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{{short description|Indian actor (1906–1972)}}
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{{Infobox person
| name = Prithviraj Kapoor
| native_name =
| image = Prithviraj Kapoor in the film Ek Raat.jpg
| caption = Kapoor in the film ''Ek Raat'' (1942)
| birth_name = Prithvinath Kapoor
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1906|11|03}}
| birth_place = [[Samundri]], [[Punjab Province (British India)|Punjab]], [[British Raj|British India]] (present-day [[Punjab, Pakistan|Punjab]], [[Pakistan]])
| death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|1972|05|29|1906|11|03}}
| death_place = [[Bombay, Maharashtra]], India<br />
| occupation = Actor, filmmaker
| years_active = 1927–1972
| spouse = {{marriage|Ramsarni Mehra|1923}}
| children = 6, including [[Raj Kapoor|Raj]], [[Shammi Kapoor|Shammi]] and [[Shashi Kapoor|Shashi]]
| relatives = [[Surinder Kapoor]] (cousin)<br>[[Kapoor family]]
| honours = {{ubl|[[Padma Bhushan]] (1969) | [[Dadasaheb Phalke Award]] (1971)}}
| education = [[Lyallpur Khalsa College]]
|alma_mater=[[Edwardes College Peshawar]] ([[Bachelor of Arts|BA]])
| module = {{Infobox officeholder
| embed = yes
| office = {{ubl|[[Member of Parliament]], [[Rajya Sabha]]|(Nominated)}}
| termstart = 3 April 1952
| termend = 2 April 1960
}}
}}

'''Prithviraj Kapoor''' (born '''Prithvinath Kapoor'''; 3 November 1906 – 29 May 1972) was an Indian actor who is also considered to be one of the founding figures of [[Hindi cinema]].<ref name=cameo20>{{cite web |url=http://www.coolage.in/2013/04/14/pran-receives-dadasaheb-phalke-award |title=Pran receives Dadasaheb Phalke Award |publisher=Coolage.in |date=14 April 2013 |access-date=4 January 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140104212736/http://www.coolage.in/2013/04/14/pran-receives-dadasaheb-phalke-award |archive-date=4 January 2014 |url-status=dead }}</ref> He was associated with [[Indian People's Theatre Association|IPTA]] as one of its founding members and established the [[Prithvi Theatres]] in 1944 as a travelling theatre company based in [[Bombay]].

He was the patriarch of the [[Kapoor family]] of Hindi films, four generations of which, beginning with him, have played active roles in the Hindi film industry, with the youngest generation still active in Bollywood. His father, Basheshwar Nath Kapoor, also played a short role in his movie [[Awara (1951 film)|Awara]]. The [[Government of India]] honoured him with the [[Padma Bhushan]] in 1969 and the [[Dadasaheb Phalke Award]] in 1971 for his contributions towards [[Indian cinema]].<ref name=cameo20 />

