Raj Kapoor (born 15 August 1958) is an Indian film director and actor, who has worked predominantly in

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. He introduced cinematic techniques in his Tamil serial ''

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'' causing a huge hype in south Indian film industry. He has also appeared as a supporting actor in Telugu, Malayalam and Kannada films.

Career

Raj Kapoor started his cinema career as an assistant director to

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C. V. Sridhar Chitthamoor Vijayaraghavalu Sridhar (22 July 1933 – 20 October 2008) was an Indian screenwriter and film director. He has directed nearly 60 films in Tamil language, Tamil, Hindi language, Hindi and Telugu language, Telugu Languages. Ea ...

one of the legends of golden period of Tamil cinema. Later became an independent

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for ''

Thalattu Ketkuthamma ''Thalattu Ketkuthamma'' () is a 1991 Indian Tamil-language drama film directed by Raj Kapoor in his directorial debut. The film stars Prabhu and Kanaka. The film, produced by Vijayalakshmi Srinivasan and Kanchana Sivaraman, had musical score b ...

'' (1991). He is known for films like

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’s ''

Uthama Raasa ''Uthama Raasa'' () is a 1993 Indian Tamil language, Tamil-language film directed by Raj Kapoor (Tamil film director), Raj Kapoor, starring Prabhu (actor), Prabhu, Khushbu, Radha Ravi and Raja (Tamil actor), Raja, while Goundamani, Senthil, Vai ...

'' (1993) and Ajith-

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’s ''

Aval Varuvala ''Aval Varuvala'' () is a 1998 Indian Tamil-language romantic comedy thriller film directed by Raj Kapoor. It is the Tamil remake of the 1997 Telugu movie '' Pelli''. The film stars Ajith Kumar and Simran, with Sujatha, Babloo Prithiveeraj, Go ...

'' (1998). He went on to direct other films like Ajith-

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's ''

Anantha Poongatre ''Anantha Poongatre'' () is a 1999 Indian Tamil-language romantic drama film written and directed by Raj Kapoor. The film stars Ajith Kumar and Meena, with Karthik in a guest appearance. The film is based upon how respect can be mistaken as lov ...

'' (1999), Arjun's ''

Sudhandhiram ''Sudhandhiram'' () is a 2000 Tamil-language crime action film directed by Raj Kapoor and produced by K. R. Gangadharan. The film stars Arjun and Rambha while Raghuvaran, Raadhika and Sharat Saxena play supporting roles. It is a remake of th ...

'' (2000) and ''

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'' (2008). After making his debut as an actor in ''

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'' (1998), Raj Kapoor announced his intentions of continuing to act in films ahead of prioritizing directorial work. During the early 2000s, he worked on the production of a big-budget family drama titled ''Enna Vilai Azhagae'' with

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and Amisha Patel starring. Despite completing most of the film and having schedules abroad in

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, the film was shelved and remains unreleased.

Personal life

His son Sharook Kapoor began assisting in Raj Kapoor's film direction works. On February 17, 2020 Sharook Kapoor who was in Mecca with his mother for pilgrimage died.

Filmography

Director

;Films ;Serials

Actor

;Films *''All films are in Tamil, unless otherwise noted.'' ;''Serials''

References

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