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{{Short description|Indian actor (1920 - 1992)}}
{{other people}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2018}}
{{Use Indian English|date=November 2018}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Bharat Bhushan
| image = Bharat Bhushan.jpg
| image_size =
| caption = Portrait of Bharat Bhushan
| birth_name = Bharatbhushan Gupta
| birth_date = {{birth date |1920|06|14|df=yes}}
| birth_place = [[Meerut]], [[United Provinces of Agra and Oudh]], [[British Raj|British India]] <br/> (Present-day [[Uttar Pradesh]], [[India]])
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1992|01|27|1920|06|14|df=yes}}
| death_place = [[Bombay]], [[Maharashtra]], [[India]]
| years_active = 1941–1992
| known_for =
| occupation = Actor
| awards = [[Filmfare Best Actor Award]] (1955)
| children = Anuradha Bhushan<br />Aparajita Bhushan
}}
'''Bharatbhushan Gupta''', better known as '''Bharat Bhushan''' (14 June 1920 – 27 January 1992) was an Indian actor in [[Hindi film|Hindi language films]], [[scriptwriter]] and [[film producer|producer]].<ref name="TheHindu">{{cite news|last=Gangadhar|first=V.|url=http://www.hindu.com/fr/2007/08/17/stories/2007081750490100.htm|title=They now save for the rainy day|date=2007-08-17|newspaper=[[The Hindu]]|access-date=2013-10-30|archive-date=8 October 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111008192359/http://www.hindu.com/fr/2007/08/17/stories/2007081750490100.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref> He was born in [[Meerut]], and brought up in [[Aligarh]], [[Uttar Pradesh]].

== Career ==
===1941–1962: Early career, rise to prominence and stardom===

Bharat Bhushan began his career in 1941 with a small role in [[Kidar Sharma]]'s superhit film ''[[Chitralekha (1941 film)|Chitralekha]]''.<ref>[[#Gu|Gulzar, p. 533]]</ref> Despite this, his career didn't take off as his films apart from another Kidar Sharma's directional ''[[Suhaag Raat]]'' (1948) did not perform well commercially.<ref>{{cite web|title=Top Earners 1948|url=http://www.boxofficeindia.com/showProd.php?itemCat=153&catName=MTk0OA==|publisher=Box Office India|access-date=26 September 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121012171051/http://boxofficeindia.com/showProd.php?itemCat=153&catName=MTk0OA%3D%3D|archive-date=12 October 2012|df=dmy-all}}</ref>

In 1952, he appeared and played the lead in [[Vijay Bhatt]]'s [[musical film|musical]] [[romantic drama film]] ''[[Baiju Bawra]]''. The film emerged a huge blockbuster at the box office and made Bhushan a bankable star.<ref name="Top Actors">{{cite web |title=Top Actors |url=http://www.boxofficeindia.com/cpages.php?pageName=top_actors |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080219165002/http://www.boxofficeindia.com/cpages.php?pageName=top_actors |archive-date=19 February 2008 |access-date=24 April 2020 |work=Box Office India}}</ref> Its music by [[Naushad]] and songs by [[Mohammed Rafi]], such as "Tu Ganga Ki Mauj Mein Jamana Ka Dhara", "O Duniya Ke Rakhwale Sunn Dard Bhare Mere Naaley" and "Man Tarpat Hari Darshan Ko Aaj" were also very successful and won Naushad the inaugural [[Filmfare Award for Best Music Director]].<ref name="Anantharaman2008">{{cite book|author=Ganesh Anantharaman|title=Bollywood Melodies: A History of the Hindi Film Song|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lmrSLuBwbKkC&pg=PA247|date=January 2008|publisher=Penguin Books India|isbn=978-0-14-306340-7|page=31|chapter=Part I-First Generation Composers-The Pioneers-Naushad Ali}}</ref> The same year with two more successes, ''[[Maa (1952 film)|Maa]]'' and ''[[Anand Math]]'', Bhushan further solidified his stardom. In 1953, he delivered another blockbuster and second highest earner of the year with ''[[Ladki]]'', co-starring [[Vyjayanthimala]], [[Kishore Kumar]] and [[Anjali Devi]].<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.boxofficeindia.com/showProd.php?itemCat=159&catName=MTk1Mw==== |title=Box Office 1953 |publisher=Boxofficeindia.com |access-date=2011-03-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110708090519/http://www.boxofficeindia.com/showProd.php?itemCat=159&catName=MTk1Mw==== |archive-date=8 July 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

==Personal life==
Bharat Bhushan was born as Bharat Raibahadur Motilal Gupta on 14 June 1920 in a [[Vaishya]] (''Baniya'') family at [[Meerut]], [[Uttar Pradesh]], [[India]].

His father, Raibahadur Motilal, was the government pleader of Meerut and Supreme Court Judge, Allahabad. He had one older brother. His mother died when he was two years old. The brothers left for [[Aligarh]] to stay with their grandfather after their mother's death. He did his studies and earned a graduate degree from Dharam Samaj College, Aligarh. His elder brother was film producer and high court judge, Rameshchandra Gupta,<ref name="Bhaskar1">{{Cite web |title=Veteran Bollywood Actor Bharat Bhushan Rich to Poor Story |url=https://www.bhaskar.com/news/vetran-bollywood-actor-bharat-bhushan-rich-to-poor-story-5961363.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190514144539/https://www.bhaskar.com/news/vetran-bollywood-actor-bharat-bhushan-rich-to-poor-story-5961363.html |archive-date=14 May 2019 |access-date=14 May 2019}}</ref> who owned the Ideal Studio at [[Lucknow]]. After studies, he took to acting against his father's wishes. He first went to [[Kolkata]] to join cinema and later established himself in [[Bombay]].

He married into a prominent family in Meerut, Zamindar Raibahadur Budha Prakash's daughter Sarla. They had two daughters, Anuradha (who had polio-associated complications) and Aparajita. Bhushan's wife Sarla died of labour complications after delivering their second child in the early 1960s, soon after the release of film ''[[Barsaat Ki Raat]]''. In 1967, he married actress [[Ratna Bhushan|Ratna]], his co-star from ''[[Barsaat Ki Raat]]''. [[Ratna Bhushan|Ratna]] was a prominent actress who played the sister or friend of the heroine in many films. Among her notable TV appearances was the serial ''[[Trishna (TV show)|Trishna]]'' as mother of the four young girls. It was an adaptation of ''[[Pride and Prejudice]]''. In an interview, his daughter Aparajita had said that after the sudden demise of her husband, she turned to acting. Aparajita has done more than 50 films and TV serials. She played the role of [[Mandodari]] in [[Ramanand Sagar|Ramanand Sagar's]] famous serial [[Ramayan (1987 TV series)|''Ramayan'']].

Bhushan owned a bungalow in Bandra suburb of Bombay. This was the famous Aashirwad bungalow, which he sold to [[Rajendra Kumar]], who in turn sold it to [[Rajesh Khanna]].<ref name="aashirwad">{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title= Rajesh Khanna's Aashirwad Bunglow |url=https://www.youtube.com/shorts/zPvRJgSYXSM |website=youtube.com |publisher= |language=Hindi |format=video |date= }}</ref> This bungalow, was thus home to 3 famous film stars. Bhushan was an avid reader and boasted of a fine collection of books, which he had to sell off like his cars and bungalows in bad times, after he turned co-producer at the instance of his brother. Only two of his films were successes and unfortunately, the rest flopped.<ref name="Bhaskar1" /> He died after he escaped his financial crisis, on 27 January 1992.<ref>{{cite book |last=Sabharwal |first=Gopa |date=2007 |title=India Since 1947: The Independent Years |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LKySGJAGVEQC&q=Bharat+Bhushan+greatest+actor&pg=PA250 |location=India |publisher=[[Penguin Books]] |isbn=978-0143102748 |access-date=2013-10-30 |archive-date=12 April 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140412051446/http://books.google.com/books?id=LKySGJAGVEQC&pg=PA250&dq=Bharat+Bhushan+greatest+actor&hl=en&sa=X&ei=DXRxUrzXOpDmsAT9x4G4Aw&ved=0CDIQ6AEwAQ#v=onepage&q=Bharat%20Bhushan%20greatest%20actor&f=false |url-status=live }}</ref>

