- Father in law of Croatian Model Koraljka Grdak (Puru Rajkumar's wife).
- Son Panini finally made his acting debut in 2010 with Milenge Milenge.
- After the release of Mother India, Raaj Kumar was a overnight superstar sensation. One evening he and his friend director Prakash Aurora and his wife were out for a evening drive. Raaj Kumar pulled up to a local paan store to eat a paan. While standing there with his friend, a few men gathered around and started to heckle Raaj Kumar and bother him. Finally Raaj Kumar could not take it anymore and major fight broke out . At the end of it, one man lay dead and Raaj Kumar was arrested. The trial lasted a year and Raaj Kumar was acquitted of all charges. Raaj Kumar's police background was said to be one of the deciding factors that helped Raaj Kumar.
- Was a policeman before he started acting
- Filmography is often mixed up with South Indian actor " Raj Kumar" and another " Raj Kumar" who acted mythological movies in the black and white era.
- Daughter Vastvikta debuted as a actress in the film "Mitti" in 2001. She used the screen name "Rani Rajkumar".
- Permenently lost his hair as a youth due to some unknown illness. Since then he wore wigs.
- Daughter Vastavikta starred in the shelved movie Kush International's "Dil Bhi Kya Cheez Hain"(1999) Starring Vinay Anand (Replaced Arjan Bajwa who was using the name "Shivam"), Sanobar Kabir, (Replaced Rani Raajkumar aka Vastavikta, daughter of legend Raaj Kumar), Milind Gunaji, Aakanksha, Smita Jayakar, Sushma Seth, Satyen Kappu,Produceed by Ernest Francis, Gopal Krishna Verma, Directed by Lawrence D'souza. Vastavikta was later thrown out of the film by Lawrence DSouza because he felt she had no talent.
- Father of Bollywood actors Panini RajKumar and Vastavikta Rajkumar.
- Son Panini was to debut in a film titled Shivam in 1997. His co stars were Maheep Sandhu ( Sanjay Kapoor's wife) and Nirmal Pandey. The film was shelved after 6 months .
- First cousin to writer Surendra Kaul.
- Uncle to director Pavan Kaul ( Surendra's son).
- Was the original choice for Anil Dhawan's role in Tarazu (1997).
- Starred in the completed and unreleased film Raghuvanshi. The film starred Raaj Kumar, son Puru Raj Kumar and Manisha Koirala.
- In 2001, younger son Panini signed Siddham Arts "Mumbaai Masti" directed by Suneel Khosla. The film got shelved.
- Brothers names are Mahindernath Pandit (Married to Rupan Pandit). Anand Babi Pandit (Married with a son and daughter named Mrs Wanchoo), Jeevanlal (Pyarebhai) Pandit ( Married to Sarup Pandit).
- Parents names are Jagdishwar Nath Pandit and Dhanraj Rani Pandit.
- Sister's names are Mrs.Sopari, Mrs Batra, Mrs Krishna Kishu Tikoo ( Has 2 sons), Mrs. Dulari Kaul, and a sister whose married name is undisclosed.
- After Shatrughan Sinha exited his role in Desh Premee, he was signed for the police inspector's role ( earlier being done by Vinod Khanna).Manmohan Desai offered Shatrughan's old role (Hyderabadi character) to Raaj Kumar. He declined it as he wanted to be paid equal to Amitabh. Parikshat Sahni eventually signed the role.
- Wife's name was " Jennifer Solomon" before marriage.
- Father of Puru Rajkumar.
- Producer Ravi Anand wanted Ravi Tandon to direct "Sultaan" (1978/1979) with Raaj Kumar(Replaced Shashi Kapoor) in the title role, Co starring Sanjeev Kumar,Parveen Babi,Parikshat Sahni,Vijayendra Ghatge(Replaced Romesh Sharma), Vidya Sinha,Amjad Khan. A day before the film could be launched, Ravi was in for the shock of my life when Raaj Kumar walked in and showed him the dialogues and the camera movements for the various artistes in Sultaan written by Raaj Kumar. Ravi told Raaj on his face that no star had ever directed me or dictated to me and I had worked with the biggest stars-Manoj Kumar, Chintu, Amitabh, Jeetendra, Shatrughan Sinha and Sanjeev Kumar. Ravi told Raaj Kumar to direct the film himself and walked out of the project in disgust.
- Starred in the shelved film "Gunahgaar"(1972). Starring Raaj Kumar. Music by Shankar Jaikishen. Directed by Govind Saraiya.
- Daughter was born in 1973.
- Starred in the shelved film "Galiyon Ka Raja"(1971) Starring Raaj Kumar, Mumtaz , Hema Malini. Produced by Kuljit Pal. The film was shelved when the cast fought with the director after shooting for the film for 1 week.
- Chetan Anand had planned a film with Raaj Kumar and Priya Rajvansh titled Jalal E Akbari. He shelved it due to the budget .
- Starred in the shelved film "Mere Hum Safar" (1968). Starring Raaj Kumar, Meena Kumari, Mehmood, Directed by Hrishikesh Mukherjee.
- Starred in the shelved film Baadlo Ke Paar (1972). Starring Raaj Kumar,Mumtaz,Yogita Bali, Directed by K.Shankar.
- Starred in the shelved film Saraiya Productions "Gunahgaar" This was in 1973. Starring Raaj Kumar,Shashi Kapoor,Rekha,Danny Denzongpa,Aruna Irani, Deven Verma, Music by Rahul Dev Burman (Replaced Shankar Jaikishen),Produced and Directed by Govind Saraiya .
- Chetan Anand had signed Raaj Kumar, Aamir Khan,Madhuri Dixit, Ved Thappar for the film Takht O Taj (1991).Chetan first wanted to make the film with Amitabh Bachchan and Hema (Replaced Priya Rajvansh) in 1975. He had also recorded the songs with Madan Mohan. But he shelved the film when he realized the budget would be too much. He later tried to revive the film and signed Deepak Parashar and Hema Malini. This was in 1978. Again the film got shelved. In 1990, Chetan Anand spoke to Raaj Kumar about the film and asked him if his son Puru Rajkumar was interested in doing the film and playing the role of Salim. Raaj Kumar stated that Puru was not ready to be an actor. Chetan finally revived the film as Takht O Taj in 1991. Ved Thappar was originally going to play Raaj Kumar's son due to his resemblance to the actor. But due to commercial reasons, Aamir Khan was signed for the role and Thappar was signed for the role of Durjan Singh, originally played by Ajit in Mughal E Azam. The film was later titled Mallika-e-Hind . The film was eventually shelved due to Chetan's bad health. There were stories going around in 1993 that Chetan wanted to make the film with Shahrukh Khan and Madhuri. But the plans never materialized.
- Shatrughan Sinha's cousin Yogi Sinha had signed Raaj Kumar for a film in 1986. It got shelved .
- Mehboob Khan's grandson Aslam Khan had launched a film titled "Raid" in 1980 with Raaj Kumar and Mazhar Khan. The film got shelved.
- Starred in the shelved film Universal Pictures " Tere Arzoo ,"(1972). Starring Raaj Kumar,Sadhana,Biswajeet, Laxmi Chhaya. Music by Sachin Dev Burman, Produced by Daljit Krishan,, Directed by Asit Sen .
- Starred in Freinds Film Units shelved film "Suhag Ke Phool".(1961). Starring Raaj Kumar,Meena Kumari.
- Auditioned for Daulat in 1949 but was rejected.
- Starred in the shelved movie Pitra Chhaya Productions "Waqt Gawah Hain"(Karam Bandhan)(1995) Starring Dharmendra (Replaced Raaj Kumar),Rishi Kapoor,Mamta Kulkarni,Sonu Walia,Moushami Chatterjee,Johnny Lever,Ram Mohan,Ashok Saraf,Avtar Gill,Ram Mohan,Shyama Deshpandey, Music by Anand Milind, Produced by Ugam Sidhawant Directed by Raj Sippy.
- Starred in the shelved film Vasundhara Arts "Gumnaam Saaya"(1977). Starring Raaj Kumar,Navin Nischol,Vidya Sinha, Prema Narayan,Imtiaz Khan, Devan Verma, Music by Kalyanji Anandji,Directed by Suraj Prakash.
- Starred in Trimurti Films shelved film "Ajay Aur Abhay" (Ajay Aur Vijay)(1976/1979). Starring Raaj Kumar(Replaced Joy Mukherjee),Jeetendra, Reena Roy,Prem Nath,Produced by Gulshan Rai, Directed by Joy Mukherjee. When the film was first announced, Joy Mukherjee was acting and producing the film. Gulshan Rai and Raaj Kumar came into the film later.
- Starred Kusum Pictures " Mast Kalandar" (1976) Starring Raaj Kumar,Mithu Mukherjee,Yogeeta Bali, Amjad Khan, Music by Kalyanji Anandji,Produced by Vijay Bali, Directed by Raja Nawathe.
- Cousin of director Mahesh Kaul ( actress, director Shambhavi Kaul's father).
- Cousin of writer Surendra Kaul (director Pavan Kaul's father).
- Starred in the shelved movie Dynamo International's " Hum Sub Ustaad Hain"(1988) Starring Raaj Kumar, Produced and Directed by Brij.
- Starred in the shelved movie Navchitra Productions "Janam Vidhaata"(1994) Starring Raaj Kumar, Dharmendra, Puru Raaj Kumar, Shilpa Shetty,Aditya Pancholi, Prem Chopra, Amrish Puri, Music by Anand Milind, Produced by Naraindas Mukhija, Directed by S.V. Rajendra Singh.
- Starred in the shelved movie Shiva Arts Internationals "Haqdaar"(1994) Starring Raaj Kumar, Shatrughan Sinha, Salman Khan, Mamta Kulkarni, Atul Agnihotri, Music by Anu Malik,Produced by Sanjay Roy,Directed by Iqbal Durrani.
- Turned down the role of the main antagonist Arjun Singh in Vijay Anand's crime thriller JEWEL THIEF(1967) as he did not want to work with Dev Anand who was also the film's executive producer. The role eventually went to Ashok Kumar.
- Kulbushan Pandit changed his name to Raaj Kumar in 1950 when he left the police service to pursue acting.
- Raaj Kumar expressed his desire not to have Bollywood celebrities attend his funeral, stating that he did not want his funeral to be a spectacle or a public display.
- He has acted with many stars of the 70s, such as Rajesh Khanna, Jeetendra, Vinod Khanna, Shatrughan Sinha. Some of the famous actors he never worked with were Amitabh Bachchan, Sanjeev Kumar and Rishi Kapoor.
- Nephew named Arjun Pandit who worked at Holiday Inn in Bombay. This was in 1990.
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