Puru Raajkumar
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Puru Raajkumar is an India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...

n film actor. He is the son of the late veteran actor Raaj Kumar
Raaj Kumar
Raaj Kumar , born Kulbushan Pandit was an Indian actor in Hindi movies. Raaj Kumar started out as sub-inspector of Mumbai police in the late 1940s before he turned to acting with the 1952 film Rangili...

. He was also arrested in a hit and run accident in which several sleeping pavement dwellers were killed, although he was never convicted for the same.

Family and education

Puru Raajkumar is the son of legendary actor Raj Kumar and Gayatri. He is the first of three siblings. He has majored in Economics, Psychology and Theatre from Gettysburg College, Pennsylvania. And he is inclined towards adventure sports including rock-climbing, horse riding, scuba diving, tennis, and squash

Career

He made his film debut with the 1996 film Bal Bramhachari
Bal Bramhachari
Bal Bramhachari is 1996 Hindi Movie directed by Prakash Mehra and Amit Mehra and starring Puru Raajkumar in his film debut, Karishma Kapoor, Deepak Tijori, and Simran....

which was released only a few months after the death of his father.The film failed to do well at the box office. After a three year hiatus, Puru returned with a negative role in the film Hamara Dil Aapke Paas Hai
Hamara Dil Aapke Paas Hai
Hamara Dil Aapke Paas Hai is an Indian Bollywood film directed by Satish Kaushik, released on 24 August 2000. The film stars Anil Kapoor, Aishwarya Rai and Sonali Bendre in lead roles.-Plot:...

(2000) which was a hit at the box office. He also had a cameo in Mission Kashmir
Mission Kashmir
Mission Kashmir is a 2000 Bollywood film directed and produced by Vidhu Vinod Chopra and starring Sanjay Dutt, Hrithik Roshan, Preity Zinta and Jackie Shroff as the main characters. Mission Kashmir follows the life and tragedy of a young boy named Altaaf after his entire family gets killed by...

which released that same year. After acting in a string of B-grade films, he appeared in the huge multi-starrer film LOC Kargil
LOC Kargil
LOC Kargil is a 2003 Bollywood war film based on the Kargil War, directed and written by J. P. Dutta. The film stars a large number of Bollywood stars.- Plot :The film is an attempt to dramatize a synopsis of the 1999 Kargil War ....

(2003) as a Gurkha soldier and recently appeared in Umrao Jaan
Umrao Jaan (2006 film)
Umrao Jaan is a Bollywood film about the famous courtesan of the title. Aishwarya Rai stars in the lead role. The film is directed by J.P...

(2006) and Veer
Veer
The Veer is an option running play often associated with option offenses in American football, made famous at the collegiate level by the Houston Cougars. It is currently run primarily on the high school level, with some usage at the collegiate and the professional level with varying degrees of...

(2010).

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