18 Facts About Raj Babbar

Raj Babbar was born on 23 June 1952 and is an Indian Hindi and Punjabi film actor and politician belonging to Indian National Congress.

Raj Babbar is a three-time member of the Lok Sabha and a two-time member of the Rajya Sabha.

Raj Babbar was the state President of Uttar Pradesh Congress Committee.

Raj Babbar's family has long settled in Tundla, Firozabad since the partition.

Raj Babbar did his initial schooling from Mufid-E-Aam Inter college, Agra.

Raj Babbar is an alumnus of the 1975 class of the National School of Drama and graduate from Agra College.

Raj Babbar trained in the Method school of acting at NSD, which is involved in Street Theatre.

Raj Babbar gained notoriety for his horrific portrayal of a rapist in the movie Insaaf Ka Taraazu, in which he assaulted the heroine Zeenat Aman, and later her sister, and in the end, is shot and killed by the heroine.

Raj Babbar acted in the hit Punjabi films Aasra Pyar Da, Mahaul Theek Hai, Shaheed Uddham Singh, Yaaran Naal Baharan, Ek Jind Ek Jaan, Apni Boli Apna Des and Tera Mera Ki Rishta.

Raj Babbar appeared in the introductory episodes of the famous Indian TV series Mahabharat, as king Bharat, Bahadur Shah Zafar, as Akbar, alongside the then debutant Juhi Chawla, and in his home production series; Maharaja Ranjit Singh, all telecast on Doordarshan.

Raj Babbar entered politics by joining Janata Dal in 1989, which was led by V P Singh.

Raj Babbar later joined Samajwadi Party and was elected as a Member of the Parliament of India three times.

Raj Babbar was re-elected in the 14th Lok Sabha elections for his second term in 2004.

Raj Babbar was appointed as the president of Uttar Pradesh congress committee, but in 2019 elections he couldn't even manage to save his own seat and lost to Rajkumar Chahar of the Bharatiya Janata Party by a huge margin of 4,95,065 votes.

Raj Babbar said that a poor person in India can get full meals two times a day, within Rs.

Raj Babbar married Nadira Zaheer, daughter of noted theatre personality Sajjad Zaheer.

Raj Babbar has two younger brothers, Kishan and Vinod and four younger sisters.

Raj Babbar launched his own home production; Babbar Films Pvt.