leading legends...: Pran...The villain who almost became the Hero.

Pran (born on February 12, 1920) is an Indian actor. his full name was Pran Kewal Sikand.Pran was so named because, in most of the movies that he acted in, his was the last name in the cast portion of the credits, with the words "...and Pran" and sometime "..above all Pran" He won multiple Filmfare award and BFJA award winning. He acted in over 350 films. He was honoured with the Padmabhushan, for his contribution to cinema. Contrary to the villainous characters he played in his early films, he is very social, a member of various organizations, and even has his very own football team.
Pran was born on February 12, 1920 in Delhi. He was educated at different places namely Meerut, Dehradun and Rampur. His father Lala Kewal Krishnan Sikand was a

Government

Civil Contractor. He got married in 1945. He has two sons and a daughter. He started his film career with the movie Yamla Jat (1941). He starred as villain in most of the movies in his career. Upkar (1967) directed by Manoj Kumar gave him the chance to act as supporting actor and from then he starred in movies as a father, or friend of lead actors.
He wanted to become a professional photographer and joined A. Das & Co. as an apprentice, for which he re-located to Simla.
After 1948 he re-located to Bombay and launched his career in Bollywood with 'Ziddi'. In this manner 'villainous Pran' was born and went on to star in over 270 films, often as a villain, then in character roles, and is now unofficially called 'Villain of the Millenium'.

once upon a time during a movie shoot in allahabad with manoj kumar,when he went to his hotel after the shoot the people over there become uncontrolled to see him, some of them abused him then he came out of his room inhis own villain style and shouted who abused him his voice was so loud so that people over there become silent, then suddenly pran jee said "how is my acting" to calm down the situation,people were so astonied and atart clpping.

he acted in number of movies that are as:
Yamla Jat (1941), Sahara (1943/II), Mohini (1947),
Ziddi (1948), Grihasthi (1948) , Badi Bahen (1949) ,
Deodhar Lakeeren (1954) Bahu (1954) ,Devdas (1955)Chandramukhi's patron Jashan (1955) , Mr. X (1957),Madhumati (1958) ,Half Ticket

(1962),Bluff Master (1963),Rajkumar (1964),Patthar Ke Sanam (1967)...Brahmachari (1968/I),Don (1978) ....and lots of more..

Awards that he Won:-
1967 - Filmfare Best Supporting Actor Award for Upkaar
1969 - Filmfare Best Supporting Actor Award for Aanso Ban Gaye Phool
1972 - Filmfare Best Supporting Actor Award for Be-Imaan (Pran refused to accept)
1997 - Filmfare Lifetime Achievement Award
1973- Chitrlok Cine Circle Ahmedabad: "Best Character Award".
1976 - Bombay Film Award: Most Versatile Actor.
1978 - Bombay Film Award: Most Versatile Actor.
1978 - North Bombay Jaycees: Best Character Actor.
1983 - Kala Bhushan Award presented by Punjabi Kala Sangam.
1984 - Extra Ordinary Special Award as Wizard of Acting" by Bombay Film Award.
1984 - Viyayshree Award presented for enriching Human Life and Outstanding Attainments India Int. Friendship Society).
1984 - "Ars Gratia Artis" for excellence in emotive Art.