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Rishi Kapoor

1952 - 2020

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Rishi Raj Kapoor (4 September 1952 – 30 April 2020) was an Indian actor, film director, and producer who worked in Hindi films. He was the recipient of several accolades, including a National Film Award and four Filmfare Awards, in a career that spanned 50 years.Born into the Kapoor family, he made his debut, as an adolescent, in his father Raj Kapoor's film Mera Naam Joker, for which he won the National Film Award for Best Child Artist. As an adult, his first lead role was opposite Dimple Kapadia in the teen romance Bobby, which won him the Filmfare Award for Best Actor. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Rishi Kapoor has received more than 14,813,179 page views. His biography is available in 51 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 47 in 2019). Rishi Kapoor is the 2,197th most popular actor (up from 2,686th in 2019), the 355th most popular biography from India (up from 383rd in 2019) and the 27th most popular Indian Actor.

Memorability Metrics

  • 15M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 53.53

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 51

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.06

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 6.04

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Rishi Kapoors by language

Over the past year Rishi Kapoor has had the most page views in the with 1,581,663 views, followed by Persian (67,992), and Hindi (49,974). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are (300.00%), Simple English (188.65%), and Malagasy (135.59%)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Rishi Kapoor ranks 2,197 out of 13,578. Before him are Fan Bingbing, Irene Dunne, Françoise Arnoul, Tony Goldwyn, Anselmo Duarte, and Zubaida Tharwat. After him are Demián Bichir, Milena Vukotic, Brigitte Lin, Frank Finlay, Richard Beymer, and Vasily Lanovoy.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1952, Rishi Kapoor ranks 184. Before him are Vasco Rossi, Freddy Maertens, Harold Faltermeyer, Vinnie Vincent, Ricardo Martinelli, and David Byrne. After him are Wim Rijsbergen, Jacques Santini, Peter Haber, Annette O'Toole, Grigory Yavlinsky, and Ng Man-tat. Among people deceased in 2020, Rishi Kapoor ranks 199. Before him are Joachim Yhombi-Opango, Vladica Popović, Flavio Cotti, Branko Kostić, Zeev Sternhell, and Jimmy McLane. After him are Mohsen Fakhrizadeh, Shirley Knight, David Stern, Juan Marsé, David Graeber, and Yuri Orlov.

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In India

Among people born in India, Rishi Kapoor ranks 355 out of 1,861. Before him are Vijay (1974), Mohammad Hidayatullah (1905), Faisal bin Turki, Sultan of Muscat and Oman (1864), Zeb-un-Nissa (1638), Ahmad Shah Bahadur (1725), and U. R. Ananthamurthy (1932). After him are Aruna Asaf Ali (1909), Salima Sultan Begum (1539), Nirmala Srivastava (1923), Ram Prasad Bismil (1897), Rash Behari Bose (1886), and Asima Chatterjee (1917).

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Among ACTORS In India

Among actors born in India, Rishi Kapoor ranks 27. Before him are Nargis (1929), Puneeth Rajkumar (1975), Girish Karnad (1938), Shashi Kapoor (1938), Kajol (1974), and Vijay (1974). After him are Meena Kumari (1933), Mala Sinha (1936), Rekha (1954), Suriya (1975), Vidya Balan (1979), and Sharmila Tagore (1944).

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Television and Movie Roles

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The youngest son of a Muslim family settled in Benaras gets involved in terrorist activities, leading to a bomb blast massacre. His actions have an adverse effect on the family who are left to defend themselves as people who are innocent and not anti-nationals.
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