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Prithviraj Kapoor

1906 - 1972

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Prithviraj Kapoor (born Prithvinath Kapoor; 3 November 1906 – 29 May 1972) was an Indian actor who is also considered to be one of the founding figures of Hindi cinema. He was associated with IPTA as one of its founding members and established the Prithvi Theatres in 1944 as a travelling theatre company based in Bombay. He was the patriarch of the Kapoor family of Hindi films, four generations of which, beginning with him, have played active roles in the Hindi film industry, with the youngest generation still active in Bollywood. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Prithviraj Kapoor has received more than 6,340,491 page views. His biography is available in 30 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 27 in 2019). Prithviraj Kapoor is the 3,787th most popular actor (down from 2,703rd in 2019), the 61st most popular biography from Pakistan (down from 46th in 2019) and the 7th most popular Pakistani Actor.

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  • 30

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  • 4.86

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Among ACTORS

Among actors, Prithviraj Kapoor ranks 3,787 out of 9,996Before him are Alfredo Landa, Diana Muldaur, Diana Bracho, Mark Rolston, Masi Oka, and Jack Coleman. After him are Andrey Makarevich, Georges Guétary, Mia Wasikowska, Jason Patric, Mädchen Amick, and Yvonne Craig.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1906, Prithviraj Kapoor ranks 237Before him are Milutin Ivković, Olga Taussky-Todd, Alf Andersen, Abdylas Maldybaev, Rudolf Krčil, and Zoltan Sarosy. After him are Karl Sesta, Axel Cadier, Jānis Ivanovs, Vilmos Kohut, Hermione Baddeley, and Harri Larva. Among people deceased in 1972, Prithviraj Kapoor ranks 157Before him are Vera Inber, Mitchell Leisen, Brandon deWilde, Gustav Wiederkehr, Romas Kalanta, and Harold Rainsford Stark. After him are Louise Arner Boyd, Ntare V of Burundi, Vera Karalli, Edmund Wilson, Kenny Dorham, and Carlo Agostoni.

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In Pakistan

Among people born in Pakistan, Prithviraj Kapoor ranks 61 out of 180Before him are Malala Yousafzai (1997), Muhammad Rafiq Tarar (1929), Tariq Ali (1943), Shehbaz Sharif (1951), Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan (1948), and Yash Chopra (1932). After him are Farooq Leghari (1940), L. K. Advani (1927), Bahlul Lodi (1406), Raaj Kumar (1926), Birbal Sahni (1891), and Fazal Ilahi Chaudhry (1904).

Among ACTORS In Pakistan

Among actors born in Pakistan, Prithviraj Kapoor ranks 7Before him are Kabir Bedi (1946), Dev Anand (1923), Raj Kapoor (1924), Kumail Nanjiani (1978), Dilip Kumar (1922), and Sunil Dutt (1929). After him are Raaj Kumar (1926), Art Malik (1952), Vinod Khanna (1946), Manoj Kumar (1937), Margaret Lockwood (1916), and Noor Jehan (1926).

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