‘Anand Verma’ of ‘Narang’ or ‘Wall’ of ‘Don’, the audience used to wow on the screen. Kamal Kishore Kapoor is talking.
On 2 August 2010, Hindi cinema lost this powerful star, who immortalized the characters on screen with their versatility. Actor Kamal Kapoor is annoyed on Saturday. Cine lovers also remember him for his brilliant performance and personal life.
Bollywood’s special Connection
Prithviraj Kapoor’s cousin and son -in -law of Sonali Bendre Kamal Kapoor also had a special relationship with Ranbir Kapoor, Karisma and Kareena Kapoor. A book has been written on the Kapoor family, which is named ‘The Capience- The First Family of Bollywood’, this book is written by writer Madhu Jain. Kamal Kapoor is also mentioned in the book.
Kamal Kapoor’s career starts
Kamal Kapoor was born in Peshawar (now Pakistan), but after India’s partition, his family came to Mumbai. It was from here that his cinematic journey started, which lasted for about five decades. He acted in more than 500 films, including Hindi as well as Gujarati and Punjabi cinema.
Kamal started his career as a hero, but his real identity was made when he adopted negative characters. His villain’s roles were so impressive that the audience could not live without praising him.
The biggest break of lotus life
His characters in films like ‘Don’, ‘Man and Mana’ are still remembered. Kamal Kapoor was given the first big break by his cousin Prithviraj Kapoor. In the year 1944, Prithviraj founded his earth theater. During this time, Kamal got a chance to play the role of an English officer in the famous drama ‘Wall’.
This role proved to be a turning point for him. Under the guidance of Prithviraj, Kamal learned the nuances of acting and soon made his place in films. The actor, who started his career with the film ‘Door Chalene’ in the year 1946, achieved a special place in the acting world.
Downfall of his Bollywood career
He started his journey in Hindi cinema with a hero role in the 40s and 50s, but he stopped getting work. In an interview, he himself told that he had come on the road due to lack of work and the remaining films were also flopped. The career was shaken, which made him disappointed. After this, he also considered making many films and made a film called ‘Kashmir’ in the year 1951 which was a flop. He had told that his career had become directionless and could not understand what to do. He had to sell his car.

Their last bets
He caught the way to play a negative character in films. His last bet worked and he became a villain. The audience used to wow on seeing the brown-eyed villain on the screen. One reason for the success of the film also became a strong character of Kamal.
Kamal Kapoor’s villainous career started with the film ‘Johar Mahmood in Goa’ released in 1965. The film proved to be a big hit and thus came to an end of Kamal Kapoor’s bad phase. Soon he was flooded with work and he left his brilliant mark in films like ‘Johar in Bombay’, ‘Jab Jab Phool Khile’, ‘Raja Aur Ranka’, ‘Pakija’, ‘Paaki’, ‘Chor Macha’, ‘Five Rifles’, ‘Five Rifles’, ‘Two detectives’, ‘Murd’, ‘Murd’, ‘Murd’, ‘Hurricane’.
Kamal Kapoor’s personal life was as interesting as his film world. His daughter was married to famous filmmaker Ramesh Bahl, whose son Goldie Bahl is today a well-known producer-director of Bollywood. Goldie was married to actress Sonali Bendre, making Kamal Kapoor Sonali’s father -in -law. In this way, his family was associated with many big names of Bollywood.
Ranbir Kapoor, Kareena-Karishma has a relationship
He was the great -grandfather of Ranbir Kapoor, Karisma Kapoor and Kareena Kapoor in the relationship. Kamal’s simplicity and dedication gave him respect in colleagues and family. Kamal Kapoor’s acting was not limited to the screen only. He used to put such a life in his characters that the audience felt that he is the same in real life. His heavy voice, impressive personality and the art of expressing emotions kept him relevant in every round. Whether it was the cruelty of the villain or the hero’s gentleness, lotus fits in every role.

