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{{Short description|Indian actor}}
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{{Infobox person
| name = Bharat Bhushan
| image = Actor Bharat Bhushan.jpg
| image_size =
| caption =
| birth_name =
| birth_date = {{birth date |1920|6|14|df=yes}}
| birth_place = [[Meerut]], [[United Provinces of Agra and Oudh]], [[British Raj|British India]] <br/> (Present-day [[Uttar Pradesh]], [[India]])
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1992|01|27|1920|06|14|df=yes}}
| death_place = [[Bombay]], [[Maharashtra]], [[India]]
| years_active = 1941–1992
| nationality = [[India]]n
| known_for = [[Baiju Bawra (1952 film)|Baiju Bawra]]
| occupation = Actor
| awards = [[Filmfare Best Actor Award]] (1955)
| children = Anuradha Bhushan<br />Aparajita Bhushan
}}
'''Bharat Bhushan''' (14 June 1920 – 27 January 1992) was an [[India]]n actor in [[Hindi film|Hindi language films]], [[scriptwriter]] and [[film producer|producer]], who is best remembered for playing [[Baiju Bawra]] in the 1952 [[Baiju Bawra (1952 film)|film of the same name]].<ref name="TheHindu">{{cite news|last=Gangadhar|first=V.|url=http://www.hindu.com/fr/2007/08/17/stories/2007081750490100.htm|title=They now save for the rainy day|date=2007-08-17|newspaper=[[The Hindu]]|access-date=2013-10-30|archive-date=8 October 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111008192359/http://www.hindu.com/fr/2007/08/17/stories/2007081750490100.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref> He was born in [[Meerut]], and brought up in [[Aligarh]], [[Uttar Pradesh]].

==Personal life==
Bharat Bhushan was born on 14 June 1920 in a [[Vaishya]] (''Baniya'') family at [[Meerut]], [[Uttar Pradesh]].

His father, Raibahadur Motilal, was the government pleader of Meerut. His mother died when he was two years old. His elder brother was film producer Ramesh Chandra,<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.bhaskar.com/news/vetran-bollywood-actor-bharat-bhushan-rich-to-poor-story-5961363.html |title=Archived copy |access-date=14 May 2019 |archive-date=14 May 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190514144539/https://www.bhaskar.com/news/vetran-bollywood-actor-bharat-bhushan-rich-to-poor-story-5961363.html |url-status=live }}</ref> who owned the Ideal Studio at [[Lucknow]]. The brothers left for [[Aligarh]] to stay with their grandfather after their mother's death. He did his studies and earned a graduate degree from Dharam Samaj College, Aligarh. After this he took to acting against his father's wishes. He first went to [[Calcutta]] to join cinema and later established himself in [[Bombay]].

He married into a prominent family in Meerut, Zamindar Raibahadur Budha Prakash's daughter Sarla. They had two daughters, Anuradha and Aparajita. Anuradha had polio-associated complications. His other daughter Aparajita played the role of [[Mandodari]] in [[Ramanand Sagar|Ramanand Sagar's]] famous serial [[Ramayan (1987 TV series)|''Ramayan'']]. Bhushan's wife Sarla died of labour complications after delivering their second child in the early 1960s, soon after the release of film ''[[Barsaat Ki Raat]]''. In 1967, he married actress Ratna, his co-star in the same film. Ratna was a prominent actress who played the sister or friend of the heroine in many films. Among her notable TV appearances was the serial [[Trishna (TV show)|Trishna]] as mother of the four young girls. It was an adaptation of [[Pride and Prejudice]].

In an interview, his daughter Aparajita had said that after the sudden demise of her husband, she turned to acting. Aparajita has done more than 50 films and TV serials.

Bhushan owned a bungalow in Bandra suburb of Bombay. He was an avid reader and boasted of a fine collection of books, which he had to sell off like his cars and bungalows in bad times, after he turned co-producer at the instance of his brother. Only a few of his films were successes and unfortunately, the rest flopped.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.bhaskar.com/news/vetran-bollywood-actor-bharat-bhushan-rich-to-poor-story-5961363.html |title=Archived copy |access-date=14 May 2019 |archive-date=14 May 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190514144539/https://www.bhaskar.com/news/vetran-bollywood-actor-bharat-bhushan-rich-to-poor-story-5961363.html |url-status=live }}</ref> He died after he escaped his financial crisis, on 27 January 1992.<ref>{{cite book |last=Sabharwal |first=Gopa |date=2007 |title=India Since 1947: The Independent Years |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LKySGJAGVEQC&q=Bharat+Bhushan+greatest+actor&pg=PA250 |location=India |publisher=[[Penguin Books]] |isbn=978-0143102748 |access-date=2013-10-30 |archive-date=12 April 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140412051446/http://books.google.com/books?id=LKySGJAGVEQC&pg=PA250&dq=Bharat+Bhushan+greatest+actor&hl=en&sa=X&ei=DXRxUrzXOpDmsAT9x4G4Aw&ved=0CDIQ6AEwAQ#v=onepage&q=Bharat%20Bhushan%20greatest%20actor&f=false |url-status=live }}</ref>

