RAAJ KUMAR HINDI ACTOR BORN 1926 OCTOBER 8
RAAJ KUMAR HINDI ACTOR BORN 1926 OCTOBER 8 Raaj Kumar (8 October 1926 – 3 July 1996), born Kulbhushan Pandit, was a Hindi film actor. He worked as sub-inspector of Mumbai Police in the late 1940s before he turned to acting with the 1952 film Rangeeli.[1] He appeared in the Oscar-nominated 1957 film Mother India and went on to star in over 70 Hindi films in a career that spanned over four decades. Personal life[edit source] Raaj Kumar was born in Loralai, Balochistan, British India in a Kashmiri Pandit family.[2][3] In the late 1940s he moved to Mumbai, India where he became Sub-inspector of the Mumbai Police.[citation needed] He married Jennifer, an Anglo-Indian, whom he met on a flight where she was the air hostess. She later changed her name to Gayatri per Hindu customs.[3] They had three children, sons Puru Raajkumar (a Bollywood actor), Panini Raajkumar and daughter Vastavikta Pandit, who made her screen debut in 2006 film Eight: The Power of Shani.[4] Career[edit sour...