== Early life and education ==
Prithviraj Kapoor was born as Prithvinath Kapoor on 3 November 1906<ref name="indiamarks.com">{{cite web|url=http://www.indiamarks.com/prithviraj-kapoor-to-kareena-kapoor-and-ranbir-kapoor/|title=Prithviraj Kapoor to Kareena Kapoor and Ranbir Kapoor|date=4 June 2012|publisher=indiamarks.com|access-date=31 December 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170805085551/http://www.indiamarks.com/prithviraj-kapoor-to-kareena-kapoor-and-ranbir-kapoor|archive-date=5 August 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="Britannica.com">{{cite web |url=http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/311774/Prithviraj-Kapoor |title=Prithviraj Kapoor (Indian actor) |publisher=Encyclopædia Britannica |access-date=26 July 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131003040257/http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/311774/Prithviraj-Kapoor |archive-date=3 October 2013 |url-status=live }}</ref> in [[Samundri, Punjab]], [[British Raj|British India]], into a [[Punjabi Hindus|Punjabi Hindu]] [[Dhai Ghar]] [[Khatri#Hindu Khatris|Khatri]] family of the [[Kapoor]] ''[[gotra]]''.<ref name="Sharmistha Gooptu">{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pzEdHF5UYcMC&pg=PA124|title=Bengali Cinema: 'An Other Nation'|first=Sharmistha|last=Gooptu|date=2010|isbn=978-0-203-84334-5|publisher=Taylor & Francis|pages=124}}</ref><ref name="Britannica.com" /> His father, [[Dewan]] Basheshwarnath Kapoor, was a police officer in the [[Indian Imperial Police]], posted in the city of [[Peshawar]]. His grandfather, Dewan Keshavmal Kapoor, was a [[Tehsildar]] in [[Samundri]] near [[Lyallpur]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://specials.rediff.com/movies/2006/feb/02slide1.htm|title=Bollywood's First Family|publisher=Rediff|date=2 February 2006|access-date=14 February 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110220021608/http://specials.rediff.com/movies/2006/feb/02slide1.htm|archive-date=20 February 2011|url-status=dead}}</ref> Kapoor was the eldest of eight siblings, five boys (including Prithviraj and [[Trilok Kapoor]], also an actor) and three girls. Film producer [[Surinder Kapoor]], father of actors and producers [[Anil Kapoor|Anil]], [[Boney Kapoor|Boney]] and [[Sanjay Kapoor]], was a cousin of Prithviraj Kapoor.<ref name="Surinder Kapoor & Prithviraj Kapoor">{{cite news|title= Surinder Kapoor & Prithviraj Kapoor|url= http://movies.rediff.com/report/2009/may/04/surinder-kapoor-on-life-and-times.htm|website= Rediff.com|date= 4 May 2009|access-date= 24 February 2016|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20160302162736/http://movies.rediff.com/report/2009/may/04/surinder-kapoor-on-life-and-times.htm|archive-date= 2 March 2016|url-status= live}}</ref>

Kapoor's childhood was largely spent in [[Faisalabad District|Lyallpur District, Punjab]], where his grandparents and extended family lived. Later, his father was transferred to [[Peshawar, North West Frontier Province]], and after some years, the family moved there, while retaining house and property in [[Lyallpur]]. Kapoor studied initially at [[Lyallpur Khalsa College]] then in [[Lyallpur]],<ref name=cameo18>{{Cite web| url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/entertainment/remembering-prithviraj-kapoor/story-YZ0qu0sal3ZmIQISuzK4LP.html| title=Remembering Prithviraj Kapoor!| date=2 November 2009| access-date=1 May 2020| archive-date=9 July 2020| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200709004548/https://www.hindustantimes.com/entertainment/remembering-prithviraj-kapoor/story-YZ0qu0sal3ZmIQISuzK4LP.html| url-status=live}}</ref> and later at [[Edwardes College Peshawar|Edwardes College]] in [[Peshawar]], where he received his [[Bachelor of Arts]].<ref>Ahmed, Ishtiaq (7 November 2006) [https://web.archive.org/web/20110928154516/http://www.statsvet.su.se/publikationer/ahmed/artiklar_2006/41_prithviraj_kapoor.htm Prithviraj Kapoor: A centenary tribute]. ''Daily Times''</ref> He also went on to study law for a year before deciding to go into acting.

== Career ==
Kapoor began his acting career in the theatres of [[Lyallpur]] and [[Peshawar]]. In 1928, he moved to [[Bombay|Bombay City]], [[Bombay Presidency]], with a loan from an aunt. There he joined the Imperial Films Company and started acting in minor roles in movies.<ref name="Britannica.com" /><ref name=cameo4 /> In 1928, he made his acting debut as an extra in his first film, ''Be Dhari Talwar''.<ref name=cameo6>[https://www.hindustantimes.com/bollywood/rishi-kapoor-shabana-azmi-remember-a-compassionate-human-on-113th-birth-anniversary-of-prithviraj-kapoor-the-man-who-started-it-all/story-8NHrWty6np6eJxKnA6KBFI.html Rishi Kapoor, Shabana Azmi remember a compassionate human on 113th birth anniversary of Prithviraj Kapoor: 'The man who started it all'] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200708222410/https://www.hindustantimes.com/bollywood/rishi-kapoor-shabana-azmi-remember-a-compassionate-human-on-113th-birth-anniversary-of-prithviraj-kapoor-the-man-who-started-it-all/story-8NHrWty6np6eJxKnA6KBFI.html |date=8 July 2020 }}, Hindustan Times, 3 November 2019.</ref><ref name=cameo4>[https://www.indiatoday.in/education-today/gk-current-affairs/story/prithviraj-kapoor-birthday-349871-2016-11-03 Remembering Prithviraj Kapoor: 10 facts you must know about the Father of Bollywood] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200710184123/https://www.indiatoday.in/education-today/gk-current-affairs/story/prithviraj-kapoor-birthday-349871-2016-11-03 |date=10 July 2020 }}, India Today, 3 November 2016.</ref> He went on to earn a lead role in his third film, titled ''Cinema Girl'', which released in 1929.<ref name=hi>{{cite news |url=http://www.hindu.com/mp/2004/11/22/stories/2004112201500100.htm |title=Kissing the firmament with Prithvi Theatre |date=22 November 2004 |access-date=4 August 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080731165953/http://www.hindu.com/mp/2004/11/22/stories/2004112201500100.htm |archive-date=31 July 2008 |work=[[The Hindu]] |url-status=dead }}</ref>