== Professional life ==
He made his debut with the [[Kidar Sharma]] hit ''[[Chitralekha (1941 film)|Chitralekha]]'' (1941).<ref>[[#Gu|Gulzar, p. 533]]</ref> However, he struggled for over a decade to make a mark in Hindi movies till ''Baiju Bawra'' (1952), which gave him instant stardom and legendary status along with [[Mohammad Rafi]], [[Meena Kumari]] and [[Naushad Ali]]. Though a very talented actor and a prominent star of the 1950s and 1960s in [[Hindi film|Hindi language films]], he often took on roles of tragic musicians in the movies. Films in which he starred as lead actor include ''[[Basant Bahar (film)|Basant Bahar]]''. His pairing with actress [[Madhubala]] proved to be very popular as they worked together in successful films like ''[[Gateway of India (1957 film)|Gateway of India]]'' (1957), ''[[Phagun (1958 film)|Phagun]]'' (1958) and ''[[Barsaat Ki Raat]]'' (1960).

[[File:Bharat Bhushan in Baiju Bawra.jpg|thumb|Bhushan in ''[[Baiju Bawra (film)|Baiju Bawra]]'' (1952)]]

"He portrays historical and mythological characters the best in Hindi movies," states contemporary actor-producer Chandrashekar. He wrote scripts and stories for ''Barsat Ki Raat'', ''Nayi Umar Ki Nayi Fasal'', ''Basant Bahar'', ''Dooj Ka Chand'', etc. He was the producer of ''Dooj Ka Chand''. His brother R. Chandra made many films such as ''Bebus'', ''Minar'', and ''Basant Bahar''.

He was the recipient of the second Filmfare best actor award for the film ''Shri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu'' in 1954. Most of the great songs of major singers of that period such as Rafi, Manna Dey, Talat, and Mukesh were pictured on him. He was the first chocolate-faced good-looking star of Hindi films. He was one of the few actors who had a good sense of music, so most music-based movies were made with him in lead roles in the 1950s and 1960s.

He acted in Hindi language movies until the 1990s. He is still loved and revered by the Indians for the great movies and great songs that he gave in spite of personal tragedies and stiff competition from his contemporaries. He is considered to be one of the greatest stars and legends of Hindi cinema.

