Rajindernath
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Rajindernath's is a comic actor in Indian hindi films. His family was from Peshawar but settled in Jabalpur in Madhya Pradesh. His studied in college at Darbar College Rewa. Where Arjun Singh ( a Congress politician ) and R.P. Agarwal were his class mates.
Rajindernath's brother Premnath went to Mumbai and became an actor, so Rajindernath joined him, they were good friends of Raj Kapoor and Shammi Kapoor. Rajindernath and Premnath's sister Krishna married Raj Kapoor.
Initially Rajindernath struggled to get roles till Sashadhar Mukherjee offered him a comedian's role in Dil Deke Dekho, a film directed by Nasir Hussain, starring Shammi Kapoor and Asha Parekh. In Nasir Hussain's Jab Pyar Kisi Se Hota Hai he along with Asha Parekh were a regular in many Nasir Hussain films- like Phir Wohi Dil Laya Hoon, Teesri Manzil, Baharon Ke Sapne, Pyar Ka Mausam. He once played a buffoon called Popatlal in Jab Pyar Kisi Se hota Hai, and the name grew synonymous with Rajindernath.
He then did a large number of films but mostly in comic roles, such as in An Evening in Paris.