Rajendra Kumar

Rajendra Kumar
Born
Rajendra Kumar Tuli

(1927-07-20)20 July 1927
Died12 July 1999(1999-07-12) (aged 71)
Other namesJubilee Kumar
Occupations
  • Actor
  • producer
  • director
Years active1949โ€“1998
SpouseShukla Tuli (?โ€“1999)
Children3, including Kumar Gaurav
RelativesRaju Patel (son-in-law)
Ramesh Behl (brother-in-law)
O. P. Ralhan (brother-in-law)
HonoursPadma Shri (1970)

Rajendra Kumar (born as Rajendra Kumar Tuli; 20 July 1927 โ€“ 12 July 1999) was an Indian actor who starred in Bollywood films. Starting his career in 1949, he worked in more than 80 films in a career spanning over four decades. Kumar is considered as one of the greatest and most successful actors in Indian cinema. He was popularly known as the Jubilee Kumar during the 1960s, when he consecutively starred in several commercially successful films.