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Prithviraj Kapoor (November 3, 1906 - May 29, 1972) was a Bollywood film actor. Kapoor was born at Peshawar, British India (now Pakistan) to a middle-class family. Kapoor acted in India's first talking picture, Alam Ara (1931).
Kapoor was the 3rd recipient of the Dadasaheb Phalke award for Indian cinema. Prithviraj was awarded Padma Bhushan by the President in 1969. His sons, Raj Kapoor, Shammi Kapoor and Shashi Kapoor also went on to become famous actors in their own right.
Selected Filmography
- Mughal-e-Azam (1960)
- Awaara (1951)
- Sikander (1941)
- Vidyapati (1937)
- Alam Ara (1931)
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