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{{Infobox person
| name = Kamal Kapoor<br>कमल कपूर<br>ਕਮਲ ਕਪੂਰ<br>کمال کپور
| image = Kamal_Kapoor.jpg
| birth_date = {{birth date|1920|2|22|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Peshawar]], [[North-West Frontier Province]], [[British India]]
| death_date = {{death date and age|2010|8|2|1920|2|22|df=y}}
| death_place = [[Mumbai]], [[Maharashtra]], [[India]]
| occupation = Actor
| relatives = [[Nandkishore Kapoor]] (brother)

[[Ravindra Kapoor]] (brother)
| yearsactive = 1946-97
| spouse = {{marriage|Suman Devi|1945}}
| children = 5 including;<br>Kapil Kapoor ([[Film Director|Director]])
}}
'''Kamal Kapoor''' ({{lang-hi|कमल कपूर}}; 22 February 1920 - 2 August 2010) was an [[Indian people|Indian]] actor and [[Film producer|producer]] who acted in around 600 [[Hindi]], [[Punjabi language|Punjabi]] and [[Gujarati language|Gujarati]] films.<ref>{{cite book|title=Encyclopedia of Bollywood–Film Actors|date=10 October 2010|publisher=Diamond|isbn=978-8128828997|pages=260|edition=2010|url=https://books.google.com/books?isbn=9350836904}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://imusti.com/#!/artists/info/25301/Kamal-Kapoor|title=Kamal Kapoor|publisher=imusti.com|access-date=7 September 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140625035621/http://imusti.com/#!/artists/info/25301/Kamal-Kapoor|archive-date=25 June 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref>

==Early and personal life==
Kamal Kapoor was born in 1920 in [[Peshawar]],<ref>https://beetehuedin.blogspot.in/2013/03/a-crystalline-eyed-bad-man-kamal-kapoor.html?showComment=1519277931330#c2244927760393364708</ref> [[North-West Frontier Province]], [[British India]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://kamalkapoorfamily.blogspot.in/ |title=Veteran Actor Kamal Kapoor - His Life and Work...|publisher=[[Blogger (service)|Blogger]] }}</ref> Kapoor completed his studies in Lahore's DAV college. He was cousin of [[Prithviraj Kapoor]] and maternal grandfather of [[Goldie Behl]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bethlovesbollywood.com/2011/06/kapoor-family-tree.html?m=1 |title=the kapoor family tree|date=June 2011 |publisher=Beth Loves Bollywood}}</ref>

Kapoor was a first cousin of actor [[Prithviraj Kapoor]] (their mothers were sisters). He was blessed with five children - three sons and two daughters. His younger daughter is the wife of film-maker [[Ramesh Behl]].

==Career==
He started his career working as a hero through the 1940s-50s. His first film was ''[[Door Chalen]]'', which was released in 1946 . He played the lead in the movie ''[[Door Chalen]]''. He started playing a villain in the 1960s-70s. Some of his popular roles are those of the father of [[Raj Kapoor]] in ''[[Aag (1948 film)|Aag]]'' and Narang<ref>{{cite web|url=http://imprintsonindianfilmscreen.blogspot.in/2014/07/kamal-kapoor.html|title=Kamal Kapoor|publisher=imprints on indian filmscreen|access-date=7 September 2014}}</ref> in ''[[Don (1978 film)|Don]]''.

==Selected filmography==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year !! Film !! Role
|-
| rowspan="2" |1947 || ''[[Dak Bangla]]'' ||
|-
| ''[[Hatimtai (1947 film)|Hatimtai]]'' ||
|-
| 1948 || ''[[Aag (1948 film)|Aag]]'' || Advocate Khanna
|-
| 1961 || ''[[Reshmi Rumal]]'' || Deepak
|-
| 1962 || ''[[Ek Musafir Ek Hasina]]'' || Ranjeet
|-
|rowspan="3" | 1965 || ''[[Shaheed (1965 film)|Shaheed]]'' || Public Prosecutor
|-
| ''[[Johar-Mehmood in Goa]]''||
Police Supdt Alburqueue
|-
| ''[[Jab Jab Phool Khile]]'' || Rai Bahadur Chunnilal Khanna
|-
|rowspan="3" | 1967 || ''[[Taqdeer (1967 film)|Taqdeer]]'' || Vijay
|-
| ''[[Raaz (1967 film)|Raaz]]'' || Sunil's Friend
|-
| ''[[Diwana (1967 film)|Diwana]]'' || Ramdas / Sir Mayadas
|-
| 1968 || ''[[Raja Aur Runk]]''|| Commander Vikram
|-
|Rowspan="2"| 1970 || [[Mastana (1970 film)|''Mastana'' (1970 film)]]||
|-
|''[[Sachaa Jhutha]]'' || Commissioner of Police
|-
|Rowspan="2" |1971 || ''[[Johar Mehmood in Hong Kong]]'' || Boss
|-
| ''[[Mehboob Ki Mehndi]]''|| Lawyer, Public Prosceutor
|-
|rowspan="3" | 1972 || [[Pakeezah]] || Nawab Zafar Ali Khan
|-
| ''[[Seeta Aur Geeta]]'' || Ravi's Father
|-
| ''[[Gora Aur Kala]]'' || Dilawar Singh
|-
| Rowspan="3"|1973||''[[Mera Desh Mera Dharam]]''||
|-
|''[[Hanste Zakhm]]''|| Daulat Singh ||
|-
|''[[Black Mail (1973 film)|Black Mail]]'' || Dr. J. K. Shetty
|-
| Rowspan="3"| 1974 || ''[[Chor Machaye Shor]]'' || Jagdish (Rekha's father)
|-
|''[[Insaaniyat]]''|| Judge
|-
| ''[[Dil Diwana]]'' || Kapoor
|-
|rowspan="3" | 1975 || ''[[Deewaar]]'' || Factory Owner
|-
|''[[Khel Khel Mein]]'' ||
Ajay Father
|-
|''[[Do Jasoos]]''||
Motilal
|-
|rowspan="2"|1977||''[[Amar Akbar Anthony]]''
|| Senior Inspector Khanna Adoptive father of Amar
|-
||''[[Hum Kisise Kum Naheen]]''|| Kishorilal
|-
|rowspan="2"| 1978 || ''[[Don (1978 film)|Don]]'' || Narang
|-
|''[[Ghata]]'' || Kuldeep Pandey
|-
|1982 || ''[[Dulha Bikta Hai]]''|| Seth Champaklal
|-
|1983 || ''Humse Hai Zamana ''|| Thakur
|-
|1984|| ''[[Hum Hain Lajawab (1984 film)|Hum Hain Lajawab]]''|| Thakur Karan Kumar Singh
|-
|rowspan="2" | 1985 ||''[[Meri Jung]]'' || Dhaaga sahab
|-
||''[[Mard (1985 film)|Mard]]'' || [[Reginald Dyer|General Dyer]]
|-
|Rowspan="2"|1987||''[[Hiraasat]]'' || Tom
|-
|''[[Deewana Tere Naam Ka]]''|| Thakur
|-
|rowspan="3" | 1989 || ''[[Do Qaidi]]'' || Police Commissioner
|-
|''[[Daata]]'' || Panna seth
|-
| ''[[Toofan (1989 film)|Toofan]]'' || ACP Sharma
|-
| 1991 || ''[[Indrajeet]]'' || Principal
|-
| 1997 || ''[[Aakhri Sanghursh]]'' || Patel's Partner
|}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*{{IMDb name|0438477}}

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Kamal Kapoor - Revision history

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