In the Hindi cinema world, many stars ruled the hearts of the audience with their strong acting, but there was a star who was considered ‘Prince’ not only by the audience but also by the entire film industry and he was the uncrowned king of dialogue delivery. Kulbhushan Pandit alias Rajkumar.
Born on 8 October 1926 in Balochistan province of Pakistan, Rajkumar after completing his graduation was appointed as a sub-inspector in ‘Mahim Thane’ of Mumbai. Meanwhile, one day during night patrol, a soldier told the prince that Hazur! You are no less than a hero in appearance and stature. If you become a hero in films, then you can rule over millions of hearts and Rajkumar liked this point of a soldier. What was then, he slowly turned towards the film world.
In 1952, Rajkumar made his debut with the film Rangili. Then came a time that Rajkumar became such an actor of Bollywood that he got the highest number of awards in the 80s. Seeing his special acting, lakhs and crores of people were desperate to get a glimpse of him. But after the death of the prince, his last rites were performed secretly. His fans were also not informed about this.
At the time of his funeral, only a few family members were present. His fans could not know this, why was the last rites of Rajkumar done so secretly?
In fact, before his death, actor Rajkumar was diagnosed with throat cancer. During that time, he started having trouble from eating and drinking to breathing. Rajkumar’s health was deteriorating continuously, even in such circumstances he did not want anyone to know about his illness. Only his family members knew about this. Rajkumar’s health was deteriorating continuously due to cancer in the throat and on July 3, 1996, Rajkumar said goodbye to the world. After this, his last functions were performed in the presence of his family members and in front of some special people.
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