After featuring in nine silent films, including ''Be Dhari Talwar'',<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0241231/ |title=Be Dhari Talwar (1929) |publisher=Imperial |access-date=10 October 2020 |archive-date=8 February 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170208221914/http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0241231/ |url-status=live }}</ref> ''Cinema Girl'', ''Sher-e-Arab'' and ''Prince Vijaykumar'',<ref name=iff>{{cite web |url=http://www.iffigoa.org/iffi2006/tribute-det_aid_2.php |title=Tribute to Prithvi Raj Kapoor (1901–1972) |publisher=International Film Festival of India |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110721124057/http://www.iffigoa.org/iffi2006/tribute-det_aid_2.php |archive-date=21 July 2011 }}</ref> Kapoor did a supporting role in India's first film talkie, ''[[Alam Ara]]'' (1931).<ref name=gulzar>{{cite book |editor=Gulazāra |editor2=Nihalani, Govind |editor3=Chatterjee, Saibal |title=Encyclopaedia of Hindi cinema|year=2003|publisher=Encyclopædia Britannica|location=New Delhi|isbn=978-81-7991-066-5|pages=504|url={{Google books |plainurl=yes |id=8y8vN9A14nkC |pages=504 }} }}</ref> His performance in [[Vidyapati (1937 film)|Vidyapati]] (1937) was much appreciated. His best-known performance is perhaps as [[Alexander the Great]] in [[Sohrab Modi]]'s [[Sikandar (1941 film)|Sikandar]] (1941). He also joined the Grant Anderson Theater Company, an English theatrical company that remained in Bombay for a year.<ref name=hi /><ref name=gulzar /> Through all these years, Kapoor remained devoted to the theatre and performed on stage regularly. He developed a reputation as a very fine and versatile actor on both stage and screen.

=== Prithvi Theatres ===
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[[File:Prithviraj Kapoor in Sinkandar (1941).jpg|thumb|upright|Kapoor in ''[[Sikandar (1941 film)|Sikandar]]'' (1941)]]
[[File:Prithviraj Kapoor in Awara.jpg|thumb|upright|Kapoor in ''[[Awaara]]'' (1951)]]
[[File:Prithvi Theatre 1995 stamp of India.jpg|thumb|A 1995 Indian stamp dedicated to [[Prithvi Theatre]]s and Prithviraj Kapoor]]
By 1944, Kapoor had the wherewithal and standing to found his own theatre group, Prithvi Theatres, whose première performance was [[Kalidasa]]'s ''[[Abhijñānaśākuntalam]]'' in 1942. His eldest son, [[Raj Kapoor]], by 1946, had struck out on his own; the films he produced had been successful and this was also an enabling factor. Prithviraj invested in Prithvi Theatres, which staged memorable productions across India. The plays were highly influential and inspired young people to participate in the [[Indian independence movement]] and the [[Quit India Movement]].
<ref name=cameo4 /> In over 16 years of existence, the theatre staged some 2,662 performances. Prithviraj starred as the lead actor in ''every single show''.{{citation needed|date=April 2015}} One of his popular plays was called ''Pathan'' (1947), which was performed on stage nearly 600 times in Mumbai. It opened on 13 April 1947, and is a story of a Muslim and his Hindu friend.<ref name=Dandavate>{{cite book|title=Dialogue with Life |last=Dandavate |first=Madhu |year=2004 |publisher=Allied Publishers |location=India |isbn=81-7764-856-X |pages=48 |url={{Google books |plainurl=yes |id=qmoiCCN2AK0C |pages=48 }} |quote=Prithviraj Kapoor represented the mental make-up of Pathans of North-West Frontier Province through another play called ''Pathan''.}}</ref>

