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{{Short description|Indian film actor (1912–1988)}}
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{{Use Indian English|date=February 2016}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Trilok Kapoor
| image = Trilok Kapoor circa 1940.jpg
| caption = Kapoor in 1940
| birth_date = {{birth date|df=yes|1912|02|11}}
| birth_place = [[Peshawar]], [[North-West Frontier Province]], [[British India]]
| death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|1988|9|23|1912|2|11}}
| death_place = [[Mumbai|Bombay]], [[Maharashtra]], [[India]]
| nationality = [[British Raj|British Indian]] {{small|(1912{{endash}}1947)}}<br>[[Indian people|Indian]] {{small|(1947{{endash}}1988)}}
| occupation = [[Actor]]
| years active = 1933–1988
| father = Dewan Basheshwarnath Kapoor
| children = 2
| family = [[Kapoor family]]
}}

'''Trilok Kapoor''' (11 February 1912 {{endash}} 23 September 1988) was an Indian actor and a member of the [[Kapoor family]] who worked in [[Bollywood]] films. He was the younger brother of actor [[Prithviraj Kapoor]].

==Early & personal life==
The second son of Dewan Basheshwarnath Kapoor, like his brother [[Prithviraj Kapoor]] he entered the budding Hindi film industry ([[Bollywood]]) in the 1930’s and was one of the most commercially successful actors of the era.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Gulazāra|last2=Chatterjee|first2=Saibal|title=Encyclopaedia of Hindi Cinema|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8y8vN9A14nkC&pg=PT505|year=2003|publisher=Popular Prakashan|isbn=9788179910665|page=505}}</ref> Born in [[Peshawar]], he moved to Calcutta and then to [[Mumbai]]. His bungalow in Union Park, Chembur, is one of the last remaining bungalows in the area, now renamed Trilok Kapoor Marg.

Kapoor had 2 sons, Vicky Kapoor and Vijay Kapoor.

Vicky Kapoor was a [[lawyer]] & [[politician]] and Vijay Kapoor was a [[film director]] [https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1030405/?mode=desktop&ref_=m_ft_dsk <sup><nowiki>[2]</nowiki></sup>].

==Career==
His first role was the lead in the blockbuster ''[[Char Darvesh]]'' (1933). Trilok Kapoor became the most prominent lead actor of the 1930s and 1940s and was the highest paid film star for several years. He was often paired with [[Nutan]] and later [[Nargis]] in movies such as the original [[Baazigar]] and [[Kadorpati]]. In his elder years, he transitioned to mythological films. He played Shiva in [[Vijay Bhatt]]'s 1954 epic ''[[Ramayan (1954 film)|Ramayan]]''. He played many roles in mythological films, and appeared together with [[Nirupa Roy]] in eighteen movies, usually he playing [[Shiva]] and she [[Parvati]]. As a pair, their popularity erupted after the 1950 movie ''Har Har Mahadev'' which was the highest-grossing film of the year.<ref>{{cite book|last=Rishi|first=Tilak|title=Bless You Bollywood!: A Tribute to Hindi Cinema on Completing 100 Years|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=r623sWyGm0sC&pg=PA100|year=2012|publisher=Trafford|isbn=9781466939639|page=100}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last=Raj|first=Ashok|title=Hero. Volume 1: The Silent Era to Dilip Kumar|publisher=Hay House India|location=New Delhi, India|date=2010|isbn=9789381398029|oclc=861509592}}</ref> He continued to act sporadically through the 1970s until his death in 1988.
[[File:Trilok Kapoor on set.jpg|thumb]]

