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Kumar Gaurav

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Kumar Gaurav
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Gaurav in 2015
Born
Manoj Tuli

(1960-07-11) 11 July 1960 (age 61)
Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India
NationalityIndian
Occupation
  • Actor
  • Businessman
Years active1981–2009
Spouse(s)Namrata Dutt
Parent(s)Rajendra Kumar (father)
Shukla Kumar (mother)

Kumar Gaurav (born Manoj Tuli; 11 July 1960) is an Indian film actor, businessman and the son of actor Rajendra Kumar.[1] He has acted in several hit films such as Love Story, Teri Kasam, Star, Naam, and Kaante. He is the husband of actor Sanjay Dutt's sister, Namrata Dutt.

Early and personal life

See also: Behl family

Kumar Gaurav was born as Manoj Tuli. He is a son of actor Rajendra Kumar and Shukla (from Behl family of Hindi films). In 1984 after 2 years of dating, he married Namrata Dutt (1962) who is a sister of Sanjay Dutt and daughter of Sunil Dutt and actress Nargis.[2][3][4] They have two daughters, Saachi Kumar who is married to producer Kamal Amrohi's grandson Bilal Amrohi and Siya Kumar who is married to Aditya.[2]

Brothers of Kumar's mother Shukla,[5] are director Ramesh Behl and director Shyam Behl. His cousins are Shayms's children actor Ravi Behl and actress Geeta Behl as well as Ramesh's son Goldie Behl are his nephew and niece respectively.[5]

Kumar is now settled as businessman and has no plans to return to Bollywood.

Career

He made his film debut opposite fellow debutante actress Vijayta Pandit with Love Story (1981) which was produced by his father who also starred alongside him in the film. This film played at the box office for a long period of time; not only for its innovative story, but also its memorable music by Rahul Dev Burman and the fresh leading debutants. Many youngsters began to emulate his character in the film, directed by Rahul Rawail.[6] His next film, the 1982 release Teri Kasam with actress Poonam Dhillon was an average grosser. That same year he starred in the musical Star which failed to do well but its music was popular.

In 1985, he starred in Mahesh Bhatt's television film Janam. His understated performance in this film is still considered his career's best.[7] In the following year he had his second box office hit with Naam (1986), again a Mahesh Bhatt film[8] which was produced by his father and also starred his brother-in-law Sanjay Dutt in the lead role. Despite the success of Naam, Gaurav's career declined as all of his subsequent films failed to do well at the box office.[citation needed]

Having produced his earlier films Janam and Naam, his father tried to revive his career with the 1993 film Phool which had him paired with actress Madhuri Dixit. The film also had his father and father-in-law Sunil Dutt in supporting roles. He then took a long break from acting and only had two delayed films releasing in 1996. In 1999, he made appearances in a few television series.

In 2000, he was seen again on the big screen in the delayed release Gang which had been in production for nearly a decade due to director Mazhar Khan's ill health. In 2002, he played one of the six protagonists in the crime thriller Kaante, directed by Sanjay Gupta and a remake of the American cult hit Reservoir Dogs (1992). Kaante was the third-highest-grossing film of 2002.[9] Kaante remains his last Bollywood film to date.

In 2004, he appeared in his first American film, , directed by Rohit Jagessar. The film tells the story of Indians arriving in the British colony of British Guiana (present-day Guyana) as indentured laborers amidst the abolition of slavery during the nineteenth century.

In 2006, he starred in the silent film My Daddy Strongest which remains his last acting role to date.[10]


Awards

Filmography

Year Film Role Female Lead
1981 Love Story Bunty Vijayta Pandit
1982 Teri Kasam Tony/Deepak Poonam Dhillon
Star Dev Kumar Rati Agnihotri/Padmini Kolhapure
1983 Lovers Viju Padmini Kolhapure
Romance Amar Poonam Dhillon
1984 Hum Hain Lajawab Pawan Kumar Singh Padmini Kolhapure
All-rounder Ajay Rati Agnihotri
Divorce Jasmin
1985 Ek Se Bhale Do Bunty D'Mello Rati Agnihotri
Janam Rahul Shernaz Patel
1986 Begaana Anand Mathur / Kailashnath Rana Rati Agnihotri
Naam Ravi Kapoor Poonam Dhillon
1987 Dil Tujhko Diya Vijay 'Chhotu' 'Munna' Sahni Rati Agnihotri
Albela (1987 film) Rati Agnihotri
Aaj Akshay Anamika Paul
1989 Goonj Sanjeev Kamat Juhi Chawla
Jurrat Inspector Avinash Amala Akkineni
1991 Hai Meri Jaan Bunty Ayesha Jhulka
Pratigyabadh Shakti Yadav Neelam Kothari
Indrajeet Vijay Neelam Kothari
1992 Siyasat Kimi Katkar
1993 Phool Karamraj 'Raju' / Gopal Madhuri Dixit
1996 Muthi Bhar Zameen Karan Poonam Dhillon
Sautela Bhai Shankar Farah Naaz
2000 Gang Nihal Singh
2002 Kaante Anand 'Andy' Mathur
2004 Guiana 1838 Laxman
2009 My Daddy Strongest
Bihaad

Television

Dubbing roles

Live action films

Film title Actor Character Dub Language Original Language Original Year release Dub Year release Notes
The Jungle Book[11] Jason Scott Lee Mowgli Hindi English 1994 1995

See also

References

  1. ^ Dinesh Raheja; Jitendra Kothari (1996). The hundred luminaries of Hindi cinema. India Book House Publishers. p. 70. ISBN 978-81-7508-007-2. Archived from the original on 8 June 2013. Retrieved 12 January 2013.
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b Sanjay Dutt’s niece Siya gets married, entire family comes together for iconic photos Archived 6 June 2020 at the Wayback Machine, Hindustan Times, 22 December 2019.
  3. ^ "Sanjay Dutt's Niece Siya Gets Engaged; Wedding In December". Archived from the original on 9 July 2019. Retrieved 8 July 2020.
  4. ^ It’s a curse to be a celebrity – Namrata Dutt Archived 26 July 2017 at the Wayback Machine, 16 May 2013.
  5. ^ Jump up to: a b Bollywood’s Forgotten Stars: 8 Interesting facts about Boogie Woogie’s judge – Ravi Behl Archived 10 July 2020 at the Wayback Machine, The Free Press Journal, 17 June 2018.
  6. ^ Box Office India 1981 Archived 17 March 2007 at the Wayback Machine
  7. ^ Review of Film Janam Archived 3 April 2007 at the Wayback Machine
  8. ^ Box Office India 80–89 Archived 23 December 2005 at the Wayback Machine
  9. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 29 August 2007. Retrieved 1 May 2016.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  10. ^ Manoj Tuli at cinemaaindya Archived 4 January 2007 at the Wayback Machine
  11. ^ "Started by Roja and Jurassic Park, dubbing for Hollywood blockbusters becomes big business". indiatoday.in. 15 November 1995. Archived from the original on 9 June 2017. Retrieved 2 December 2014.

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