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A. K. Hangal

1915 - 2012

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Avtar Kishan Hangal (1 February 1914 – 26 August 2012) was an Indian freedom fighter and actor. His most notable roles are as Ram Shastri in Aaina (1977), as the Inder Sen in Shaukeen, as Bipinlal Pandey in Namak Haraam, as Imaam Saa'b in Sholay, as Anokhelal in Manzil and the antagonist in Prem Bandhan and the 16 films he did with Rajesh Khanna. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of A. K. Hangal has received more than 1,155,691 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). A. K. Hangal is the 8,156th most popular actor (up from 8,450th in 2019), the 122nd most popular biography from Pakistan (down from 115th in 2019) and the 22nd most popular Pakistani Actor.

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  • 48.84

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  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.53

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.62

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, A. K. Hangal ranks 8,156 out of 13,578. Before him are Holmes Herbert, Huang Zitao, Guy Henry, Lacey Chabert, Lee Yoo-mi, and Jack Wild. After him are Colin O'Donoghue, Grant Gustin, Kim Greist, David Charvet, Nathalia Dill, and Charlene Choi.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1915, A. K. Hangal ranks 283. Before him are Helmut Niedermayr, Yvonne Mitchell, Harry Edison, Howard Cooke, Siegfried Powolny, and Arthur Lowe. After him are Malik Meraj Khalid, Veda Ann Borg, Robin Montgomerie-Charrington, Martha Tilton, Bill Williams, and Bhisham Sahni. Among people deceased in 2012, A. K. Hangal ranks 462. Before him are Andrew Sarris, Tommy Godwin, Helen Gurley Brown, Fontella Bass, Kitty Wells, and Finn Pedersen. After him are Lucille Bliss, Dubravko Pavličić, Joe Kubert, John Arden, Bill Hinzman, and Jules Bocandé.

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In Pakistan

Among people born in Pakistan, A. K. Hangal ranks 122 out of 217. Before him are Asma Barlas (1950), Ghulam Mustafa Jatoi (1931), Iqbal Theba (1963), Muhammad Tahir-ul-Qadri (1951), Balakh Sher Mazari (1928), and Valerian Gracias (1900). After him are Suraiya (1929), Malik Meraj Khalid (1915), Baitullah Mehsud (1974), Malik Ghulam Muhammad (1895), Suresh Oberoi (1946), and Yasmeen Lari (1941).

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Among ACTORS In Pakistan

Among actors born in Pakistan, A. K. Hangal ranks 22. Before him are Sadhana Shivdasani (1941), Prem Chopra (1935), Manorama (1926), Sultan Rahi (1938), Kulbhushan Kharbanda (1944), and Iqbal Theba (1963). After him are Suraiya (1929), Suresh Oberoi (1946), Zia Mohyeddin (1931), Salma Agha (1956), Bina Rai (1931), and Shyama (1935).

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