Surendra

Surendra is a well-known actor and singer from India. His date of birth is 11th November 1910. His place of birth was a village in Punjab. His original name was Surendranath Sharma, but for creative purposes, he started to go by the name of Surendra. He adopted the title of BA LLB before his name as a title to exhibit his educational qualification. He wished to be a successful lawyer and practice law before the twist of fate that got him into the film industry. He started off his career as a singer after being discovered by Mehboob Khan.

He was to replace KL Saigal. His debut film was Deccan Queen in the year 1936. All his songs were all massive hits. He turned into an evergreen singer due to the fame he garnered in the 1940s. It was during this time span that he also had the chance to show off his acting skills. Surendra got into acting and singing despite his parents being against the idea. In 1938, he met with an accident owing to which the shooting of his movie Gramophone Singer was put on indefinite hold. After a few days of hospitalization, Surendra came back to complete the film.

In 1940, Surendra reached the peak of his fame especially with the movie Ali Baba where he played the double role of that of Ali Baba and also his son. He once again met with an accident while he was riding a horse. He was bed-ridden for months, and everyone thought that it was the end of his career. He proved them all wrong by making another comeback and finishing his projects that were still pending. As a lasting result of the accident, Surendra began walking with a slight limp. The emotion of pain in Surendra's voice was capable of inducing tears in the coldest of hearts.

All the sad songs sung by him became classics that have relevance even today. Satya Rishi was the name of Surendra's wife. They married in March 1945. Together they had four children. Two of the kids were daughters, and the other two were sons. After having tough luck in the field of mainstream acting, he even launched an ad company that created commercials.

The company is still active and has the name FAR Commercials. It is being under the managementof his children. One of his sons has also started his separate ad film company. After having lived in Mumbai almost all his life, in 1987 at the age of 77, Surendra passed away at his home. His last movie was the 1977 film Abhi To JeeLein.