Prithviraj Kapoor

Prithviraj Kapoor:
Date Of Birth: 3rd november,1906,
Birth Place   :  Peshawar,British India 'now pakistan'
Date Of Death:29th 1972
Death Place: Bombay,Maharashtra,India "cancer"
Birth Name: Prithvinat Kapoor
Spouse:
Rma Kapoor "1923-29th may 1972" his death 4 children

Trivia:
Son of dewan basheswarnath kapoor,,father of Raj kapoor


 Shammi kapoor



 and Shashi kapoor


Grand father of: Rndhir kapoor


Rishi kapoor


Rajiv kapoor


Karan kapoor


kunal kapoor and



Sanjana kapoor



Great grand father of: Karishma kapoor

 and kareena kapoor



cousin of surinder kapoor.

Considered the most handsome Indian actor of Pre-Independence India and the founder of India's first film family, the Kapoors.

Born in Peshawar in a middle-class landlord family. His father was a police officer. He enrolled at Edward College, Peshawar after finishing his schooling at Lyallpur and Lahore. He was married at 18 and did a year of law after graduation but interrupted his law studies to pursue his dreams of acting.

Was posthumously awarded the Dadasaheb Phalke Award for his contribution to Indian Cinema.

In 1944, he invested in and set up Prithvi Theatre. He was the first to use the concept of modern, professional urban theater in Hindustani. In over 16 years of its existence under Prithviraj Kapoor, the theater did some 2,662 shows, with Prithviraj starring as the lead actor in every single show.

Acted in India's first ever talkie alam ara (1931), although not in the lead role, which was given instead to master vithal