You must have seen many actors in Bollywood films in the role of police officers. These include big names like Ajay Devgan, Akshay Kumar, Salman Khan, and Ranveer Singh. Ajay Devgan has played the role of a police officer the most number of times and he is still remembered for 'Singham'. He will also be seen in the role of a police officer in his upcoming film 'Singham Again'. But do you know, there was an actor in Bollywood who has played the role of a police officer more times than Ajay Devgan, Akshay Kumar, or Salman Khan?
Jagdish Raj Khurana is the actor who has played the role of a police officer the most number of times. He played the role of a police inspector, not 10, 50, or 100 times but 144 times in his career. This record of his has also been registered in the Guinness World Records, and to date no actor has been able to break this record.
Jagdish Raj Khurana was born in 1928 in Sargodha, British India, which is now in Pakistan. He belonged to a Punjabi family and worked in many films early in his career. But he got the most recognition for his role as a police officer.
In his film career, he worked in about 200 films, out of which he played the role of a police officer in 144 films. The special thing was that his character as a police officer reflected honesty and discipline, due to which he fit perfectly in this role.
You must have seen Jagdish Raj mostly in Amitabh Bachchan's films. He appeared in the role of a police inspector in many hit films of the 70s and 80s. His character became so popular that filmmakers started casting him in this role again and again.
Jagdish Raj's daughter Anita Raj has also been a well-known Bollywood actress. She worked as a lead actress in many films in the 80s and 90s. Anita Raj is still active on TV and is known for her acting.
Her son is Bobby Raj, and her granddaughter Malvika Raj also made her mark in Bollywood. Malvika played the childhood role of Kareena Kapoor in the film 'Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham' (2001). Apart from this, she also appeared in some Punjabi films.
Jagdish Raj had a long and successful career in Bollywood. But he died on 28 July 2013 in Mumbai at the age of 85. He has left behind a legacy that the film industry still remembers.
Although in today's time, actors like Ajay Devgan, Salman Khan, and Akshay Kumar are seen in the role of police officers, Jagdish Raj's name comes at the top in this field. He was such an actor of Hindi cinema who set this world record based on his simplicity and acting and even today he is remembered with the same respect.
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