By the late 1950s, it was clear that the era of the travelling theatre had been irreversibly supplanted by the cinema and it was no longer financially feasible for a troupe of up to 80 people to travel the country for four to six months at a time along with their props and equipment and living in hotels and campsites. The financial returns, through ticket sales and the rapidly diminishing ''largesse'' of patrons from the erstwhile princely class of India, was not enough to support such an effort. Many of the fine actors and technicians that Prithvi Theatres nurtured had found their way to the movies. Indeed, this was the case with all of Prithviraj's own sons. As Kapoor progressed into his 50s, he gradually ceased theatre activities and accepted occasional offers from film-makers, including his own sons. He appeared with his son Raj in the 1951 film ''Awara'' as a stern judge who had thrown his own wife out of his house. Later, under his son, [[Shashi Kapoor]], and daughter in law [[Jennifer Kendal]], Prithvi Theatre merged with the Indian [[William Shakespeare|Shakespeare]] theatre company, "Shakespeareana", and the company got a permanent home, with the inauguration of the Prithvi Theatre in [[Mumbai]] on 5 November 1978.<ref name=adr />

==== Postage stamp ====
In 1996, the Golden Jubilee year of the founding of Prithvi Theatre, [[Indian Postal Service|India Post]], issued a special two Rupee commemorative postage stamp.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.indianpost.com/viewstamp.php/Alpha/P/PRITHVI%20THEATER |title=Prithvi Theatre Stamp |publisher=India Post |date=15 January 1995 |access-date=24 August 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090112152759/http://www.indianpost.com/viewstamp.php/Alpha/P/PRITHVI%20THEATER |archive-date=12 January 2009 |url-status=live }}</ref> It featured the logo of the theatre, the dates 1945–1995, and an image of Kapoor.<ref>{{cite book |url={{Google books |plainurl=yes |id=JQi967RIRh4C |pages=300 }} |chapter=Genes and Genius |title=The Book I Won't be Writing and Other Essays |first=H. Y. Sharada |last=Prasad |publisher=Orient Longman |year=2003 |isbn=81-8028-002-0 |pages=300}}</ref> The first day cover, (stamped 15-1-95), showed an illustration of a performance of a travelling theatre in progress, on a stage that seems fit for a travelling theatre, as Prithvi theatre was for sixteen years, until 1960.<ref name=adr>{{cite web |url=http://www.andreas-praefcke.de/carthalia/world/ind_prithvi.htm |title=India: Prithvi Theatre |access-date=24 August 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101129015127/http://andreas-praefcke.de/carthalia/world/ind_prithvi.htm |archive-date=29 November 2010 |url-status=live }}</ref> On the occasion of 100 years of the Indian cinema, another postage stamp, bearing his likeness, was released by India Post on 3 May 2013.

=== Later years ===
His filmography of this period includes ''[[Mughal-e-Azam]]'' (1960), where he gave his most memorable performance as the [[Mughal Empire|Mughal]] emperor [[Akbar]], ''Harishchandra Taramati'' (1963) in which he played the lead role, an unforgettable performance as [[Porus the Elder|Porus]] in ''Sikandar-e-Azam'' (1965), and the stentorian grandfather in ''[[Kal Aaj Aur Kal]]'' (1971), in which he appeared with his son [[Raj Kapoor]] and grandson [[Randhir Kapoor]].<ref name=cameo4 />

Kapoor starred in the legendary religious [[Cinema of Punjab|Punjabi film]] ''[[Nanak Nam Jahaz Hai]]'' (1969), a film so revered in [[Punjab, India|Punjab]] that there were lines many kilometres long to purchase tickets.{{citation needed|date=July 2014}}

He also starred in the Punjabi films ''Nanak Dukhiya Sub Sansar'' (1970) and ''Mele Mittran De'' (1972).

