1. Bharatbhushan Gupta, better known as Bharat Bhushan was an Indian actor in Hindi language films, scriptwriter and producer, who is best remembered for playing Baiju Bawra in the 1952 film of the same name.
16 Facts About Bharat Bhushan
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Bharat Bhushan was born in Meerut, and brought up in Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh.
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Bharat Bhushan made his debut with the Kidar Sharma hit Chitralekha.
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Bharat Bhushan's pairing with Madhubala proved to be very popular as they worked together in successful films like Gateway of India, Phagun and Barsaat Ki Raat.
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Bharat Bhushan was the recipient of the second Filmfare best actor award for the film Shri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu in 1954.
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Bharat Bhushan was one of the few actors who had a good sense of music, so most music-based movies were made with him in lead roles in the 1950s and 1960s.
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Bharat Bhushan acted in Hindi language movies until the 1990s.
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Bharat Bhushan is still loved and revered by the Indians for the great movies and great songs that he gave in spite of personal tragedies and stiff competition from his contemporaries.
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Bharat Bhushan is considered to be one of the greatest stars and legends of Hindi cinema.
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Bharat Bhushan was born as Bharat Raibahadur Motilal Gupta on 14 June 1920 in a Vaishya family at Meerut, Uttar Pradesh, India.
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Bharat Bhushan's mother died when he was two years old.
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Bharat Bhushan did his studies and earned a graduate degree from Dharam Samaj College, Aligarh.
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Bharat Bhushan first went to Calcutta to join cinema and later established himself in Bombay.
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Bharat Bhushan married into a prominent family in Meerut, Zamindar Raibahadur Budha Prakash's daughter Sarla.
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Bharat Bhushan was an avid reader and boasted of a fine collection of books, which he had to sell off like his cars and bungalows in bad times, after he turned co-producer at the instance of his brother.
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Bharat Bhushan died after he escaped his financial crisis, on 27 January 1992.