== Filmography ==
{{div col|colwidth=22em}}
* ''[[Chitralekha (1941 film)|Chitralekha]]'' (1941)
* ''[[Bhakta Kabir]]'' (1942)
* ''[[Bhaichara]]'' (1943)
* ''[[Sawan]]'' (1945)
* ''[[Suhaag Raat]]'' (1948)
* ''[[Rangila Rajasthan]]'' (1949)
* ''[[Udhaar]]'' (1949)
* ''[[Aankhen (1950 film)|Ankhen]]'' (1950)
* ''[[Bhai Bahen]]'' (1950)
* ''[[Janmashtami]]'' (1950)
* ''[[Kisi Ki Yaad]]'' (1950)
* ''[[Ram Darshan]]'' (1950)
* ''[[Hamari Shaan]]'' (1951)
* ''[[Saagar (1951 film)|Saagar]]'' (1951)
* ''[[Baiju Bawra (film)|Baiju Bawra]]'' (1952)
* ''[[Maa (1952 film)|Maa]]'' (1952)
* ''[[Anand Math]]'' (1952)
* ''[[Paheli Shaadi]]'' (1953)
* ''[[Daana Paani (1953 film)|Dana Pani]]'' (1953)
* ''[[Farmaish]]'' (1953)
* ''[[Ladki]]'' (1953)
* ''[[Shuk Rambha]]'' (1953)
* ''[[Shabaab (film)|Shabaab]]'' (1954)
* ''[[Meenar]]'' (1954)
* ''[[Pooja (1954 film)|Pooja]]'' (1954)
* ''[[Shri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu (film)|Shri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu]]'' (1954)
* ''[[Kavi (film)|Kavi]]'' (1954)
* ''[[Dhoop Chhaon (1954 film)|Dhoop Chhaon]]'' (1954)
* ''[[Aurat Teri Yehi Kahani (1954 film)|Aurat Teri Yehi Kahani]]'' (1954)
* ''[[Mirza Ghalib (film)|Mirza Ghalib]]'' (1954)
* ''[[Amanat (1955 film)|Amanat]]'' (1955)
* ''[[Basant Bahar (film)|Basant Bahar]]'' (1956)
* ''[[Gateway of India (1957 film)|Gateway of India]]'' (1957)
* ''[[Phagun (1958 film)|Phagun]]'' (1958)
* ''[[Samrat Chandragupt]]'' (1958)
* ''[[Sawan]]'' (1959)
* ''[[Kal Hamara Hai (film)|Kal Hamara Hai]]'' (1959)
* ''[[Barsaat Ki Raat]]'' (1960)
* ''[[Ghunghat (1960 film)|Ghunghat]]'' (1960)
* ''Chandi ki Dewar'' (1960)
* ''[[Gyara Hazar Ladkian]]'' (1962)
* ''[[Sangeet Samraat Taansen]]'' (1962)
* ''[[Jahan Ara (film)|Jahan Ara]]'' (1964)
* ''[[Dooj Ka Chand]]'' (1964)
* ''[[Naya Kanoon]]'' (1965)
* ''[[Taqdeer (1967 film)|Taqdeer]]'' (1967)
* ''[[Pyar Ka Mausam]]'' (1969)
* ''[[Vishwas]]'' (1969)
* ''[[Gomti Ke Kinare]]'' (1972) as Bharat
* ''[[Kahani Kismat Ki]]'' (1973) as Doctor
* ''[[Ranga Khush]]'' (1975)
*''[[Solah Shukrawar]]'' (1977) as Bhola Bhagat
*''[[Hira Aur Patthar]]'' (1977) as Tulsiram
* ''[[Khoon Pasina]]'' (1977) as Kaka
* ''Unees-Bees'' (1980)
* ''[[Yaarana (1981 film)|Yaarana]]'' (1981)
* ''[[Commander (1981 film)|Commander]]'' (1981)
* ''[[Umrao Jaan (1981 film)|Umrao Jaan]]'' (1981) as Khan Saheb (Music Master)
* ''[[Adi Shankaracharya (film)|Adi Shankaracharya]]'' (1983)
* ''[[Nastik (1983 film)|Nastik]]'' (1983) as Temple Priest
* ''[[Hero (1983 film)|Hero]]'' (1983) as Ramu father of Jaikishen
* Zakhmi Sher (1984)
* ''[[Sharaabi]]'' (1984) as Masterji
* ''[[Phaansi Ke Baad]]'' (1985)
* ''[[Mera Saathi]]'' (1985)
* ''[[Kala Dhanda Goray Log]]''(1986)...Maharaj
* ''[[Ghar Sansar]]'' (1986)...Rahim Chacha
*''[[Himmat Aur Mehanat]]'' (1987)...Customer in Hotel(Special Appearance)
*''[[Sone Pe Suhaaga]]'' (1988)...Kashinath
* ''[[Maalamaal]]'' (1988) as Shri Mangatram's Manager
* ''[[Abhi To Main Jawan Hoon]]'' (1989)
* ''[[Chandni (film)|Chandni]]'' (1989) as Doctor
* ''[[Ilaaka]]'' (1989) as Man with suitcase
* ''[[Gharana (1989 film)|Gharana]]'' (1989) as Radha's father
* ''[[Toofan (1989 film)|Toofan]]'' (1989) as Priest in the Hanuman's temple
* ''[[Jaadugar]]'' (1989) as Gyaneshswar
* ''[[Baap Numbri Beta Dus Numbri]]'' (1990) as John
* ''[[Majboor (1989 film)|''Majboor'' (1989 film)]]'' as judge
* ''[[Sheshnaag (film)|Sheshnaag]]'' (1990)
* ''[[Baaghi (1990 film)|''Baaghi'' (1990 film)]]'' as Asha Father
* ''[[Pyar Ka Devta]]'' (1991) as Doctor
* ''[[Prem Qaidi]]'' (1991) as Suryanath
* ''[[Humshakal (1992 film)|Humshakal]]'' (1992) as The Judge
* ''[[Aakhri Chetawani]]'' (1993)
{{div col end}}

==Accolades==
{| class=wikitable
! Year
! Award
! Category
! Film
! Result
|-
! [[2nd Filmfare Awards|1955]]
| rowspan="2"|[[Filmfare Awards]]
| rowspan="2"|[[Filmfare Award for Best Actor|Best Actor]]
| ''[[Shri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu (film)|Shri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu]]''
| {{won}}
|-
! [[3rd Filmfare Awards|1956]]
| ''[[Mirza Ghalib (film)|Mirza Ghalib]]''
| {{nom}}
|-
|}

== References ==
<references />

==Sources==
*{{cite book |title=Encyclopaedia of Hindi cinema|author=Gulzar |author-link=Gulzar |author2=Govind Nihalani|author3=Saibal Chatterjee|publisher=Popular Prakashan|year=2003|isbn=8179910660 |page=335 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8y8vN9A14nkC&q=Chitralekha+1964+film&pg=PT639 |ref=Gu }}

==External links==
* {{IMDb name|0080445}}
* [http://www.rediff.com/movies/2003/apr/22dinesh.htm Bharat Bhushan, the tragic hero]

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