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Rajendra Kumar (born Rajendra Kumar Tuli; 20 July 1927 – 12 July 1999), was an Indian actor who starred in Bollywood films. Starting his career in 1949, he appeared in more than 80 films in a career spanning over four decades.
Jul 20, 2022 · Rajendra Kumar earned himself the nickname of ‘Jubilee Kumar’ because for a few years in the 1960s, all his films were ‘silver jubilee’. Producers believed that he was lucky, and had a knack for choosing the right scripts as whatever he chose to be a part of was a success in the cinemas.
Jul 12, 2022 · Leaving behind their opulent ancestral home in Pakistan, Rajendra Kumar and his family moved to present-day India, living in shared accommodation in Delhi’s Subzi Mandi. But Kumar couldn’t make peace with his circumstances and moved to Mumbai to pursue his celluloid dreams in 1949.
Rajendra Kumar earned the nickname “Jubilee Kumar” owing to the number of films that reached the status of silver and golden jubilee. Jubilee Kumar: The Life and Times of a Superstar by Seema Sonik Alimchand is a biography of Rajendra Kumar.
Apr 8, 2020 · The late actor Rajendra Kumar, fondly referred to as ‘Jubilee Kumar’, starred in a number of Hindi films that were silver jubilee hits in the 1960s — Dil Ek Mandir, Ayee Milan Ki Bela, Arzoo...
Jul 20, 2016 · 4 min read. i. When Raj Kapoor was making his Sangam, he could only see Dilip Kumar as Gopal, the anguished third angle of his romantic opus. He had worked with Dilip in Mehboob Khan‘s Andaz,...
Jul 13, 2023 · By Jyothi Venkatesh. I remember fondly how Rajendra Kumar was known as a Kanjoos Makkichoos among the industry folks, because, as a matter of fact, he did not like spending money on booze parties for friends from the film industry.
Jul 20, 2018 · The actor was fondly called as Jubilee Kumar because of the series of his successful films at the box office. He started his acting career in 1950 and then appeared on more than 80 films....
He rose to fame in the 1960s. During times when he had six or seven movies running simultaneously, he was called “Jubilee Kumar” because they ran for more than 25 weeks, which is called a “silver jubilee film” in India.
⚡Here’s Why Rajendra Kumar Was Called Jubilee Kumar of Hindi Cinema. By Team Latestly. Born on July 12, 1929, Rajendra Kumar will always be remembered for the classic films he gave Hindi cinema. The phase between 1959 and 1966 was golden for the Sangam actor. He has acted in more than 80 films, his career spanned four decades.
