- Rajendra Nath
Rajendra Nath (
1932 -February 13 ,2008 ) was a comedian actor in Indian hindi films. His family was fromPeshawar but settled inJabalpur inMadhya Pradesh . His studied in college atDarbar College Rewa whereArjun Singh (a Congress politician) and R.P. Agarwal were his class mates.Rajendra Nath's brother
Prem Nath went to Mumbai and became an actor, so Rajendra Nath joined him, they were good friends ofRaj Kapoor andShammi Kapoor . Rajendera Nath and Prem Nath's sister Krishna married Raj Kapoor. [http://passionforcinema.com/farewell-rajendra-nath-laughter-has-left-the-building/]Initially Rajendra Nath struggled to get roles till
Sashadhar Mukherjee offered him a comedian's role in "Dil Deke Dekho ", a film directed byNasir Hussain , starringShammi Kapoor andAsha Parekh . In Nasir Hussain's "Jab Pyar Kisi Se Hota Hai " he along with Asha Parekh were a regular in many Nasir Hussain films- like "Phir Wohi Dil Laya Hoon ", "Teesri Manzil ", "Baharon Ke Sapne ", "Pyar Ka Mausam ". He once played a buffoon called Popatlal in "Jab Pyar Kisi Se Hota Hai ", and the name grew synonymous with Rajendra Nath.He then did a large number of films but mostly in comic roles, such as in "
An Evening in Paris " and "Phir Wohi Dil Laya Hoon ".He died on 13th February 2008.
External links
* [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0707398/ | Rajendranath's imdb profile]
* [http://www.rediff.com/entertai/nov/22raj.htm| Profile on rediff]
* [http://www.bollango.com/cgi-bin/akf_search.tcl?key=movie&actor=rajendra+nath Rajendra Nath's Filmography]
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