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Rishi Kapoor

1952 - 2020

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Rishi Kapoor (4 September 1952 – 30 April 2020) was an Indian actor, film director, and producer who worked in Hindi films. Kapoor was the recipient of several accolades, including a National Film Award and four Filmfare Awards, in a career that spanned 50 years and regarded as one of the most successful and sensational actor in Hindi cinema. 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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Rishi Kapoor has received more than 15,557,687 page views. His biography is available in 51 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 47 in 2019). Rishi Kapoor is the 2,199th most popular actor (up from 2,686th in 2019), the 355th most popular biography from India (up from 383rd in 2019) and the 28th most popular Indian Actor.

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  • 53.53

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  • 51

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.06

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 6.04

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Rishi Kapoor ranks 2,199 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 28. 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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