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Something wrong?He made villainy so convincing that Indian parents stopped naming their children Pran. For three decades, Hindi cinema's most electric screen menace - the man who defined what evil looked like before anyone else tried.
A life in dates
Tere Mere SapneFilm, Shambunath Mehta1994
1942: A Love StoryFilm, Abid Ali Baig1989
JaadugarFilm1985
YudhFilm, Deputy Commissioner Saxena1983
Andhaa KaanoonFilm, Anthony D'Cruz1980
DostanaFilm, Tony1977
Amar Akbar AnthonyFilm, Kishanlal1974
MajboorFilm, Michael D'Souza1972
ParichayFilm, Col. A P Roy / Rai Sahab1970
Johny Mera NaamFilm, Moti/Mohan1967
Ram Aur ShyamFilm, Gajendra1964
Kashmir Ki KaliFilm, Mohan1958
MadhumatiFilm, Raja Ugra Narayan1955
DevdasFilm1920Born12 February 1920Also in Deutsch
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Pran 90th bday
Chhagan Bhujbal and Pran at the Dada Saheb Phalke Academy Awards, 2010
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Manish Tewari presenting the Dadasaheb Phalke Award for Lifetime Achievement to Veteran Actor Pran Kishan Sikand (Pran), in Mumbai on May 10, 2013%2C_in_Mumbai._The_Secretary%2C_Ministry_of_Information_%26_Broadcasting%2C_Shri_Uday_Kumar_Verma_is_also_seen_(cropped).jpg?width=1200)
Manish Tewari presenting the Dadasaheb Phalke Award for Lifetime Achievement to Veteran Actor Pran Kishan Sikand (Pran), in Mumbai. The Secretary, Ministry of Information & Broadcasting, Shri Uday Kumar Verma is also seen (cropped)%2C_in_Mumbai._The_Secretary%2C_Ministry_of_Information_%26_Broadcasting%2C_Shri_Uday_Kumar_Verma_is_also_seen.jpg?width=1200)
Manish Tewari presenting the Dadasaheb Phalke Award for Lifetime Achievement to Veteran Actor Pran Kishan Sikand (Pran), in Mumbai. The Secretary, Ministry of Information & Broadcasting, Shri Uday Kumar Verma is also seen.jpg?width=1200)
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Pran 90th bday (cropped)Filmography 40
TSTere Mere Sapne
SMSaajan Ki Baahon MeinAS1942: A Love Story
SBSanam Bewafa
TOToofan
NINigahen: Nagina Part IIJAJaadugar
SHShahenshahYUYudh
SHSharaabi
SMSohni Mahiwal
JAJagir
DUDuniya
LALailaAKAndhaa Kaanoon
NANastik
EHEk Jaan Hain Hum
NANaseeb
KAKaalia
KAKarzDODostana
DODonAAAmar Akbar Anthony
DVDharam VeerMAMajboor
ZAZanjeer
BOBobbyPAParichay
GUGuddi
PPPurab Aur Pachhim
KKKab? Kyoon? Aur Kahan?JNJohny Mera Naam
BRBrahmachariRSRam Aur Shyam
GUGumnaamKKKashmir Ki Kali
JHJis Desh Mein Ganga Behti HaiMAMadhumati
JRJagte RahoDEDevdas233 credits on file
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Pran Krishan Sikand started as a leading man in the early 1940s, but the shift to negative roles in 1942 unlocked something fiercer. By the late 1940s through the 1970s, his villains became the first true personification of evil on Indian screens - portrayals so intense that his given name fell out of use among newborns. He worked steadily across more than 362 films, anchoring hits like Madhumati (1958), Zanjeer (1973), and Amar Akbar Anthony (1977), winning three Filmfare Awards for supporting work and easing into character roles from the late 1960s onward. The honours piled up late: Padma Bhushan in 2001, "Villain of the Millennium" in 2000, a spot on CNN's top 25 Asian actors ever, and in 2013 - months before his death at 93 after a long illness - the Dadasaheb Phalke Award, Indian cinema's highest recognition.
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