He also acted in the [[Kannada cinema|Kannada movie]] ''[[Sakshatkara]]'' (1971), directed by Kannada director [[Puttanna Kanagal]]. He acted as [[Dr. Rajkumar|Dr. Rajkumar's]] father in that movie.

== Awards and honours ==
[[File:President Dr. Radhakrishnan presenting Abhinandan Granth to Shri Prithviraj Kapoor.jpg|thumb|The President Dr. Radhakrishnan presenting Abhinandan Granth to Shri Prithivaj Kapoor]]
In 1954, he was awarded the [[List of Sangeet Natak Akademi fellows|Sangeet Natak Akademi Fellowship]], and in 1969, the [[Padma Bhushan]] by the [[Government of India]]. He remained [[Members of Rajya Sabha|Nominated Rajya Sabha Member]] for eight years.<ref name=iff />

He was posthumously awarded the [[Dadasaheb Phalke Award]] for the year 1971. He was the third recipient of that award, the highest accolade in [[Indian cinema]].

=== Awards ===
* 1954: [[List of Sangeet Natak Akademi fellows|Sangeet Natak Akademi Fellowship]] by the [[Sangeet Natak Akademi]]
* 1956: [[Sangeet Natak Akademi Award]] by the [[Sangeet Natak Akademi]]
* [[8th Filmfare Awards|1961]]: Nominated – [[Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actor]] – ''[[Mughal-e-Azam]]''
* 1969: [[Padma Bhushan]] by the [[Government of India]]<ref name="Padma Awards">{{cite web | url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf | title=Padma Awards | publisher=Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India | date=2015 | access-date=21 July 2015 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151015193758/http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf | archive-date=15 October 2015 | url-status=live }}</ref>
* 1972: [[Dadasaheb Phalke Award]] (Posthumous) for the year 1971, for his immense contribution to Indian theatre and cinema

== Personal life ==
Kapoor was aged 17 when he was married to the 15-year-old Ramsarni Mehra, a lady of his own community and similar background, in a match arranged by their parents in the usual Indian way. The marriage was harmonious and conventional and lasted all their lives. In fact, the wedding had been held even earlier, a few years prior to this, and it was the ''gauna'' ceremony (farewell) which was celebrated when Ramsarni reached the age of 15 and became old enough to leave her parents and reside with her husband and in-laws. Ramsarni's brother, Jugal Kishore Mehra, would later enter films.{{citation needed|date=October 2018}}

The couple's eldest child, [[Raj Kapoor]], was born the following year in [[Peshawar, North West Frontier Province]], on 14 December 1924; making Prithviraj a father at age 18. By the time Prithviraj moved to [[Bombay|Bombay City]], [[Bombay Presidency]] in 1927, the couple were the parents of three children. In 1930, Ramsarni joined Prithviraj in Bombay. The following year, while she was pregnant for the fourth time, two of their sons died in the space of one terrible week. One of their children, Devinder (called Devi), died of double-[[pneumonia]], while the other child, Ravinder (called Binder or Bindie), died of poisoning in a freak incident when he swallowed rat-poison pills strewn in the garden.<ref>{{cite book|author1=Nanda, Ritu|author2=Kapūra, Rāja|title=Raj Kapoor Speaks|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FnyaW9L6cKYC&pg=PP30|year=2002|publisher=Penguin Books India|isbn=978-0-670-04952-3|pages=30–|access-date=9 November 2018|archive-date=11 October 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201011183414/https://books.google.com/books?id=FnyaW9L6cKYC&pg=PP30|url-status=live}}</ref>

The couple went on to have three more children: sons [[Shammi Kapoor|Shamsher Raj (Shammi)]] and [[Shashi Kapoor|Balbir Raj (Shashi)]] (who were to become famous actors and filmmakers in their own right), and daughter, Urmila Sial.{{citation needed|date=February 2014}}

