Ranbirraj "Raj" Kapoor, also known as The Show-Man, was an extremely successful and flamboyant film actor, producer and director of Hindi cinema. Winner of nine Filmfare Awards, his films Awaara (1951) and Boot Polish (1954) were also nominated for the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival. Raj Kapoor was born in Peshawar, to actor Prithviraj Kapoor and Ramsarni Devi Kapoor. He was the eldest of the six children in the Pashto Punjabi speaking family. Raj Kapoor was born in Peshawar, to actor Prithviraj Kapoor...
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