Kamal Kapoor (22 February 1920 – 2 August 2010) was an Indian actor and producer who acted in around 600 Hindi, Punjabi and Gujarati films.[1][2]

Kamal Kapoor
Kapoor in the film Dak Bunglow
Born	(1920-02-22)22 February 1920 Peshawar, North-West Frontier Province, British India
Died	2 August 2010(2010-08-02) (aged 90) Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1946-97
Notable work	Don (1978)
Spouse	Suman Devi ​ (m. 1945)​
Children	5, including Kapil Kapoor
Relatives	Ravindra Kapoor (brother) Prithviraj Kapoor (first-cousin) Ramesh Behl (son-in-law) Goldie Behl (grandson)
Family	Kapoor family Behl family

Early and personal life

Kamal Kapoor was born in 1920 in Peshawar, North-West Frontier Province, British India. Kapoor completed his studies in Lahore's DAV college. He was cousin of Prithviraj Kapoor and maternal grandfather of Goldie Behl.[3]

Kapoor was a first cousin of actor Prithviraj Kapoor (their mothers were sisters). He had five children - three sons and two daughters. His younger daughter is the wife of film-maker Ramesh Behl and mother of Goldie Behl. His son Kapil Kapoor is a scholar and writer on Indian intellectual traditions.

Career

He started his career working as a hero through the 1940s-50s. His first film was Door Chalen, which was released in 1946 . He played the lead in the movie Door Chalen. He started playing a villain in the 1960s-70s. Some of his popular roles are those of the father of Raj Kapoor in Aag and Narang in Don.

Selected filmography

References

External links

• Kamal Kapoor at IMDb