Prithviraj Kapoor is also known as Father of Indian Cinema and pioneer of India Theatre. He was born in a middle-class Hindu Punjabi Khatri family in Samundri, near the town of Lyallpur (now Faisalabad in Pakistan) in Punjab in British India. His father was Dewan Basheswarnath Singh Kapoor, a sub-inspector in the police. Prithviraj attained his formal education at Khalsa College in Lyallpur and Lahore.  Kapoor family has given some of the big stares in Indian Cinema like Shashi Kapoor, Shammi Kapoor, Rishi Kapoor, Randhir Kapoor, Raj Kapoor, Katrina Kapoor , Kareena Kapoor, Ranbir Kapoor and various other but the person who paved the path is Prithviraj kapoor.

One of his most iconic role is Akbar in K. Asif’s ‘Mughal-e-Azam’. Prithviraj introduce the Kapoor clan to showbiz and his genes continue to rule the glam town. Today we are celebrating his Birth anniversary.A law student in Peshawar (now in Pakistan), Prithviraj Kapoor realised his inclination towards acting during a stage performance and went on to pursue a career in acting. He took a loan from his aunt before moving to Bombay in 1928 in order to achieve his dreams.

He started his career with silent films. In fact he was also a part of India’s first talkie Alam Ara which was released in 1931. Later he portrayed the role of Alexander the Great in 1941 release ‘Sikander’. In 1944 that Prithviraj created a theatre group named Prithvi Theatres. The first play of the group was based on Kalidasa's Abhijnanasakuntalam. He then collabarated his son Shashi Kapoor and his wife Jennifer Kendal and created 'Prithvi Theatre' in Mumbai in 1978.

His best performance includes "Mughal E Azam", "Harishchandra Taramati", "Sikandar-e-Azam", and "Kal Aaj Aur Kal". He has even acted in some legendary Punjabi movies, such as "Nanak Naam Jahaz Hai", "Nanak Dukhiya Sub Sansar", and "Mele Mittran De". He lost his voice while directing the 1954 film "Paisa" and hence, gave up acting in films. 

Prithviraj lost his voice while directing a film entitled Paisa, as a result Prithvi Theatre was closed and he even gave up films. This legendary figure passed away on 29th May 1972. The government of India honored Prithviraj Kapoor with the Padma Bhushan in 1969.

 Prithviraj Kapoor was married off early at the age of 18 in 1924 to Ramsarni Mehra, who was 15 years old at that time. When he moved to Mumbai, the couple already had three children. However, two of the children passed away. The couple, managed to have three more children. Interestingly, all the four children, Raj Kapoor, Shammi Kapoor and Shashi Kapoor and Urmila Sial contributed richly to the Hindi film industry, thus reckoning Prithviraj Kapoor as the patriarch of the 'first family of Hindi films'. Both Prithviraj and his wife Ramsarni suffered from cancer in their old age. While Prithviraj died on 29 May 1972, his wife passed away a fortnight later, on June 14.

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