Birth Anniversary of Late Sanjeev Kumar-your favorite movie?

July 9th was the birth anniversary of one of the finest actor of Indian cinema..winner of 2 National Awards for Best Actor Dastak(1971) and Koshish(1973).He was called the ACTOR in a galaxy of stars.

some interesting facts about Sanjeev Kumar:

• Sanjeev Kumar was born in to a Gujarati family in Surat. His family later settled in Mumbai where he attended a film school

• Sanjeev Kumar 's original name was Harihar Jethalal Jariwala. He was popularly known as Haribhai in Hindi film fraternity

• Sanjeev Kumar never minded playing small roles or playing older roles. He played older roles and always cared about the scope of the roles

• Haribhai debuted as a protagonist in 1965 in the film Nishan which was directed by Aspi Irani. The film starred actors like Nazima, Prem Chopra and Helen

• He started his acting career as a theatre actor in the Indian People's Theatre Association in Mumbai and then worked with the Indian National Theatre

• He was known for taking up challenging roles to play. In Satyajit Ray's Shatranj Ke Khilari, Sanjeev Kumar played the role of Mirza Sajjad Ali, a chess-obsessed nawab from Lucknow

• He has done regional films in many different language including Marathi, Punjabi, Tamil, Telugu, Sindhi and his mother tongue Gujarati

• Unfortunately, the man who was known for his older roles, died at a young age. Sanjeev Kumar died on November 6, 1985 at the age of 47 due to a heart attack.

• National Film Award for Best Actor: He won the award in 1971 for Dastak and 1973 forKoshish

• Filmfare Award for Best Actor: He won the award in 1976 for Aandhi and 1977 for Arjun Pandit

• BFJA Best Actor: He won the award for his film Koshish in 1974

• Naval Stars Awards. Shanoo Varun Trophy in 1969

• Cinegoers Council (Delhi) film Awards in 1975