== Filmography ==
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"
!scope="col" | Year
!scope="col" | Title
!scope="col" | Role
!scope="col" class="unsortable" | Notes
|-
| 1941
! scope="row" | ''[[Chitralekha (1941 film)|Chitralekha]]''
| ||
|-
| 1942
! scope="row" | ''[[Bhakta Kabir]]''
| ||
|-
| 1943
! scope="row" | ''[[Bhaichara]]''
| ||
|-
| 1945
! scope="row" | ''[[Sawan (1945 film)|Sawan]]''
| ||
|-
| 1948
! scope="row" | ''[[Suhaag Raat]]''
| Beli ||
|-
| rowspan="3" | 1949
! scope="row" | ''[[Rangila Rajasthan]]''
| ||
|-
! scope="row" | ''[[Udhaar]]''
| ||
|-
! scope="row" | ''[[Thes (1949 film)|Thes]]''
| Shyam ||
|-
| rowspan="5" | 1950
! scope="row" | ''[[Aankhen (1950 film)|Aankhen]]''
| ||
|-
! scope="row" | ''[[Bhai Bahen]]''
| ||
|-
! scope="row" | ''[[Janmashtami (1950 film)|Janmashtami]]''
| ||
|-
! scope="row" | ''[[Kisi Ki Yaad]]''
| ||
|-
! scope="row" | ''[[Ram Darshan]]''
| ||
|-
| rowspan="2" | 1951
! scope="row" | ''[[Hamari Shaan]]''
| ||
|-
! scope="row" | ''[[Saagar (1951 film)|Saagar]]''
| ||
|-
| rowspan="3" | 1952
! scope="row" | ''[[Baiju Bawra (film)|Baiju Bawra]]''
| [[Baiju Bawra|Baiju]] ||
|-
! scope="row" | ''[[Maa (1952 film)|Maa]]''
| Bhanu ||
|-
! scope="row" | ''[[Anand Math]]''
| Mahendra ||
|-
| rowspan="6" | 1953
! scope="row" | ''[[Paheli Shaadi]]''
| ||
|-
! scope="row" | ''[[Daana Paani (1953 film)|Dana Pani]]''
| ||
|-
! scope="row" | ''[[Farmaish]]''
| ||
|-
! scope="row" | ''[[Ladki]]''
| Raja ||
|-
! scope="row" | ''[[Shuk Rambha]]''
| ||
|-
! scope="row" | ''[[Shri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu (film)|Shri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu]]''
| [[Chaitanya Mahaprabhu|Vishvambhar Mishra / Chaitanya Mahaprabhu]] || '''Winner''', [[Filmfare Award for Best Actor]]
|-
| rowspan="7" | 1954
! scope="row" | ''[[Shabaab (film)|Shabaab]]''
| ||
|-
! scope="row" | ''[[Meenar]]''
| ||
|-
! scope="row" | ''[[Pooja (1954 film)|Pooja]]''
| Deepak ||
|-
! scope="row" | ''[[Kavi (film)|Kavi]]''
| ||
|-
! scope="row" | ''[[Dhoop Chhaon (1954 film)|Dhoop Chhaon]]''
| ||
|-
! scope="row" | ''[[Aurat Teri Yehi Kahani (1954 film)|Aurat Teri Yehi Kahani]]''
| ||
|-
! scope="row" | ''[[Mirza Ghalib (film)|Mirza Ghalib]]''
| [[Mirza Ghalib]] || Nomination, [[Filmfare Award for Best Actor]]
|-
| 1955
! scope="row" | ''[[Amanat (1955 film)|Amanat]]''
| Pradeep ||
|-
| 1956
! scope="row" | ''[[Basant Bahar (film)|Basant Bahar]]''
| Gopal || Also co-wrote the script
|-
| rowspan="5" | 1957
! scope="row" | ''[[Sakshi Gopal (film)|Sakshi Gopal]]''
| ||
|-
! scope="row" | ''[[Mera Salaam (1957 film)|Mera Saalam]]''
| ||
|-
! scope="row" | ''[[Champakali]]''
| ||
|-
! scope="row" | ''[[Gateway of India (1957 film)|Gateway of India]]''
| Prakash ||
|-
! scope="row" | ''[[Rani Rupmati (1957 film)|Rani Rupmati]]''
| [[Baz Bahadur]] ||
|-
| rowspan="3" | 1958
! scope="row" | ''[[Samrat Chandragupt (1958 film)|Samrat Chandragupt]]''
| [[Chandragupta Maurya]] ||
|-
! scope="row" | ''[[Phagun (1958 film)|Phagun]]''
| Bijandra "Bijan" ||
|-
! scope="row" | ''[[Sohni Mahiwal (1958 film)|Sohni Mahiwal]]''