After his retirement, Prithviraj settled in a cottage called Prithvi Jhonpra near [[Juhu Beach, West Bombay]]. The property was on lease, which was bought by Shashi Kapoor, and later converted into a small, experimental theatre, the Prithvi Theatre. Both Prithviraj and Ramsarni had cancer and died 16 days apart. Prithviraj died on 29 May 1972 and Ramsarni died on 14 June 1972.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Rama Prithviraj Kapoor |url=http://www.junglee.org.in/mother.html}}</ref>

A [[Samadhi (shrine)|Samadhi]] (memorial) of Raj Kapoor at their family farm ''"Rajbaugh"'', which means the ''"king of gardens"'', also houses Privthiraj Kapoor and his wife's memorial. Rajbaugh lies on the banks of [[Mula-Mutha River]] in [[Loni Kalbhor]] village 30 km east of [[Pune]] in Maharshtra. [[Kapoor family]] sold part of 125 acres Rajbaugh to [[MIT World Peace University]] (MIT WPU) which built and houses the [[MIT World Peace University#Memorial|memorial]] for the Kapoor family on its campus. It has 7 pagodas and a viewing gallery which displays the Kapoor family photographs. Raj Kapoor shot many of his films at this farm, including ''[[Satyam Shivam Sundaram]]'', ''[[Mera Naam Joker]]'', ''[[Bobby (1973 film)|Bobby]]'', and ''[[Prem Rog]]'' among others. Kapoor's family [[Bungalow#India|bungalow]] inside the farm has been preserved; the popular song ''"[[Hum Tum Ek Kamre Mein Band Ho]]"'' was shot inside this bungalow.<ref name=cameo11>{{Google maps | url= https://www.google.com/maps/place/Raj+Kapoor+Memorial/@18.4928318,74.0237278,15z/data=!4m2!3m1!1s0x0:0x9b44212117e483ef?sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwit2t70xL7qAhU4IbcAHYhdD_8Q_BIwDHoECBAQCA | title= Google map location of Smadhi of Raj Kapoor and Prithviraj Kapoor at Rajbaugh at the camputof MIT-WPU | access-date= 8 July 2020}}</ref><ref name=cameo12>[https://www.hindustantimes.com/pune-news/with-rk-studios-up-for-sale-in-mumbai-here-is-how-pune-still-hangs-on-to-raj-kapoor-s-memories/story-gBe0GlN81RyUGmIgQ59AlJ.html With RK Studios up for sale in Mumbai, here is how Pune still hangs on to Raj Kapoor's memories] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200712094701/https://www.hindustantimes.com/pune-news/with-rk-studios-up-for-sale-in-mumbai-here-is-how-pune-still-hangs-on-to-raj-kapoor-s-memories/story-gBe0GlN81RyUGmIgQ59AlJ.html |date=12 July 2020 }}, Hindustan Times, 2 September 2018.</ref><ref name=cameo13>[http://www.mitsft.in/Raj_Kapoor_Memorial Raj Kapoor Memorial] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200705112012/http://www.mitsft.in/Raj_Kapoor_Memorial |date=5 July 2020 }}, mitsft.in.</ref><ref name=cameo10>Madhu Jain, 2009, [https://books.google.com/books?id=l3heZ8I-k9AC&q=%22prithviraj+kapoor%22+and+%22surinder+kapoor%22 Kapoors: The First Family of Indian Cinema] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200710202125/https://books.google.com.sg/books?id=l3heZ8I-k9AC&printsec=frontcover&dq=%22prithviraj+kapoor%22+and+%22surinder+kapoor%22&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjL1ezys77qAhUKT30KHVD2BG8Q6AEwAnoECAYQAg#v=onepage&q=%22prithviraj%20kapoor%22%20and%20%22surinder%20kapoor%22&f=false |date=10 July 2020 }}, [[Penguin Books]].</ref><ref name=cameo14>[http://www.mitsft.in/Raj_Kapoor_Memorial Raj Kapoor Memorial brief] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200705112012/http://www.mitsft.in/Raj_Kapoor_Memorial |date=5 July 2020 }}, mitsft.in.</ref>

