Raj Kumar

Raaj Kumar was tried for a murder case in the 1950s

Raaj Kumar beat up a man so bad that he died on Juhu beach, recalls Raza Murad; says he was a cop before becoming an actor

April 01, 2025 1:32 pm

Raaj Kumar killed a man because he misbehaved with a woman. He was later acquitted by the court.

Raaj Kumar (left) and Nana Patekar (right) with director Mehul Kumar

'Raaj Kumar said Nana Patekar abuses, beats up people; he said I will leave the Tirangaa set if...': Mehul Kumar recalls casting

February 21, 2025 4:38 pm

Tirangaa, released in 1993, starred Nana Patekar and Raaj Kumar in lead roles. The film was directed by Mehul Kumar.

'Rajinikanth refused to work with Raaj Kumar in Tirangaa, Nana Patekar threatened to walk off set if he interfered': Director Mehul Kumar

July 12, 2024 8:28 am

Tirangaa director Mehul Kumar recalled how reluctant the temperamental Raaj Kumar and Nana Patekar were about working with each other. Rajinikanth had earlier said no to the film as he didn't want to work with Raaj Kumar.

Dilip Kumar and Raaj Kumar in a still from Saudagar. (Express Archive Photos)

Raaj Kumar threw a fistful of gulaal in arch-rival Dilip Kumar's eyes despite being asked not to multiple times; Saudagar set came to a standstill

April 04, 2024 8:21 pm

Actor Prashant Narayanan, who was working as assistant art director on Dilip Kumar and Raaj Kumar-starrer Saudagar, recalled the tension between them on set.

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Subhash Ghai recalls the trick he used to get sworn enemies Dilip Kumar and Raaj Kumar to work together in Saudagar: 'Actors are insecure'

January 24, 2024 2:31 pm

Dilip Kumar and Raaj Kumar were sworn rivals who hadn't spoken to each other in three decades before Subhash Ghai signed them to star in Saudagar.

When Feroz Khan spoke about 'strange things' Raaj Kumar would do on film sets: 'I told him, you do your work and I will do...'

April 27, 2023 12:19 pm

On Feroz Khan's death anniversary, here's revisiting an anecdote shared by the late actor-director where he addressed his reputation of being a difficult actor on set.