Kumar Gaurav

Kumar Gaurav is an Indian film actor and son of late actor Rajendra Kumar. He has acted in several hit films like Love Story, Teri Kasam, Naam, Indrajeet, and Kaante. His real name is Manoj Tuli and he was born in the Punjabi-speaking Tuli family on July 11, 1960. He has one brother to two sisters. His father Rajendra Kumar was the legendary Bollywood mega-star and his mother's name is Shukla. Manoj studied in Simla's Bishop Cotton School. Free Daily Horoscope of Gaurav suggests that he can tune-in with people easily. Moon sign of Kumar is Leo

After completing his education, his father launched him in a lead role in Love Story (1981) opposite Vijayata Pandit, the sister of Bollywood actress, Sulakshana Pandit. The movie did very well and was a blockbuster, and catapulted him to fame virtually overnight. Thus, Kumar Gaurav was born and thronged by females of all ages. Many youngsters began to emulate him. His next film, the 1982 was Teri Kasam with actress Poonam Dhillon, another heart-throb of the generation, was a mild success, though his later films proved to be disappointing at the box office. Yet he received rave reviews for his performance in Mahesh Bhatt's Janam (1985). His understated performance in this film is still considered his career's best.

In the following year he had his second box office hit with Naam (1986), again a Mahesh Bhatt film 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. Hoping to follow in his father's footsteps, Kumar signed a number of films, mostly in romantic lead roles, but all of them failed. He then got married to Namrata Dutt, the daughter of Bollywood mega-actors, Sunil Dutt and Nargis Dutt.

Shortly thereafter, the duo became parents of two daughters, Saachi and Siya. His father attempted to re-launch his son's career in Phool (1993), which also failed. He did appear in Naam (1986) and Kantee (2002) but was overshadowed by his brother-in-law, Sanjay Dutt, and other Bollywood mega-stars. His father passed away on July 12, 1999. Kumar, who has since then appeared in a Hollywood movie Guiana 1838 (2004) has two other movies listed for release during the year 2009. After ensuring his daughters' marriages, he would prefer spending his spare time fishing with a kerosene-lit lantern. Kumar Gaurav is presently living in Bombay with his family and owns a production house that makes music videos. He also owns another business for tourism.

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