RIP Rajinder Nath

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Posted: 17 years ago

This article is a couple of weeks old but i don't recall it being posted on IF. Rajinder Nath was a great actor whose comedy will always be remembered.

http://www.zeenews.com/articles.asp?aid=424232&sid=ENT&a mp;ssid=1

Zeenews Bureau
Mumbai, Feb 13: Yesteryears' Bollywood actor Rajendra Nath passed away here on Wednesday evening after he suffered a cardiac arrest. He was 76 years old.
The actor had been suffering from breathing problems for the last several days and his end came at his residence in suburban Khar. He will be cremated Thursday, family sources said.
Chief Minister Vilasrao Deshmukh condoled the actor's death and said "Rajendra Nath regaled film lovers across generations with his typical sense of comic timing".
Rajendra Nath was known for his comic roles. His sister Krishna married the great showman of Bollywood Raj Kapoor. In 1949, he shifted to Mumbai. His brother Premnath was an established actor of film industry.
Rajendera Nath was a stage artist who performed at Prithvi Theatres with Prithviraj Kapoor and toured India with the likes of Shammi Kapoor and Shashi Kapoor. He began his Bollywood in 1938 with Hindi film Vachan.
His major break came with a small comic role in I.S.Johar's Hum Sab Chor Hain (1956), with Shammi Kapoor and Nalini Jaywant. His work was appreciated and he got a few roles in films. He did a number of movies with Nasir Hussain (whom he had met through Shammi) like Jab Pyar Kisi Se Hota Hai, Phir Wohi Dil Laya Hoon, Teesri Manzil, Baharon Ke Sapne,
and Pyar Ka Mausam.
He was widely appreciated for playing a buffoon called Popatlal in Jab Pyar Kisi Se hota Hai, so much so that the Rajendera Nath became synonymous with the character. In 1958, Rajendra Nath got a chance to work with S. Mukherji of Filmalaya in the film Dil Deke Dekho. The film was very successful and he was flooded with offers by good
producers and directors. He did two films with the celebrated director Bimal Roy in Prem Patra(1962) and Usne Kaha Tha (1960)with Sunil Dutt and Nanda.

Some of his other popular films are: Janwar, Jawan Mohabbat, Tum Haseen Main Jawan, Raj Kapoor's Prem Rog, Purab Aur Paschim, Mujhe Jeene Do with Sunil Dutt and Waheeda Rehman. He even did a lot of varied roles in the South. His last film was Sauda with Neelam Kothari.