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Raj Kapoor is a film producer, film director, screenwriter born in Peshawar (British Raj).
Raj Kapoor (pronounced [raːdʒ kəˈpuːɾ]; born as Shrishti Nath Kapoor; 14 December 1924 – 2 June 1988; also known as Ranbir Raj Kapoor) was an Indian actor, film director and producer, who worked in Hindi cinema. He is considered one of the greatest and most influential actors and filmmakers in the history of Indian cinema, and has been referred to as The Greatest Showman of Indian Cinema and as the Charlie Chaplin of Indian Cinema. Born in Peshawar as the eldest son of Prithviraj Kapoor of the Kapoor family, Raj Kapoor starred in and produced many films for which he received multiple accolades, including three National Film Awards and 11 Filmfare Awards in India. He was inspired by Charlie Chaplin and played characters based on The Tramp in films, such as Awaara (1951), Shree 420 (1955) and Mera Naam Joker (1970).
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| Born | 14 December 1924, Peshawar |
| Profession | film producer, film director, screenwriter |
| Nationality | British Raj |
| Educated at | Colonel Brown Cambridge School, St. Xavier's Collegiate School |
| Spouse | Krishna Kapoor |
| Children | Rishi Kapoor, Randhir Kapoor, Rajiv Kapoor, Ritu Nanda, Rima Jain |
| Awards | Filmfare Award for Best Director, Padma Bhushan, Dadasaheb Phalke Award |
| Moon Sign (Rashi) | Cancer |
| Nakshatra | Pushya (Pada 1) |
| Sun Sign | Scorpio |
| Ascendant (Lagna) | Cancer |
| Birth data reliability | Accurate |
Birth details come from a recorded or documented source (source: Kundli Sangraha (Bhat)), so this chart is reliable.
Computed with Swiss Ephemeris (Lahiri ayanamsa).
Our library holds 148 Bollywood personalities with a computed Vedic chart from reliable birth data. 16 of them (11%) have the Moon in Cancer, like Raj Kapoor, and 7 (5%) share the Pushya Nakshatra — the #7 most common Moon Nakshatra among Bollywood personalities, where Swati leads with 10 (7%).
For scale, an even spread would put about 3.7% in each of the 27 Nakshatras and 8.3% in each Moon sign. These are simple counts from our dataset, not a prediction.
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Raj Kapoor was born on 14 December 1924 in Peshawar. Birth details come from a recorded or documented source (source: Kundli Sangraha (Bhat)), so this chart is reliable.
Raj Kapoor's Moon sign (Rashi) is Cancer and the Nakshatra is Pushya, pada 1, computed with Swiss Ephemeris using the Lahiri ayanamsa.
Raj Kapoor's Ascendant is Cancer, calculated from the recorded birth time.
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