Kumar Gaurav

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Kumar Gaurav

Birth Date: 11 Jul, 1960, Age (64)

Occupation : Actor, Producer

Kumar Gaurav

Kumar Gaurav

Kumar Gaurav is an Indian film actor and son of late actor Rajendra Kumar.He has acted in several hit films such as Love Story, Teri Kasam, Naam and Kaante. He studied at the Bishop Cotton School in Shimla. His father, Rajendra Kumar, was a popular actor in the 1960s and 1970s. Rajendra Kumar died of cancer in 1999.

While shooting for his debut movie, Love Story with Vijayta Pandit, the duo got romantically involved. The relationship later came to an end as tensions arose between the Pandit and Kumar families.He was frequently paired with almost all the young actresses of the 1980s and '90s—Poonam Dhillon, Rati Agnihotri, Neelam and Padmini Kolhapure. Yet his pairing with Vijayta Pandit in their debut movie is still remembered most.In 1984. Kumar Gaurav married Namrata Dutt, daughter of Sunil Dutt and Nargis and sister of actor Sanjay Dutt. The couple has two daughters, Saachi and Siya. Saachi is married to Bilal Amrohi, the grandson of filmmaker Kamal Amrohi.

Kumar and his brother-in-law Sanjay Dutt worked together in two films, Naam and Kaante.

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    Naam 32nd Anniversary: When Sanjay Dutt Played Himself

    Naam is regarded as a milestone in the careers of Mahesh Bhatt, Paresh Rawal, and Sanjay Dutt. The movie proved to be a blockbuster at the Box Office, playing for over a year at a majority of India's cinemas and stands as the eighth-highest-grossing Hindi film of the 80's. "Chithi Aayi Hai" sung by Pankaj Udhas was selected as one of the 100 songs by BBC Radio.