Jagdish Raj | |
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| Born | Jagdish Raj Khurana 1928 |
| Died | 28 July 2013 (aged 84–85) |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1954-2004 |
| Children | Anita Raj, Roopa Malhotra,Bobby Raj |
Jagdish Raj Khurana (1928 – 28 July 2013) was aBollywood actor who holds aGuinness World Record for being the most type-cast actor.[1] He played the role of a police inspector in 144 films.[1]
He was born in 1928 in the town ofSargodha,British India, which is now inPakistan.[2] His daughterAnita Raj is also aBollywood actress.[3][4][5][6]
Jagdish Raj had the record of playing a police officer 144 times in various Bollywood films.[7] Jagdish Raj Khurana also holds a Guinness World Record for being the most type-cast actor. He played a police inspector in 144 films.
Some of his popular movies includeDeewar,Don,Shakti,Mazdoor,Imaan Dharam,Gopichand Jasoos,Silsila,Aaina andBesharam. He also playedAditya Pancholi's father inNaamcheen (1991). Although Raj occasionally played a villain and a couple of times played a judge, he was best known for being cast a record 144 times as a police officer. AfterShafi Inamdar, he holds the Limca Book of Records record for Most memorable policeman ever.
Raj died on 28 July 2013 at hisJuhu residence following a respiratory ailment.[8] He was 85 years old. He has two daughters,Anita Raj and Roopa Malhotra and a son named Bobby.
Jagdish Raj, an actor who held a world record after playing a policeman 144 times on screen