Longest Bollywood Career: There are many actors in Hindi cinema who have been working for 40 to 50 years but till now no one has been able to break this record. There was an actor who worked till the end and his name got registered in the Guinness Book of World Records. No one has been able to break this record till date and it still stands today even though it has been many years since the death of that actor.
We are talking about Hindi cinema’s incomparable actor P Jayaraj, who worked in the film industry for 70 years. He worked as a lead actor in most films and made many records. Let us tell you about the records of that actor.
This record is registered in the name of P Jayaraj
P Jayaraj was born on 28 September 1909 in Karimnagar, Telangana. He started working with Dadasaheb Phalke in Mook. His first film as an adult was Cling Youth in 1929. After this, he worked as an actor till 1960 but later he did films as a director and producer till 1998.
P. Jayaraj did 300 films in the film industry in about 70 years. Out of these 300 films, he worked as a lead actor in about 160 films. His name is registered in the Guinness Book for working in the most number of films and longest period in Bollywood. This record still stands today, which no actor has been able to break till now.
Honored with Dadasaheb Phalke Award
P Jayaraj was an excellent actor who left the world in the year 2000. In the year 1980, P Jayaraj was also honored with the Dadasaheb Phalke Award. P Jayaraj did about 11 silent films. Apart from this, he played legendary characters like Amar Singh Rathore, Prithvi Raj Chauhan and Maharana Pratap. He was greatly liked in the roles of Shahjahan and Tipu Sultan.