==Filmography==

{|class="wikitable sortable"
|-
!Year !!Film !!Character/Role
|-

| 1990
| Wafaa
| Radhika's Father
|-

| 1989
| Akanksha (TV Movie) (as Late Trilok Kapoor)
|
|-

| 1989
| [[Saaya (1989 film)|Saaya]]
| Judge (Uncredited)
|-

| 1988
| [[Mera Shikar]]
| Mukhiya
|-

| 1988
| [[Gangaa Jamunaa Saraswathi]]
| Thakur Chicha Prasad 'Chichaji' - Ganga's dad (uncredited)
|-

| 1987
| Dozakh
|
|-

| 1986
| [[Tahkhana]]
| Raghuvir Singh
|-

| 1986
| [[Allah Rakha (film)|Allah-Rakha]]
| Judge #1 (Uncredited)
|-

| 1986
| Shart
|
|-

| 1985
| Ram Teri Ganga Maili
| Professor

|-

| 1984
| [[Meraa Dost Meraa Dushman]]
| Bahadur Singh
|-

| 1984
| [[Purana Mandir]]
| Raja Hariman Singh

|-

| 1984
| Laila
|
|-

| 1984
| [[Aasmaan]]
|
|-

| 1982
| [[Badle Ki Aag]]
| General Shamsher Singh (Uncredited)
|-

| 1982
| [[Ustadi Ustad Se]]
| Police Inspector

|-

| 1980
| [[Dostana (1980 film)|Dostana]]
| Mr. Sahni
|-

| 1980
| [[Saboot]]
| Dharamdas
|-

| 1980
| [[Do Premee]]
| Gurudev
|-

| 1980
| Toote Dil
|
|-

| 1979
| Raja Harishchandra
|
|-

| 1979
| [[Ahinsa (1979 film)|Ahinsa]]
|
|-

| 1979
| [[Sargam (1979 film)|Sargam]]
| Dinu Chacha
|-

| 1978
| [[Ganga Sagar (film)|Ganga Sagar]]
|
|-

| 1978
| [[Main Tulsi Tere Aangan Ki]]
|
|-

| 1978
| [[Darwaza]]
|
|-

| 1977
| [[Farishta Ya Qatil]]
|
|-

| 1976
| [[Nehle Pe Dehla]]
| Suprident of Police
|-

| 1976
| [[Kabeela]]
| Santan
|-

| 1976
| [[Sawa Lakh Se Ek Ladaun]]
|
|-

| 1975
| [[Jaan Hazir Hai]]
|
|-

| 1975
| [[Prem Kahani (1975 film)|Prem Kahani]]
| Brijesh K. Narain
|-

| 1975
| Toofan
|
|-

| 1975
| [[Jai Santoshi Maa]]
|
|-

| 1975
| Mahapavan Teerth Yatra
|
|-

| 1975
| [[Mere Sartaj]]
| Thakur Kaka
|-

| 1974
| [[Ishk Ishk Ishk|Ishq Ishq Ishq]]
|
|-

| 1974
| [[Chor Chor]]
|
|-

| 1973
| [[Shareef Budmaash]]
|
|-

| 1973
| [[Saudagar (1973 film)|Saudagar]]
|
|-

| 1973
| [[Kuchhe Dhaage]]
| Subedar
|-

| 1972
| [[Do Chor]]
| Police Commissioner
|-

| 1972
| [[Raaste Kaa Patthar]]
|
|-

| 1971
| Brahma Vishnu Mahesh
| Shiva
|-

| 1970
| [[Bhagwan Parshuram]]
|
|-

| 1962
| Shiv Parvati
| Shiva
|-

| 1960
| Bhakt Raj
| Bhagwan Shri Ram (uncredited)

