# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/sapru
# Generated: 2026-08-12T19:19:06.416Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/sapru"
name: "Sapru"
slug: "sapru"
description: "Daya Kishan Sapru, was an Indian actor famed for a variety of character roles in Hindi cinema, particularly villains, judges and aristocrats in crime thrillers and dramas. His most notable performances were in Bollywood productions of between the late 1950s and early 1970s, including Sahib Bibi Aur Ghulam, Heer Raanjha, Pakeezah, Kala Pani, Dooj Ka Chand,  Tere Mere Sapne, Humjoli, Jewel Thief, and Deewar."
tagline: "Indian actor"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "India"
  isoCode: "IN"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1916-03-16"
deathDate: "1979"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           47.37
  momentum:             0
  historical:           5.653609333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     44.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1927212/"
    handle:    "nm1927212"
sources:
  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%88%DB%8C_%DA%A9%DB%92_%D8%B3%D9%BE%D8%B1%D9%88"
    title: "ڈی کے سپرو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%BE%D8%B1%D9%88"
    title: "ساپرو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/D._K._Sapru"
    title: "D. K. Sapru"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%B8%E0%A4%AA%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%82"
    title: "सप्रू"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://mni.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EA%AF%81%EA%AF%84%EA%AF%AD%EA%AF%94%EA%AF%A8_(%EA%AF%81%EA%AF%9B%EA%AF%87%EA%AF%9D_%EA%AF%82%EA%AF%A5%EA%AF%A1%EA%AF%95)"
    title: "ꯁꯄ꯭ꯔꯨ (ꯁꯛꯇꯝ ꯂꯥꯡꯕ)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A8%A1%E0%A9%80._%E0%A8%95%E0%A9%87._%E0%A8%B8%E0%A8%AA%E0%A8%B0%E0%A9%82"
    title: "ਡੀ. ਕੇ. ਸਪਰੂ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7421131"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1143467"
    title: "Vinay Sapru"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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