Raj Mehra

Raj Mehra
Raj Mehra
Born	20 May 1913
Died	1986 (aged 72–73)
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1948 – 1986

Raj Mehra (born 20 May 1913 – 1993), was an Indian character artist and film actor in Hindi language films,^[1]^[2] especially known for his role as a father of leading actors. During his career, he worked in over 300 Hindi films. Some of his popular roles are those of the father of Raj Kapoor in Sharada and Police Superintendent in Jis Desh Men Ganga Behti Hai.

Career

He started his career with Shaheed Latif's Shikayat (1948). Aasoo Bane Angaarey (1993) was his last film he acted in.

Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1948	Shikayat
1948	Pyaar Ki Jeet		Supporting actor
1948	Aaj Ki Raat
1949	Naach
1949	Patanga	Gope's Chowkidar
1950	Kamal Ke Phool
1951	Stage
1951	Saiyan	Thakor Sahib
1951	Khazana
1952	Parbat
1952	Anand Math	Narrator
1957	Sharada	Kashiram
1957	Gateway of India
1958	Police
1960	Jis Desh Men Ganga Behti Hai	Police Superintendent
1961	Jab Pyar Kisise Hota Hai	Khanna
1964	Woh Kaun Thi?	S.P.
1964	Ziddi	Thakur Mahendra Singh.
1965	Neela Aakash	Neela's Father
1966	Aaye Din Bahar Ke	Jankidas
1966	Teesri Manzil	Sunita's Father
1967	Patthar Ke Sanam	Shyamlal
1969	Sajan	Inspector Khan
1969	Pyar Hi Pyar	Kailash Nath Gupta
1971	Aap Aye Bahaar Ayee	Bakshi
1972	Shor	Doctor
1972	Be-Imaan	Seth Jamna Das
1973	Raja Rani	Goverdhan Das
	Loafer	Rajendranath Mehra
	Jugnu	Inspector General
1974	Amir Garib	Police Commissioner
1977	Shirdi Ke Sai Baba	Murthy
1980	Beqasoor (1980 film)	Public Prosceutor	Guest Role
1980	Be-Reham	Police Commissioner Gupte	Guest Role
1983	Divorce (1983 film)
1983	Paanchwin Manzil	Police Commissnor Ghanekar
1986	Aap Ke Saath	Doctor	Guest Role
1986	Tan-Badan	Thakur Shamsher Singh
1989	Daata

Awards

Filmfare Awards 1958^[3]

Category	Film	Result
Best Supporting actor	Sharada	Won

References

^ "Raj Mehra".
^ "Bollywood Movie Actor Raj Mehra Biography, News, Photos, Videos". nettv4u. 18 August 2016. Retrieved 6 July 2020.
^ Filmfare Awards www.awardsandshows.com/

External links

Raj Mehra at IMDb

[1] "Raj Mehra".

[nettv4u_2016-2] "Bollywood Movie Actor Raj Mehra Biography, News, Photos, Videos". nettv4u. 18 August 2016. Retrieved 6 July 2020.

[3] Filmfare Awards www.awardsandshows.com/

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v t e Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actor
1955–1975	David (1955) Abhi Bhattacharya (1956) Motilal (1957) Raj Mehra (1958) Johnny Walker (1959) Manmohan Krishna (1960) Motilal (1961) Nana Palsikar (1962) Mehmood (1963) Raaj Kumar (1964) Nana Palsikar (1965) Raaj Kumar (1966) Ashok Kumar (1967) Pran (1968) Sanjeev Kumar (1969) Pran (1970) Feroz Khan (1971) Amitabh Bachchan (1972) Pran (1973) Amitabh Bachchan (1974) Vinod Khanna (1975)
1976–2000	Shashi Kapoor (1976) Prem Chopra (1977) Shreeram Lagoo (1978) Saeed Jaffrey (1979) Amjad Khan (1980) Om Puri (1981) Amjad Khan (1982) Shammi Kapoor (1983) Sadashiv Amrapurkar (1984) Anil Kapoor (1985) Amrish Puri (1986) Not awarded (1987) Not awarded (1988) Anupam Kher (1989) Nana Patekar (1990) Mithun Chakraborty (1991) Danny Denzongpa (1992) Danny Denzongpa (1993) Sunny Deol (1994) Jackie Shroff (1995) Jackie Shroff (1996) Amrish Puri (1997) Amrish Puri (1998) Salman Khan (1999) Anil Kapoor (2000)
2001–present	Amitabh Bachchan (2001) Akshaye Khanna (2002) Vivek Oberoi (2003) Saif Ali Khan (2004) Abhishek Bachchan (2005) Abhishek Bachchan (2006) Abhishek Bachchan (2007) Irrfan Khan (2008) Arjun Rampal (2009) Boman Irani (2010) Ronit Roy (2011) Farhan Akhtar (2012) Annu Kapoor (2013) Nawazuddin Siddiqui (2014) Kay Kay Menon (2015) Anil Kapoor (2016) Rishi Kapoor (2017) Rajkummar Rao (2018) Gajraj Rao and Vicky Kaushal (2019) Siddhant Chaturvedi (2020) Saif Ali Khan (2021) Pankaj Tripathi (2022) Anil Kapoor (2023) Vicky Kaushal (2024)