Pran was placed in Outlook India's "75 Best Bollywood Actors" list
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Pran
Pran Krishan Sikand, better known mononymously as Pran, was an Indian actor who worked in Hindi cinema. He was one of the most successful and respected actors in the history of Indian cinema; in a career spanning over six decades he was also one of the highest-paid actors of his time.
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entertainment · Indian actor (1920–2013) · actor · also Pran, Pran (actor), Pran Krishan Sikand
Born 12 February 1920 · Died 12 July 2013 · Q3111264
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2013· 2 entries
Died 2013-07-12.
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With the Dadasaheb Phalke Award, the highest national award for cinema artists, by the Government of India
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2012· 1 entry
Gave his handprint for "Legend's Walk", a waterfront promenade in Bandra
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2010· 1 entry
Was named on the list of CNN's Top 25 Asian actors of all time
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2001· 1 entry
The Government of India conferred the Padma Bhushan on him
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2000· 1 entry
Bunny Reuben, a film journalist, authored a biography on Pran, titled "
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1998· 1 entry
At the age of 78, Pran suffered a heart attack, after which he started rejecting film offers due to age-related problems
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1997· 1 entry
His character in Mrityudaata was modified to compensate for Pran's shaking legs in real life and in Tere Mere Sapne, his shots were taken with him seated
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1991· 1 entry
The only one he produced in his Bollywood career, and played Kishan Lal Sharma in the movie
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1973· 2 entries
When he was awarded for his role of constable Ram Singh in Be-Imaan, he refused to accept the award stating that the Filmfare Award for Best Music Director should have gone to Ghulam Mohammed for Pakeezah and not to the
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Recommended Amitabh Bachchan to Prakash Mehra for the character of Vijay in Zanjeer, a role earlier offered to Dev Anand and Dharmendra
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1967· 1 entry
1969 and 1972, and was awarded the Filmfare Special Award in 1997
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1948· 1 entry
Continued even during the 1970s and the 1980s with Johny Mera Naam (1970), Yeh Gulistan Hamara (1972), Joshila (1973), Warrant (1975) and Des Pardes (1978)
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1924· 1 entry
Pran married Shukla Sikand (née Ahluwalia; 1 October 1924 – 26 March 2016) on 18 April 1945 and has two sons, Arvind (born 11 August 1946) and Sunil (born 19 September 1949), and a daughter Pinky (born 1953).
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1920· 1 entry
Born 1920-02-12.
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