The superstar who insulted stars, know who he was?

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The superstar who insulted stars, know who he was?

There was an actor with a lion-like gait, a strong voice and a tough temperament who did dozens of films from the 50's to the 90's and left a different mark. An actor who did not consider anyone as anything before him and used to insult any star. The name of that actor is raj Kumar who lived a life like a prince all his life. raj Kumar was such an actor of the industry who used to increase his fees after every film. He was such an actor with whom big stars like amitabh bachchan and dharmendra were scared of working. It is said that the same voice had gone in his last days and he used to talk in gestures. Let us tell you some unheard stories of raj Kumar.

Rajkumar's family background

Raj Kumar was a Kashmiri Pandit but in the year 1940 he came to bombay (now Mumbai) to become something. Here he met Anglo-Indian Jennifer, whom he married in the year 1960. After marriage, Jennifer's name was changed to gayatri and raj Kumar had three children with her. Out of these, Puru raj Kumar remained active in the film industry but his career flopped.

Rajkumar's 'Aura' in the film industry

Rajkumar came to mumbai in 1940 and after working hard, became a sub-inspector in bombay Police. According to media reports, raj Kumar had told in one of his interviews that since childhood he did not listen to anyone. Later when he got a job in the police, his voice and style became even more aurat. Fate turned raj Kumar towards films and leaving the police job, raj Kumar turned towards hindi cinema.

His first film Rangeeli was released in the year 1952 and in the same year some more of his films were released but he got recognition from the film Mother india released in the year 1957. After this, raj Kumar did many back to back films and his specialty was that he used to increase his fees after every film. Makers used to agree to his words because raj Kumar had become a famous actor of that era.

Raj Kumar used to choose his roles himself and if he did not like the roles, he would refuse them and also insult the maker. This list includes many legends like amitabh bachchan, Rajesh Khanna, dharmendra, raj Kapoor, Prakash Mehra. Due to raj Kumar's same attitude, people of the film industry were scared to work with him and those who did, agreed to his every condition.

 

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