Raghubir Yadav
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| Raghubir Yadav | |
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| Born | 20 June 19?? Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh |
| Other names | Raghubir Yadav |
| Occupation | Film actor Playback singer |
| Years active | 1985-present |
Raghubir Yadav (also credited as Raghuvir Yadav, Hindi: रघुवीर यादव) is a two-time international award winner Indian stage, film and television actor, music composer, singer and set designer.
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[edit] Biography
Yadav spent the early years of his life in Jabalpur, a city in Madhya Pradesh. He ran away from home and joined the Parsi Theatre Company at the age of fifteen. He later moved to Delhi, where he joined the National School of Drama (NSD), graduating with a specialization in stagecraft in 1977. He was married in 1988 to Poornima; he in 1996 filed for divorce in Jabalpur. He was arrested in Mumbai on 4 June[when?] by Mumbai police on the charge of not paying maintenance to his ex-wife.
[edit] Career
[edit] Theatre
Yadav performed as an actor and singer in over 70 plays and about 2500 shows, travelling in caravans, living in tents and performing on makeshift stages in villages, towns and cities of India with the Parsi Theatre Company (1967–1973). He was with the Rangoli Puppet Theatre, Lucknow (1973–1974), performing with glove puppets. At the National School of Drama Repertory (1977–1986), he acted in about 40 plays in over 2000 shows. He has also contributed to music, sets, costumes and masks.
[edit] Film
He made his film debut with Massey Sahib (1985) in which Yadav played the title role. Incidentally he has never won the National Award but two International Awards as Best Actor for Massey Sahib, FIPRESCI Critic's Award, Venice Film Festival, 1986 and the Best Actor Silver Peacock, IIFI, 1987. The film also starred the noted writer and social activist, Arundhati Roy.
He was seen in many milestone films in the coming decades. Three films that he has acted in have received Academy Award nominations for Best Foreign Language Film (Salaam Bombay!, Lagaan, and Water). Raghubir Yadav is the only Indian actor to have received the Silver Peacock Best Actor Award, at the International Film Festival of India. His most acclaimed role was as the drug addicted "Chillum" in Salaam Bombay! (1988). In 2011 he plays the lead role in the film Dear Friend Hitler which takes its name from two letters Mahatma Gandhi wrote Adolf Hitler, in 1939 immediately before World War II and Christmas Eve 1940 after the war had started, to prevent and to stop the war.
[edit] Television
Yadav started his television career with the TV series Mungerilal Ke Haseen Sapne (1990), playing the lead character 'Mungerilal'. Later he played the roles of Haji Nasruddin in the series Mulla Nasiruddin and the lead in Chacha Chaudhary. He also played the lead role for BI T.V. in Arjun Pandit.
[edit] Music
- He composes and sings in films that include Maya Memsaab, Massey Sahib, Rudaali, Aasmaan Se Gira, O Darling ye hai India, Samar, Sunday, Darna mana hai, Ramaji London waale, Billu Barber, Dilli 6. He sang the title song of Chacha Chaudhary. He sang a song in Amir Khan's Peepli Live called "Mehngai Dayain" with bhadwai village mandli in which he was later praised by many topguns of Indian film fraternity
- He provided singing and voice for ads: Pepsi, Parle, Vim, Kotak Mahindra, Icy Cool Mint, Coke, Midday, Bagh Bakari Chai, Crack cream, Maggie Mania, Britannia etc.
- He composed music for Ghasiram Kotwal, Chotte Sayeed Bade Sayeed, Chaupra Kamaal Naukar Jamal, Chacha Chaudhary, ballet for song and drama division. Composed and sang "Maggie Mania", conceived, written and composed by Ramlila for Dilli 6.
[edit] Awards
- IFFI, Silver Peacock Award as Best Actor: Massey Sahib at the International Film Festival of India Award (1987).
- FIPRESCI Critic's Award, Venice for Best Actor: Massey Sahib (1986).
