This actor played the role of a police officer the most!
This actor played the role of a police officer the most!
You must have seen many actors playing the role of a police officer in the film world. The names of ajay Devgan, Akshay Kumar, salman khan and ranveer singh come on top. Among these, ajay Devgan played the role of a police officer the most number of times and he is still remembered for 'Singham'. In his upcoming film 'Singham Again', Ajay, Ranveer, Akshay will also be seen as police officers. But an actor has played the role of a police officer more times than them in films. Yes, there is an actor who played the role of a police inspector not 10, 50 or 100 times but 144 times. The name of that actor is Jagdish raj Khurana who is no longer among us. But his record still stands and he mostly played the role of a police inspector in films.
Who was Jagdish raj Khurana?
Born in Sargodha (now in Pakistan) in british India in 1928, Jagdish raj Khurana belonged to a punjabi family. You must have seen Jagdish Khurana mostly in amitabh Bachchan's films. He did about 200 films in his film career, out of which he appeared as a police inspector in 144 films. Jagdish raj also made a Guinness World Record for playing the role of a police officer in the most number of films. No actor has been able to break this record yet. Let us tell you, Jagdish raj died in mumbai on 28 July 2013 at the age of 85.
Jagdish Raj's family
Jagdish Raj's daughter anita raj has worked as a lead actress in many films in the 80's and 90's. She is still active on tv and there was a time when everyone was crazy about her beauty. Jagdish Raj's son is bobby raj whose daughter is Malvika Raj. Malvika played the role of Kareena Kapoor's childhood in 'Kabhi Khushi Kabhi Gham' (2001). After this, she also appeared in some punjabi films. Jagdish raj has been very popular in the film industry.