Kumar Gaurav

Kumar Gaurav
Kumar Gaurav in 2012
Born	Manoj Tuli (1960-07-11) 11 July 1960 India
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1981–present
Spouse(s)	Namrata Dutt
Children	Saachi, Siya
Parents	Rajendra Kumar Shukla Kumar

Manoj Tuli (born July 11, 1960), better known as Kumar Gaurav is an Indian film actor and son of late actor Rajendra Kumar.^[1] He has acted in several hit films: Love Story, Teri Kasam, Naam, Indrajeet and Kaante.

Career

He made his film debut with Love Story (1981) produced by his father and directed by Rahul Rawail which was a blockbuster.^[2] His next film, the 1982 release Teri Kasam with actress Poonam Dhillon, was a mild success, though his later films proved to be disappointing at the box office.

He then worked in Mahesh Bhatt's Janam in (1985). His understated performance in this film is still considered his career's best.^[3] In the following year he had his second box office hit with Naam (1986), again a Mahesh Bhatt film^[4] which was produced by his father and also starred his brother-in-law Sanjay Dutt in the lead role. Despite the success of Naam, Gaurav's career declined as all of his subsequent films failed to do well at the box office.

Having produced his earlier films Janam and Naam, his father tried to revive his career with the 1993 film Phool which also had his father and father-in-law Sunil Dutt in supporting roles, but that didn't bring him any luck either. He took a long break from acting and returned to films in 2000 with a supporting role in late actor Mazhar Khan's Gang.

In 2002, he played one of the six protagonists in the crime thriller Kaante, directed by Sanjay Gupta and a remake of the Hollywood hit Reservoir Dogs (1992). Kaante was a huge success at the box office and the third highest grossing film of 2002.^[5]

In 2004 he appeared in his first American film Guiana 1838. This award winning film by Rohit Jagessar grossed the highest screen average at North American box office on opening weekend and is among the Top 25 all time highest screen average charts. Guiana 1838 tells the story of Indians arriving on the British colony of British Guiana, now Guyana, as indentured servants amidst the abolition of slavery during the nineteenth century.

In 2009, he starred in the silent film My Daddy Strongest.^[6]

Personal life

Kumar Gaurav was born Manoj Tuli on 11 July 1960. He studied at the Bishop Cotton School in Simla. His father Rajendra Kumar, a known actor in the 1960s and 1970s, died of cancer in 1999. His father had also acted with him in his debut film Love Story (1981) and Phool (1993).

While shooting for his debut movie, Love Story with Vijayta Pandit, the duo got romantically involved. The relationship later came to an end as tension arose between the Pandit and Kumar families.

Gaurav is married to Namrata Dutt, daughter of Sunil Dutt and Nargis and sister of actor Sanjay Dutt. He and his brother-in-law Sanjay Dutt worked together in two films Naam and Kaante

Filmography

Television

• Sikandar (1999)
• Chocolate (1999)

References

External links

• Kumar Gaurav at the Internet Movie Database