Shiva against Ragini in the part of Parvati and Jeevan in the character of Narad Muni. Later, from the 1970s until his passing in 1988, he began specializing in character roles. His films include Ram Teri Ganga Maili, Kachche Dhaage, Chor Chor, Darwaza, Sabot, and Purana Mandir. His son Vijay Kapoor's 1988 telefilm Akaanksha served as his final work.