From CID to Don: This Actor Played Cop 144 Times On Screen and Holds Guinness World Record

Only when an actor can play a variety of personas and convince the audience that he is the character he portrays is he deemed talented and varied. One actor altered this narrative, despite the fact that fans use versatility as a metric for evaluating an actor's skill and success. This actor performed the same kind of character in around 144 films, which is a common occurrence in today's world where performers are scared to portray identical roles for fear of being typecast. This particular information about the actor also led to his inclusion in the Guinness Book of World Records. We are referring to Jagdish Raj Khurana here.

In addition to appearing in Amitabh Bachchan's hit movie "Don," he portrayed a police officer in 144 different films. With the utmost conviction, this record-breaking actor portrayed a police officer, and his name still undoubtedly comes up when discussing police figures.

Fans naturally thought that this Guinness World Record actor was a good fit for the job of a police officer because of his success and popularity in the 1980s and 1990s. In fact, he even had a permanent police costume sewn for him. During his illustrious career, Jagdish Raj acted in about 250 films, including roughly 144 in which he played a police officer. Among his numerous hits were Johnny Mera Naam, Gambler, Suhaag, Mehboob Ki Mehndi, CID, Kanoon, Waqt, Roti, Ittefaq, Safar, and Don.

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Anita Raj, the daughter of Jagdish Raj, made her acting debut prior to his departure from Bollywood. Anita dominated the industry after her debut film, "Mehndi Rang Laayegi." She was very popular with Dharmendra, the top performer of the time. She starred in roughly 46 films during her acting career, and her co-starring role with Dharmendra in "Zamaana To Hai Naukar Biwi Ka" is still a classic.Open in app