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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 6,870,575 page views. His biography is available in 31 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 30 in 2019). Prithviraj Kapoor is the 3,783rd most popular actor (down from 3,781st in 2019), the 68th most popular biography from Pakistan (down from 60th in 2019) and the 8th most popular Pakistani Actor.

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  • 31

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.55

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 5.06

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Prithviraj Kapoor ranks 3,783 out of 13,578. Before him are Marilyn Burns, Isuzu Yamada, Masayuki Mori, Milton Berle, Amjad Khan, and Thure Lindhardt. After him are Victor Lanoux, Katalin Karády, Joe Lando, M. C. Gainey, Megumi Ogata, and Ernesto Alonso.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1906, Prithviraj Kapoor ranks 245. Before him are Eitel Cantoni, Bruno de Finetti, Arturo Uslar Pietri, René David, Corneliu Baba, and Rodolfo Volk. After him are Johann Leopold, Hereditary Prince of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Emerson Spencer, Madeleine Carroll, Tuvia Bielski, V. J. Sukselainen, and Maurice Sachs. Among people deceased in 1972, Prithviraj Kapoor ranks 155. Before him are Markos Vamvakaris, Bernabé Ferreyra, Romas Kalanta, Roger Courtois, Jessie Royce Landis, and Mitchell Leisen. After him are Johann Leopold, Hereditary Prince of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Jan Wils, Edward Cook, Walter Lang, Martim Mércio da Silveira, and Arthur Russell.

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In Pakistan

Among people born in Pakistan, Prithviraj Kapoor ranks 68 out of 217. Before him are Aafia Siddiqui (1972), Gulzar (1934), Duleep Singh (1838), Malala Yousafzai (1997), Yash Chopra (1932), and Fazal Ilahi Chaudhry (1904). After him are Zafarullah Khan Jamali (1944), Vinod Khanna (1946), Shahid Khan (1950), Raaj Kumar (1926), Bahlul Lodi (1406), and Ramanand Sagar (1917).

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Among ACTORS In Pakistan

Among actors born in Pakistan, Prithviraj Kapoor ranks 8. Before him are Kabir Bedi (1946), Pran (1920), Dilip Kumar (1922), Kumail Nanjiani (1978), Sunil Dutt (1929), and Manoj Kumar (1937). After him are Vinod Khanna (1946), Raaj Kumar (1926), Art Malik (1952), Balraj Sahni (1913), Noor Jehan (1926), and Babita (1947).

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