Prem Nath Biography, Age, Death, Wife, Children, Family, Wiki & More

Premnath made his acting debut from the film Ajit in 1948, alongside with Monica Desai. This film was the first ever-coloured film in Hindi Cinema. In 1952, he signed the film Aan as Shamsher Singh starring Dilip Kumar and Nadira. This was the highest earner film at the Box office of that time and moreover this one of the most expansive films of that era. In 1953, he appeared in the film Aurat opposite Bina Rai, to whom he fell into love and later on they got married. He formed a production company with wife Bina Rai by the name of P.N films and under this banner, he produced a prisoner of Shagupha, Golkonda, but commercially both of these films proved unsuccessful at the box office.

 

In the subsequent time, he established himself as a supporting actor and some of the supporting roles he played in the blockbusters films along with the superstars of that era like Sunil Dutt, Dilip Kumar, Raj Kapoor, and Dev Anand such as Amrapali, Pyar Mohabbat, Teesri Manzil, Baharon Ke Sapne, Gora Aur Kala, and Johny Mera Naam. From 1972-74, he appeared as a supporting actor in the films Bobby, Shor, Roti Kapda Aur Makaan and Amir Garib. In these films, he superbly played the supporting roles. Despite that, he received the huge acclaimed by earning the nomination for the Best Supporting Actor at the Filmfare Awards. In the 70's he was at the peak of his career and some of the hits films helped to gain the popularity and recognization for his unique style of delivering the dialogues on the screen.

 

 The most remarkable roles he played in the super-duper hit films like Shankar Dada in Dharam Karam, Dharamdas in Dharmatma, Mangal Singh in  Sanyasi, Inspector Jaichan in Dus Numbri, IG P.N. Khanna in Kalicharan, Som Dev in Shirdi Ke Sai Baba, and GNK in Vishwanath are still remembering by the Hindi cinema audiences. In the last days of his life, he turned towards spiritualism directly from the limelight of the glamorous world. In 1992 at the age of 65, he died due to a heart attack in Mumbai.