Today is the death anniversary of Raaj Kumar , the popular
Bollywood actor .Born as Kulbhushan Pandit , he took the name Raaj Kumar and
lived up to his film name leading his life in style like a prince. Almost every
film he worked in became a hit. With a strong screen presence, even in
secondary or side roles, he would literally steal the show , often
overshadowing the lead actor. This was primarily due to his remarkable dialogue
delivery.His dialogues from the movies Waqt,Paakeejah, Neel Kamal cannot fade away
from the memory of movie buffs and need no recalling here.
The word ‘hum’
uttered by him umpteen of times, always had the desired impact, hardly seeming
out of sync with his persona, on or off screen.His oft repeated ‘Jaani’ became
equally popular.He also played romantic roles with ease . He worked in block
busters like Mother India,Dil Ek Mandir,Waqt,Dil Apna aur Preet Parayi, Mere
Huzoor, Ujala, Kajal, Maryada, Neel Kamal,Heer Ranjha Paakeejah , Saudagar.
Tiranga etc and acted with élan . Though not a crowd puller like the famous
trio of Dev Anand , Dilip Kumar and Raj Kapoor , he was cast in a different
mould and was a class by himself.
Our tributes to this stalwart
of Hindi Cinema !
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