== Selected filmography ==
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*''Do Dhari Talwar'' (1929)
*''[[Cinema Girl]]'' (1930)
*''Sher-e-Arab'' (1930)
*''Prince Vijaykumar'' (1930)
*''[[Alam Ara]]'' (1931)
*''[[Draupadi (1931 film)|Draupadi]]'' (1931) - Arjuna
*''Golibar'' (1931)
*''Toofan'' (1931)
*''Blood Feuds'' (1931)
*''Namak Haram Kon'' (1931)
*''Dagabaz, Ashiq'' (1932)
*''[[Rajrani Meera]]'' (1933) - Rana Kumbh, King of Chitor
*''Ramayan'' (1933)
*''[[Seeta (1934 film)|Seeta]]'' (1934) - Ram
*''[[Daku Mansoor (1934 film)|Daku Mansoor]]'' (1934)
*''Inquilab'' (1935)
*''[[Manzil (1936 film)|Manzil]]'' (1936) - Suresh
*''[[Vidyapati (1937 film)|Vidyapati]]'' (1937) - King Shiva Singha
*''Anath Ashram'' (1937) - Ranjit
*''[[Milap (1937 film)|Milap]]'' (1937)
*''[[President (1937 film)|President]]'' (1937) - Dewan Prithviraj
*''[[Abhagin]]'' (1938) - Promode
*''Dharti Mata'' (1938)
*''[[Dushman (1939 film)|Dushman]]'' (1938)
*''Adhuri Kahani'' (1939) - Somnath
*''Sapera'' (1939)
*''[[Pagal (film)|Pagal]]'' (1940) - Dr. Vasant
*''[[Sajani (1940 film)|Sajani]]'' (1940) - Nanda
*''[[Deepak Mahal|Dipak Mahal]]'' (1940)
*''Deepak'' (1940)
*''[[Chingari (1940 film)|Chingari]]'' (1940)
*''[[Aaj Ka Hindustan]]'' (1940)
*''[[Raj Nartaki]]'' (1941) - Prince Chandrakriti (Hindi version)
*''[[Sikandar (1941 film)|Sikandar]]'' (1941) - Alexander the Great
*''Ujala'' (1942)
*''[[Chauranghee]]'' (1942)
*''[[Ek Raat]]'' (1942)
*''[[Gauri (1943 film)|Gauri]]'' (1943)
*''[[Aankh Ki Sharm]]'' (1943)
*''[[Ishaara (1943 film)|Ishara]]'' (1943)
*''[[Bhalai]]'' (1943)
*''Vish Kanya'' (1943)
*''[[Maharathi Karna (film)|Maharathi Karna]]'' (1944) - Karna
*''[[Phool (1945 film)|Phool]]'' (1945)
*''[[Vikramaditya (film)|Vikramaditya]]'' (1945) - Vikramaditya
*''Devdasi'' (1945)
*''Shri Krishn Arjun Yuddha'' (1945)
*''[[Valmiki (1946 film)|Valmiki]]'' (1946)
*''[[Prithviraj Samyogita]]'' (1946)
*''Azadi Ki Raah Par'' (1948)
*''[[Dahej (film)|Dahej]]'' (1950) - Thakur (Chanda's dad)
*''Hindustan Hamara'' (1950) - Himself
*''[[Awaara]]'' (1951) - Justice Raghunath
*''[[Anand Math]]'' (1952) - Satyananda
*''Insaan'' (1952)
*''Aag Ka Dariya'' (1953)
*''[[Chhatrapati Shivaji]]'' (1953)<ref name=Gulzar>{{cite book |editor=Gulazāra |editor2=Nihalani, Govind |editor3=Chatterjee, Saibal |title=Encyclopaedia of Hindi cinema|year=2003|publisher=Encyclopædia Britannica|location=New Delhi|isbn=978-81-7991-066-5|pages=66, 40|url={{Google books |plainurl=yes |id=8y8vN9A14nkC |pages=40 }} }}</ref>
*''Ehsan'' (1954)
*''[[Boot Polish (film)|Boot Polish]]'' (1954) - Self - ritual performed in the beginning of the movie (uncredited)
*''[[Shree 420]]'' (1955) - Self - ritual performed in the beginning of the movie (uncredited)