|-

| 1959
| Sati Vaishalini
|
|-

| 1958
| Gauri Shankar
|
|-

| 1957
| Bhakta Dhruva
|
|-

| 1957
| Naag Mani
|
|-

| 1957
| Shesh Naag
|
|-

| 1956
| Harihar Bhakti
|
|-

| 1956
| Indra Leela
|
|-

| 1955
| Ekadashi
|
|-

| 1955
| Ganga Maiyya
|
|-

| 1955
| Waman Avtar
| Bhagwan Vishnu

|-

| 1955
| Jai Mahadev
|
|-

| 1954
| Chakradhari
|
|-

| 1954
| Durga Puja
|
|-

| 1954
| Rajyogi Bharthari
|
|-

| 1954
| Shiv Ratri
|
|-

| 1954
| Watan
|
|-

| 1954
| Shiv Kanya
|
|-

| 1953
| Anand Bhawan
|
|-

| 1953
| Rami Dhoban
|
|-

| 1952
| Rajrani Damayanti
|
|-

| 1952
| Shiv Shakti
|
|-

| 1952
| Vasna
|
|-

| 1952
| Veer Arjun
|
|-

| 1951
| Dasavtaar
|
|-

| 1951
| Ishwar Bhakti
|
|-

| 1951
| Maya Machhindra
|
|-

| 1951
| Pyar Ki Baten
| Prince Badar
|-

| 1951
| Ram Janma
|
|-

| 1951
| Shri Ganesh Janma
|
|-

| 1951
| Shri Vishnu Bhagwan
|
|-

| 1950
| Alakh Niranjan
|
|-

| 1950
| Har Har Mahadev
| Shiva
|-

| 1950
| Veer Bhimsen
|
|-

| 1949
| Ek Teri Nishani
|
|-

| 1948
| Dukhiyari
|
|-

| 1948
| Gunjan
|
|-

| 1948
| Ram Bhakta Hanuman
| Bhagwan Shri Ram
|-

| 1947
| [[Mirza Sahiban (1947 film)]]
|
|-

| 1947
| Toote Dil
|
|-

| 1946
| [[Amar Raj]]
| Kamal
|-

| 1946
| Dharti
| Kishen
|-

| 1946
| Gwalan
|
|-

| 1946
| Jeevan Swapna
|
|-

| 1945
| Ali Baba
|
|-

| 1945
| Prabhu Ka Ghar
| Arvind
|-

| 1945
| Shri Krishn Arjun Yuddha
|
|-

| 1944
| Aaina
|
|-

| 1943
| Aankh Ki Sharm
|
|-

| 1943
| Badalti Duniya
|
|-

| 1943
| Koshish
|
|-

| 1943
| Rahgeer
|
|-

| 1943
| Vakil Saheb
|
|-

| 1943
| Vishwas
|
|-

| 1942
| Nari
|
|-

| 1942
| Raja Rani
| Raja
|-

| 1941
| Shahzadi
|
|-

| 1941
| Tulsi (as Trilok)
|
|-

| 1940
| [[Aaj Ki Duniya]]
|
|-

| 1940
| [[Achhut]]
|
|-

| 1940
| [[Anuradha (1940 film)|Anuradha]]
|
|-

| 1940
| [[Geeta (1940 film)|Geeta]]
| Kumar
|-

| 1940
| [[Jhuthi Sharm]]
|
|-

| 1940
| [[Pagal (film)|Pagal]]
|
|-

| 1939
| Meri Aankhen
|
|-

| 1938
| Abhagin
|
|-

| 1938
| Baazigar
|
|-

| 1938
| Gorakh Aya
|
|-

| 1938
| Secretary
|
|-

| 1937
| Anath Ashram
| Kailash
|-

| 1936/I
| Karodpati
|
|-

| 1935
| [[Dhoop Chhaon]]
| Satyavan
|-

| 1935
| Wamaq Azra
|
|-

| 1934
| Dakshayajna
|
|-

| 1934
| Seeta
|
|-

| 1933
| Char Darvesh
|
|-
|}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
{{Imdb name|0438510}}
{{Kapoor family}}
{{authority control}}

The snap shown here is of actor "Mahipal"

{{DEFAULTSORT:Kapoor, Trilok}}
[[Category:20th-century Indian male actors]]
[[Category:Indian male silent film actors]]
[[Category:Indian male film actors]]
[[Category:People from Faisalabad]]
[[Category:Male actors from Mumbai]]
[[Category:Kapoor family|Trilok]]
[[Category:Punjabi people]]
[[Category:1988 deaths]]
[[Category:1912 births]]

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