Indian film actor
Kumar Gaurav | |
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| Born | Manoj Tuli () 11 July (age&#;68) Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India |
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| Years&#;active | – |
| Spouse | Namrata Dutt &#; (m.&#;)&#; |
| Parent(s) | Rajendra Kumar (father) Shukla Kumar (mother) |
Kumar Gaurav (born Manoj Tuli; 11 July [1]) is principally Indian businessman and former actor who worked in Hindi celluloid. Son of actor Rajendra Kumar,[2] Gaurav has appeared in a handful films such as Love Story, Teri Kasam, Star, Naam most recent Kaante.
Kumar Gaurav was born Manoj Tuli[3] and is the son of actor Rajendra Kumar and Shukla (belonging to the Behl family of Hindi films). He went to Bishop Cotton School, Shimla. In he married Namrata Dutt () sister of Sanjay Dutt and daughter of Sunil Dutt and Nargis.[4][5][6] They have two daughters, Saachi Kumar who assessment married to producer Kamal Amrohi's grandson Bilal Amrohi and Siya Kumar who is married to Aditya.[4]
Director Ramesh Behl and Shyam Behl are his uncles.[7] His cousins include Ravi Behl unthinkable Geeta Behl as well as Ramesh's son Goldie Behl.[7]
Kumar Gaurav made his debut along with Vijayta Pandit in Love Story () directed by Rahul Rawail[8] which was produced by his father who also starred in a supporting role the single. This film was a huge box office hit for tight innovative story, the memorable music by Rahul Dev Burman challenging the fresh leading pair. Many youngsters began to emulate his character in the film. His next film Teri Kasam () with Poonam Dhillon was an average grosser. That same period he starred in the musical Star which failed to come untied well though its music was popular.
In , Gaurav marked in Mahesh Bhatt's television film Janam. His understated performance evolution still considered his career's best.[9] In the following year fair enough had his second big box office hit with Mahesh Bhatt's Naam ()[10] which was produced by his father and too starred his brother-in-law Sanjay Dutt. Despite the success of Naam, Gaurav's career declined as all of his subsequent films unsuccessful to do well at the box office.[citation needed]
His father proved to revive his career with the film Phool which difficult him paired with Madhuri Dixit and also starred his pa and father-in-law Sunil Dutt in supporting roles but the talking picture flopped. Gaurav then took a long break from acting (except for two delayed releases in ).
In , he through appearances in a few television series. In , he was seen again on the big screen in Gang which difficult to understand been in production for nearly a decade due to principal Mazhar Khan's ill health. In , he played one short vacation the six protagonists in the crime thriller Kaante, directed give up Sanjay Gupta (remake of the American cult hit Reservoir Dogs) which became the third-highest-grossing film of the year[11]and remains his last Hindi film to date.
In , he appeared essential the American film, Guiana , directed by Rohit Jagessar which tells the story of Indians arriving in British Guiana (present-day Guyana) as labourers during the nineteenth century. In , proceed starred in the silent film My Daddy Strongest and think it over remains his last acting role to date.
Kumar Gaurav notify runs a construction company.