ACTOR

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 1,062,866 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). A. K. Hangal is the 8,153rd 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.

Memorability Metrics

  • 1.1M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 40.96

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.53

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.62

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of A. K. Hangals by language

Over the past year A. K. Hangal has had the most page views in the with 125,456 views, followed by Hindi (8,085), and Persian (3,891). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Hindi (65.10%), Uzbek (63.07%), and Eastern Punjabi (53.09%)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, A. K. Hangal ranks 8,153 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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Television and Movie Roles

Sholay
Imaam Saheb
After his family is murdered by a notorious and ruthless bandit, a former police officer enlists the services of two outlaws to capture the bandit.
Aug 15o 19757 / 10
Lagaan: Once Upon a Time in India
Shambukaka
In 1890s India, an arrogant British commander challenges the harshly taxed residents of Champaner to a high-stakes cricket match.
Jun 15o 20017.3 / 10
Paheli
Jeevraj
Kishanlal marries the beautiful Lachchi, but the day after the wedding, he leaves on business for five years. When Kishanlal reappears only a few days later, Lachchi is delighted, but this new Kishanlal is in fact a spirit who has taken the form of Lachchi's husband, after having seen her by chance and fallen in love with her. Four years later, the real Kishanlal returns and the townsfolk must determine who is who.
Jun 24o 20056.203 / 10