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Jagdish Raj

{{Short description|Indian actor (1928–2013)}}

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{{Infobox person

| name =Jagdish Raj

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| birthname = Jagdish Raj Khurana

| birth_date = 1928

| birth_place = Sargodha, Punjab, British India

| death_date = 28 July 2013
(aged 84–85)

| death_place = Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

| spouse =

| children = Anita Raj, Roopa Malhotra, Bobby Raj

| occupation = Actor

| yearsactive = 1954-2004

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Jagdish Raj Khurana (1928 – 28 July 2013) was a Bollywood actor who holds a Guinness World Record for being the most type-cast actor.{{cite news|url=http://bollywood.bhaskar.com/article/ENT-BOL-anita-rajs-father-jagdish-raj-passes-away-4332908-NOR.html |title=144 फिल्मों में पुलिस इंस्पेक्टर का रोल करने वाले जगदीश राज का निधन |publisher=Dainik Bhaskar |language=hi |date=28 July 2013 |access-date=29 July 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130731234505/http://bollywood.bhaskar.com/article/ENT-BOL-anita-rajs-father-jagdish-raj-passes-away-4332908-NOR.html |archive-date=31 July 2013 }} He played the role of a police inspector in 144 films.

Early life and career

He was born in 1928 in the town of Sargodha, British India, which is now in Pakistan.{{cite web |last=Frater |first=Patrick |url=https://variety.com/2013/film/international/worlds-most-typecast-actor-dies-1200569038/ |title=Jagdish Raj dead at 84 |publisher=Variety |access-date=2013-07-29 |archive-date=1 November 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131101201139/http://variety.com/2013/film/international/worlds-most-typecast-actor-dies-1200569038/ |url-status=live }} His daughter Anita Raj is also a Bollywood actress.{{cite web|url=http://www.indianexpress.com/res/web/pIe/ie/daily/19991023/ige23074.html|title=A celebration of ageing|last=BHATTI|first=MEETA|date=23 October 2009|work=Indian Express|access-date=12 March 2010}}{{dead link|date=November 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}{{cite web|url=http://www.dnaindia.com/entertainment/report_why-sushant-is-not-virrudh-tv_1091687|title=Why Sushant is not 'Virrudh' TV|date=18 April 2007|work=Daily News and Analysis|access-date=12 March 2010|archive-date=23 September 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120923155705/http://www.dnaindia.com/entertainment/report_why-sushant-is-not-virrudh-tv_1091687|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=http://sify.com/movies/bollywood/fullstory.php?id=13366293|title=Bollywood's Cops Films: Recent History|last=Jha|first=Subhash K|date=21 January 2004|work=Sify|access-date=12 March 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060530045758/http://sify.com/movies/bollywood/fullstory.php?id=13366293|archive-date=30 May 2006|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|url=http://www.screenindia.com/news/I-was-a-buddy-to-all-my-heroes/288652/|title=I was a buddy to all my heroes!|last=Vijayakar|first=Rajiv|date=28 March 2008|work=Screen Indian|publisher=Indian Express|access-date=12 March 2010|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100505150626/http://www.screenindia.com/news/I-was-a-buddy-to-all-my-heroes/288652/|archive-date=5 May 2010|df=dmy-all}}

Jagdish Raj had the record of playing a police officer 144 times in various Bollywood films.{{cite web |url=http://metro.co.uk/2013/07/29/worlds-most-typecast-actor-dies-aged-85-3902897/ |title='World's most typecast actor' Jagdish Raj dies aged 85 | Metro News |work=metro.co.uk |year=2013 |quote=Jagdish Raj, an actor who held a world record after playing a policeman 144 times on screen |access-date=30 July 2013 |archive-date=14 August 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130814195947/http://metro.co.uk/2013/07/29/worlds-most-typecast-actor-dies-aged-85-3902897/ |url-status=live }} 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 include Deewar, Don, Shakti, Mazdoor, Imaan Dharam, Gopichand Jasoos, Silsila, Aaina and Besharam. He also played Aditya Pancholi's father in Naamcheen (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. After Shafi Inamdar, he holds the Limca Book of Records record for Most memorable policeman ever.

Death

Raj died on 28 July 2013 at his Juhu residence following a respiratory ailment.{{cite news|title=Bollywood mourns death of quintessential 'cop' Jagdish Raj|url=http://www.dnaindia.com/entertainment/1867080/report-bollywood-mourns-death-of-quintessential-cop-jagdish-raj|newspaper=DNA|date=29 July 2013|access-date=2 August 2013|archive-date=1 August 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130801192615/http://www.dnaindia.com/entertainment/1867080/report-bollywood-mourns-death-of-quintessential-cop-jagdish-raj|url-status=live}} He was 85 years old. He has two daughters, Anita Raj and Roopa Malhotra and a son named Bobby.

Selected filmography

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External links

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Category:Indian male film actors

Category:1928 births

Category:2013 deaths

Category:Male actors in Hindi cinema

Category:Male actors in Punjabi cinema

Category:People from Sargodha District

Category:20th-century Indian male actors

Category:Deaths from respiratory failure