*''[[Pardesi (1957 film)|Pardesi]]'' (1957) - Mehmud Gawan
*''Paisa'' (1957)
*''[[Ab Dilli Dur Nahin (1957 film)|Ab Dilli Dur Nahin]]'' (1957) - Self - Ritual performed in the beginning of the movie (uncredited)
*''Lajwanti'' (1958)
*''[[Jagga Daku]]'' (1959)
*''[[Mughal-e-Azam]]'' (1960) - Emperor Akbar
*''Senapati'' (1961) - Senapati
*''[[Pyaar Kiya To Darna Kya (1963 film)|Pyaar Kiya To Darna Kya]]'' (1963) - Kunwar Saheb
*''[[Harishchandra Taramati]]'' (1963) - King Harishchandra
*''[[Rajkumar (1964 film)|Rajkumar]]'' (1964) - Maharaja
*''[[Zindagi (1964 film)|Zindagi]]'' (1964) - Rai Bahadur Gangasaran
*''[[Jahan Ara (1964 film)|Jahan Ara]]'' (1964) - Shah Jahan
*''[[Gazal (1964 film)|Gazal]]'' (1964) - Nawab Bakar Ali Khan
*''[[Janwar (1965 film)|Janwar]]'' (1965) - Mr. Srivastava
*''[[Aasmaan Mahal]]'' (1965) - Asmaan
*''[[Khakaan]]'' (1965)
*''[[Sikandar E Azam]]'' (1965) - Porus
*''Lootera'' (1965) - Shah Zaman
*''Jahan Sati Wahan Bhagwan'' (1965) - Maharaja Karamdham
*''Shri Ram Bharat Milap'' (1965) - Raja Dashrath
*''Shankar Khan'' (1966) - Safdar Khan
*''Sher E Afghan'' (1966)
*''[[Yeh Raat Phir Na Aayegi (1966 film)|Yeh Raat Phir Na Aaygi]]'' (1966) - Professor
*''[[Daku Mangal Singh]]'' (1966)
*''[[Lal Bangla]]'' (1966) - Police Sub-Inspector
*''[[Love And Murder]]'' (1966) - Inspector
*''Insaaf'' (1966) - Judge
*''Shamsheer'' (1967)
*''[[Rustom Sohrab]]'' (1967) - Rustom Zabuli
*''Shamsher'' (1967)
*''[[Teen Bahuraniyan]]'' (1968) - Dinanath
*''Balram Shri Krishna'' (1968)
*''Bambai Raat Ki Bahon Mein'' (1968) - Himself
*''Nai Zindagi'' (1969)
*''[[Nanak Naam Jahaz Hai]]'' (1969, Punjabi movie) - Gurmukh Singh
*''Insaf Ka Mandir'' (1969) - Judge
*''[[Bombay by Nite]]'' (1969) - Lalaji
*''Sati Sulochana'' (1969) - Param Shivbhakt Lankeshwar Ravan
*''[[Nanak Dukhiya Sub Sansar]]'' (1970, Punjabi movie) - Giani
*''[[Heer Raanjha]]'' (1970) - The King
*''[[Ek Nannhi Munni Ladki Thi]]'' (1970)
*''[[Gunah Aur Kanoon]]'' (1970) - Jamnadas
*''Sher E Watan'' (1971) - Baadshah Hanibaal
*''Padosi'' (1971)
*''[[Kal Aaj Aur Kal]]'' (1971) - Diwan Bahadur Kapoor
*''[[Sakshatkara]]'' (1971, [[Kannada]]) - Bhoopalayya
*''Baankelal'' (1972)
*''Naag Panchami'' (1972) - Maharaj Chandradhar
*''[[Mele Mitran De]]'' (1972, Punjabi movie)
*''[[Naya Nasha]]'' (1973) - Rana
*''[[Judaai (1980 film)|Judaai]]'' (1980)
*''Chhatrapati Shivaji'' (2017) - Raja Jaisingh (final film role)
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== Further reading ==
* ''Shashi Kapoor presents the Prithviwallahs'', by Shashi Kapoor, Deepa Gahlot, Prithvi Theatre (Mumbai, India). Roli Books, 2004. {{ISBN|81-7436-348-3}}.

== References ==
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== External links ==
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