Rajendra Kumar
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- Worked as an assistant to director H.S. Rawail for almost five years.
- Debuted in Kidar Sharma's Jogan (1950).
- Received the Padma Shri, India's fourth highest civilian award, in 1969.
- Three-time nominee for the Filmfare Best Actor Award, for Dil Ek Mandir (1963), Aayee Milan Ki Bela (1964) and Aarzoo (1965).
- Got the nickname "Jubilee Kumar" in the 1960s, when numerous films of his ran for more than 25 weeks, thus becoming a silver jubilee film.