# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/balraj-sahni
# Generated: 2026-08-15T05:37:46.025Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/balraj-sahni"
name: "Balraj Sahni"
slug: "balraj-sahni"
description: "Balraj Sahni was an Indian film and stage actor, who is best known for Dharti Ke Lal (1946), Hum Log (1951), Do Bigha Zameen (1953), Chhoti Bahen (1959), Kabuliwala (1961), Waqt (1965) and Garm Hava (1973). He was the brother of Bhisham Sahni, the Hindi writer, playwright, and actor. He won a Filmfare Special Award for outstanding contribution to Indian films in 1970."
tagline: "Indian film and stage actor (1913-1973)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Balraj_Sahni_in_1941.png?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "IN"
category:
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  slug: "actors"
profileType:
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  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1913-05-01"
deathDate: "1973-04-13"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump