Motilal (actor)

Motilal
Born
Motilal Rajvansh

(1910-12-04)4 December 1910
Shimla, Punjab, British India (present-day Himachal Pradesh, India)
Died17 June 1965(1965-06-17) (aged 54)[1]
Bombay, Maharashtra, India
Years active1934–1965
Partner(s)Shobhna Samarth
Nadira (sep.)
AwardsFilmfare Best Supporting Actor Award: Devdas (1955); Parakh (1960)

Motilal Rajvansh (4 December 1910 – 17 June 1965) was an Indian actor and the winner of Filmfare Best Supporting Actor Award for Devdas (1955) and Parakh (1960).[2][3] He is credited with being among Hindi cinema's first natural actors.

He also directed the film Chhoti Chhoti Baten (1965), but died before its release. At the 13th National Film Awards, it won the award for Certificate of Merit for the Third Best Feature Film and he posthumously won the Certificate of Merit for the Best Story Writer.[4][5]

  1. ^ "A trip down memory lane with actor Motilal". Times of India. 17 June 2015. Retrieved 16 October 2016.
  2. ^ Filmfare Awards
  3. ^ Sukanya Verma (25 September 2014). "Classic Revisited: Bimal Roy's satirical gem, Parakh". Rediff.com movies. Retrieved 26 September 2014.
  4. ^ "13th National Film Awards". International Film Festival of India. Archived from the original on 20 October 2012. Retrieved 15 September 2011.
  5. ^ "13th National Film Awards (PDF)" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Retrieved 15 September 2011.