# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/paidi-jairaj
# Generated: 2026-08-15T12:35:04.806Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/paidi-jairaj"
name: "Paidi Jairaj"
slug: "paidi-jairaj"
description: "Paidipati Jairaj was an Indian actor, director and producer known for his works majorly in Hindi; few Marathi, Gujarati, Telugu language films, and Telugu theatre. During the talkie period, from 1931 onwards, he started with Shikari in Urdu and English languages. Subsequently, he became one of the leading actors for about two decades, along with V. Shantaram, Ashok Kumar, Prithviraj Kapoor, Motilal etc. He starred in about 170 feature films in a variety of roles. He directed a few films such as Mohar, Mala (1943), Pratima, Rajghar and Saagar (1951), which he produced. In 1980, he was awarded with the Dadasaheb Phalke Award, the highest award for films in India, for his contributions to Indian cinema."
tagline: "Indian actor, director and producer (1909-2000)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/41/Paidi_Jairaj_in_Swami.jpg"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "India"
  isoCode: "IN"
category:
  name: "Actors"
  slug: "actors"
profileType:
  name: "Actor"
  slug: "actor"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1909-09-28"
deathDate: "2000-08-11"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           47.89
  momentum:             1.612475116124751
  historical:           8.196333333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     59.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  190
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0415851/"
    handle:    "nm0415851"
sources:
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    title: "پیدی جئے راج"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "পি জয়ৰাজ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/P._Jairaj"
    title: "P. Jairaj"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/P._Jairaj"
    title: "P. Jairaj"
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    title: "پایدی جیراج"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "पैडी जयराज"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Paidi Jairaj"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "పైడి జైరాజ్"
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    title: "Wikidata"
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    title: "P. Jairaj"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump