Sanjeev Kumar
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| Sanjeev Kumar | |
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| Born | Haribhai Jariwala 9 July 1938 Bombay, Bombay Presidency, India |
| Died | 6 November 1985 (aged 47) Bombay, Maharashtra, India |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1960–1985 |
| Spouse | None |
Sanjeev Kumar (Hindi: संजीव कुमार; 9 July 1938 – 6 November 1985) was one of the most prominent Indian actors in Bollywood.
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[edit] Personal life and background
Sanjeev Kumar was born as (Haribhai ?) Jariwala[citation needed] in Gujarat to a Gujarati family. His first home was in Surat and family based in Mumbai. A stint in the film school took him to Bollywood, where he eventually became a movie star. He remained a bachelor all his life and died of a massive heart attack in 1985.[1] He has two younger brothers and a sister.
[edit] Career
Sanjeev Kumar made his debut in the film Hum Hindustani in 1960. Sanjeev's first film as a hero was the 1965 Nishan. In 1968, he played opposite the famous actor Dilip Kumar in Sangharsh. In 1970, Khilona made him a star. He went on to star in the hits Seeta Aur Geeta (1972) and Manchali (1973). He started working with the well-known director Gulzar in the early 1970s. He did nine films with Gulzar, including Aandhi (1975), Mausam (1975), Angoor (1981) and Namkeen (1982). Many of his fans believe that these are some of the best films that he did.
He was always ready to take unconventional roles that challenged him as an actor. He played Mirza, a chess-obsessed Lucknowi (citizen of Lucknow), in Satyajit Ray's classic Shatranj Ke Khiladi (1977). Perhaps his best-remembered roles were in the blockbuster films Sholay (1975) and Trishul (1978). In Naya Din Nayi Raat (1974) Sanjeev Kumar reprised the nine-role epic performance by Sivaji Ganesan in Navarathiri (1964), which was also previously reprised by Akkineni Nageswara Rao in Navarathri (Telugu; 1966). This film has enhanced his status and reputation as a serious actor in Hindi cinema.
During the early 1980s, Sanjeev Kumar did more supporting roles than playing the lead. In 1980, he starred in a Punjabi movie Fauji Chacha. In 1985, when he was 47 years old, he had a massive heart attack, resulting in his death.[2] He never married. He was however involved with actress Sulakshana Pandit, whom he did not marry, having been turned down by Hema Malini, with whom he was in love at the time. Hema Malini went on to marry her frequent co-star Dharmendra.[3] Ironically for an actor who played many elderly roles, he did not live to the age of 50.
Ten of his already completed films were released after his death, with his final film Professor Ki Padosan being released in 1993. At the time of his death only three-fourths of this film was complete, and it was decided to alter the story in the second half of the film to explain the absence of Sanjeev Kumar's character.
[edit] Awards
[edit] National Film Awards
- National Film Award for Best Actor – Won
1971 Dastak – Hamid
1973 Koshish – Haricharan
[edit] Filmfare Awards
Sanjeev Kumar was nominated for 14 Filmfare Awards. [4] Thrice as Best Supporting Actor and rest as Best Actor. He won the awards twice as Best Actor and once as Best Supporting Actor, as shown below.
- Filmfare Award for Best Actor – Won
1976 Aandhi – J.K.
1977 Arjun Pandit – Arjun Pandit
- Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actor – Won
1969 Shikar – Inspector Rai
- Filmfare Award for Best Actor – Nominated
1971 Khilona – Vijaykamal S. Singh
1974 Koshish – Hari Charan Mathur
1976 Sholay – Thakur Baldev Singh
1977 Mausam – Dr. Amarnath Gill
1978 Yehi Hai Zindagi – Anand Narayan
1978 Zindagi – Raghu Shukla
1979 Devata – Tony/Tarun Kumar Gupta
1979 Pati Patni Aur Woh – Ranjeet Chhadha
1983 Angoor – Ashok R. Tilak
- Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actor – Nominated
1979 Trishul – Raj Kumar 'R.K.' Gupta
1983 Vidhaata – Abu Baba
[edit] Other Awards
[edit] Filmography
[edit] Actor
See Sanjeev Kumar filmography.
[edit] References
- ^ "Sanjeev Kumar Biography". chakpak. http://www.chakpak.com/celebrity/sanjeev-kumar/biography/9937.
- ^ "Sanjeev Kumar". upperstall.com. http://www.upperstall.com/people/sanjeev-kumar.
- ^ "Whatever happened to....... Sulakshana Pandit". Filmfare. http://downloads.movies.indiatimes.com/site/aug2002/ivw9.html.
- ^ "Sanjeev Kumar Awards". Bollywood Hungama. http://indiafm.com/celebrities/awards/11035/index.html.
- ^ "BFJA Awards". BFJA Awards. Archived from the original on July 07, 2011. http://web.archive.org/web/20110707232808/http://www.bfjaawards.com/archives/pictures/index26.htm.
- ^ "BFJA Awards". BFJA Awards. Archived from the original on July 26, 2011. http://web.archive.org/web/20110726005958/http://www.bfjaawards.com/legacy/pastwin/197437.htm.
7)^A tribute to Sanjeev Kumar http://madaboutmoviez.com/2012/02/05/a-tribute-to-sanjeev-kumar/
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