| ||
|-
| rowspan="3" | 1959
! scope="row" | ''[[Kal Hamara Hai (film)|Kal Hamara Hai]]''
| Bharat ||
|-
! scope="row" | ''[[Kavi Kalidas (1959 film)|Kavi Kalidas]]''
| ||
|-
! scope="row" | ''[[Sawan (1959 film)|Sawan]]''
| ||
|-
| rowspan="4" | 1960
! scope="row" | ''[[Chand Mere Aaja]]''
| ||
|-
! scope="row" | ''[[Ghunghat (1960 film)|Ghunghat]]''
| Dr. Gopal ||
|-
! scope="row" | ''[[Angulimaal (film)|Angulimaal]]''
| [[Aṅgulimāla|Ahinsak (Angulimaal)]] ||
|-
! scope="row" | ''[[Barsaat Ki Raat]]''
| Amaan Hyderabadi / Mirza Lakhnauwi || Also co-wrote the script
|-
| rowspan="2" | 1962
! scope="row" | ''[[Gyara Hazar Ladkian]]''
| Puran ||
|-
! scope="row" | ''[[Sangeet Samrat Tansen]]''
| [[Tansen|Sangeet Shiromani / Sangeet Samrat Tansen "Tanu"]] ||
|-
| rowspan="4" | 1964
! scope="row" | ''[[Jahan Ara (film)|Jahan Ara]]''
| Mirza Yusuf Changezi ||
|-
! scope="row" | ''[[Chandi Ki Deewar]]''
| ||
|-
! scope="row" | ''[[Dooj Ka Chand]]''
| Gopu || Also producer, co-wrote the script
|-
! scope="row" | ''[[Vidyapati (1964 film)|Vidyapati]]''
| Vidyapati ||
|-
| 1965
! scope="row" | ''[[Naya Kanoon]]''
| Deepak ||
|-
| 1967
! scope="row" | ''[[Taqdeer (1967 film)|Taqdeer]]''
| ||
|-
| rowspan="2" | 1969
! scope="row" | ''[[Pyar Ka Mausam]]''
| Gopal ||
|-
! scope="row" | ''[[Vishwas (film)|Vishwas]]''
| Ramnath "Ram" Kapoor ||
|-
| 1972
! scope="row" | ''[[Gomti Ke Kinare]]''
| Bharat ||
|-
| 1973
! scope="row" | ''[[Kahani Kismat Ki]]''
| Doctor ||
|-
| 1975
! scope="row" | ''[[Ranga Khush]]''
| Dilip Singh ||
|-
| rowspan="4" | 1977
! scope="row" | ''[[Solah Shukrawar]]''
| Bhola Bhagat ||
|-
! scope="row" | ''[[Hira Aur Patthar]]''
| Tulsiram ||
|-
! scope="row" | ''[[Khoon Pasina]]''
| Kaka ||
|-
! scope="row" | ''[[Jai Dwarkadheesh]]''
| ||
|-
| rowspan="2" | 1978
! scope="row" | ''[[Nawab Sahib]]''
| Salma's father ||
|-
! scope="row" | ''[[Ganga Sagar (film)|Ganga Sagar]]''
| Pratap Singh (Padma's father) ||
|-
| 1980
! scope="row" | ''[[Unees-Bees]]''
| ||
|-
| rowspan="4" | 1981
! scope="row" | ''[[Khara Khota (film)|Khara Khota]]''
| ||
|-
! scope="row" | ''[[Yaarana (1981 film)|Yaarana]]''
| Komal's father ||
|-
! scope="row" | ''[[Commander (1981 film)|Commander]]''
| ||
|-
! scope="row" | ''[[Umrao Jaan (1981 film)|Umrao Jaan]]''
| Khan Saheb (music master) ||
|-
| rowspan="5" | 1983
! scope="row" | ''[[Adi Shankaracharya (film)|Adi Shankaracharya]]''
| Kaippilly Shivaguru Nambudiri ([[Adi Shankara]]'s father) ||
|-
! scope="row" | ''[[Nastik (1983 film)|Nastik]]''
| Temple priest ||
|-
! scope="row" | ''[[Justice Chaudhury]]''
| Jagannath ||
|-
! scope="row" | ''[[Hero (1983 film)|Hero]]''
| Ramu (Jaikishen's father) ||
|-
! scope="row" | ''[[Ek Baar Chale Aao]]''
| Narayan Das ||
|-
| rowspan="4" | 1984
! scope="row" | ''[[Zakhmi Sher]]''
| Judge ||
|-
! scope="row" | ''[[Sharaabi]]''
| Masterji ||
|-
! scope="row" | ''[[Shravan Kumar (1984 film)|Shravan Kumar]]''
| ||
|-
! scope="row" | ''[[Farishta (1984 film)|Farishta]]''
| ||
|-
| rowspan="3" | 1985
! scope="row" | ''[[Phaansi Ke Baad]]''
| ||
|-
! scope="row" | ''[[Mera Saathi]]''
