Entertainment News Desk!! Pradeep Kumar (English: Pradeep Kumar, born: January 4, 1925; death: October 27, 2001) was a famous actor of Hindi and Bengali films. In Hindi cinema, he is remembered as an actor who entertained the audience through his historical characters in the 1950s and 60s. In those times, whenever filmmakers needed the role of a king, maharaja, prince or nawab for their films, they used to remember Pradeep Kumar. Even today, the audience has not forgotten the films like ‘Anarkali’, ‘Taj Mahal’, ‘Bahu Begum’ and ‘Chitralekha’, adorned with his excellent acting.
life introduction
Pradeep Kumar was born in a Brahmin family on January 4, 1925 in West Bengal. Pradeep Kumar used to dream of working as an actor in films since childhood. To fulfill this dream, he joined theater early in his life. However, his father was not ready for this. At the age of 17, Pradeep Kumar came to Mumbai to fulfill his dream. After coming to Mumbai, he started working as an assistant to cameraman Dhiren Dey. In the year 1947, he met director Devaki Bose. Devaki Bose saw a rising star in Pradeep Kumar and gave him a chance to work in his Bengali film ‘Alakhananda’. Even though Pradeep Kumar was not successful in making a name for himself as an actor through this film, he started the journey of a cine career as an actor. Meanwhile, Pradeep Kumar acted in another Bengali film ‘Bhooli Naay’. The film Bhooli Naay completed its silver jubilee at the box office. After this, Pradeep Kumar also turned towards Hindi films.[1]
film journey
From 1946 to 1952, Pradeep Kumar struggled to make his place in the film industry. Pradeep Kumar was so addicted to becoming an actor in films that he started taking training in Hindi and Urdu languages. After the film Alaknanda, he started accepting whatever role he got. Meanwhile, he acted in many films like Krishnaleela, Swami, Vishnupriya, Sandhya Belar Roopkatha, but none of these films were successful at the box office. Pradeep Kumar appeared as a lead actor for the first time in the film Anand Math, released in the year 1952. Although there were great actors like Prithviraj Kapoor in this film, still Pradeep Kumar managed to leave an impression of his acting among the audience even in the presence of Prithviraj. After the success of this film, Pradeep Kumar became successful in making his mark in the film industry as an actor.
memorable movies
The year 1956 proved to be the most important year of Pradeep Kumar’s cine career. His 10 films were released this year, which include films like Shri Farhad, Jagte Raho, Durgesh Nandini, Bandhan, Rajnath and Heer. After this, Pradeep Kumar showed his acting talent in many films like Ek Jhalak (1957), Adalat (1958), Aarti (1962), Chitralekha (1964), Bhingi Raat (1965), Raat Aur Din, Bahu Begum (1967). Entertained the audience thoroughly. To avoid uniformity in acting and also to establish himself as a character actor, Pradeep Kumar presented himself in different roles. In this sequence, he played a character role in Ajay Vishwas’s superhit film Sambandh, released in 1969. Despite this, he won the applause of the audience with his strong acting. After this, Pradeep Kumar did Mehboob Ki Mehndi (1971), Samjhauta (1973), Do Anjaane (1976), Dharamveer (1977), Khatthameetha (1978), Kranti (1981), Razia Sultan (1983), Duniya (1984), Mera. Ruled the hearts of the audience through many superhit films like Dharam (1986), Waaris (1988). In Pradeep Kumar’s cine career, his pairing with Meena Kumari was very successful. The films starring Pradeep Kumar and Meena Kumari include Adele Jahangir, Bandhan, Chitralekha, Bahu Begum, Bhingi Raat, Aarti and Noorjahan. [1]
demise
Pradeep Kumar, who created a special identity among the audience with his powerful acting for almost four decades, said goodbye to this world on 27 October 2001.