| Gopal ||
|-
! scope="row" | ''[[Rehguzar]]''
| Landlord || [[Direct-to-video]] film
|-
| rowspan="4" | 1986
! scope="row" | ''[[Mera Dharam]]''
| Baba ||
|-
! scope="row" | ''[[Kala Dhanda Goray Log]]''
| Maharaj ||
|-
! scope="row" | ''[[Ghar Sansar]]''
| Rahim Chacha ||
|-
! scope="row" | ''[[Paise Ke Peechhey]]''
| Mahendra Malhotra ||
|-
| rowspan="2" | 1987
! scope="row" | ''[[Himmat Aur Mehanat]]''
| Customer in hotel || Special appearance
|-
! scope="row" | ''[[Ramayan (1987 TV series)|Ramayan]]''
| Goswami Tulsidas || TV series
|-
| rowspan="4" | 1988
! scope="row" | ''[[Pyaar Ka Mandir]]''
| Satish's father ||
|-
! scope="row" | ''[[Sone Pe Suhaaga]]''
| Kashinath ||
|-
! scope="row" | ''[[Maalamaal]]''
| Shri Mangatram's manager ||
|-
! scope="row" | ''[[Jai Karoli Maa]]''
| ||
|-
| rowspan="6" | 1989
! scope="row" | ''[[Abhi To Main Jawan Hoon]]''
| ||
|-
! scope="row" | ''[[Chandni (1989 film)|Chandni]]''
| Doctor ||
|-
! scope="row" | ''[[Ilaaka]]''
| Man with suitcase ||
|-
! scope="row" | ''[[Gharana (1989 film)|Gharana]]''
| Radha's father ||
|-
! scope="row" | ''[[Toofan (1989 film)|Toofan]]''
| Priest in the Hanuman temple ||
|-
! scope="row" | ''[[Jaadugar (1989 film)|Jaadugar]]''
| Gyaneshwar ||
|-
| rowspan="4" | 1990
! scope="row" | ''[[Baap Numbri Beta Dus Numbri]]''
| John ||
|-
! scope="row" | ''[[Majboor (1990 film)|Majboor]]''
| Judge ||
|-
! scope="row" | ''[[Sheshnaag (film)|Sheshnaag]]''
| Bhola & Champa's father ||
|-
! scope="row" | '' [[Baaghi (1990 film)|Baaghi]]''
| Asha's father ||
|-
| rowspan="6" | 1991
! scope="row" | ''[[Pyar Ka Devta]]''
| Doctor ||
|-
! scope="row" | ''[[Karz Chukana Hai]]''
| College principal ||
|-
! scope="row" | ''[[Irada (1991 film)|Irada]]''
| ||
|-
! scope="row" | ''[[Prem Qaidi]]''
| Suryanath ||
|-
! scope="row" | ''[[Swarg Yahan Narak Yahan]]''
| School principal ||
|-
! scope="row" | ''[[Sau Crore]]''
| Kamlesh's father || Cameo
|-
| 1992
! scope="row" | ''[[Humshakal (1992 film)|Humshakal]]''
| Judge || Posthumous release
|-
| 1993
! scope="row" | ''[[Aakhri Chetawani]]''
| || Posthumous release
|-
|}

==Accolades==
{| class=wikitable
! Year
! Award
! Category
! Film
! Result
|-
! [[2nd Filmfare Awards|1955]]
| rowspan="2"|[[Filmfare Awards]]
| rowspan="2"|[[Filmfare Award for Best Actor|Best Actor]]
| ''[[Shri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu (film)|Shri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu]]''
| {{won}}
|-
! [[3rd Filmfare Awards|1956]]
| ''[[Mirza Ghalib (film)|Mirza Ghalib]]''
| {{nom}}
|-
|}

== References ==
<references />

==Sources==
*{{cite book |title=Encyclopaedia of Hindi cinema|author=Gulzar |author-link=Gulzar |author2=Govind Nihalani|author3=Saibal Chatterjee|publisher=Popular Prakashan|year=2003|isbn=8179910660 |page=533 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8y8vN9A14nkC&q=Chitralekha+1964+film&pg=PT639 |ref=Gu }}

==External links==
* {{IMDb name|0080445}}
* [http://www.rediff.com/movies/2003/apr/22dinesh.htm Bharat Bhushan, the tragic hero]

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