Kumar Gaurav

• Name — Kumar Gaurav • Birth Name — Manoj Tuli • Born — 11 July 1956 • Birthplace — Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India • Years Active — 1981–2009 • Parents — Rajendra Kumar (father) Shukla Behl Tuli (mother) • Children — 2 daughters Saachi Siya • Relatives — Sunil Dutt (father-in-law) Nargis (mother-in-law) Sanjay Dutt (brother-in-law) Priya Dutt (sister-in-law) • Occupation — * Actor • businessman

Kumar Gaurav was born Manoj Tuli to late actor Rajendra Kumar and late Shukla (belonging to the Behl family of Hindi films). He went to Bishop Cotton School, Shimla. Director Ramesh Behl and Shyam Behl are his maternal uncles. His maternal first cousins include Ravi Behl and Geeta Behl as well as Ramesh's son Goldie Behl.

In 1984, he married Namrata Dutt (born 1962), sister of Sanjay Dutt and daughter of Sunil Dutt and Nargis. They have two daughters, Saachi Kumar who is married to producer Kamal Amrohi's grandson Bilal Amrohi and Siya Kumar who is married to Aditya.

Kumar Gaurav made his debut along with Vijayta Pandit in Love Story (1981) directed by Rahul Rawail which was produced by his father who also starred in a supporting role the film. This film was a huge box office hit for its innovative story, the memorable music by Rahul Dev Burman and the fresh leading pair. Many youngsters began to emulate his character in the film. His next film Teri Kasam (1982) with Poonam Dhillon was an average grosser. That same year he starred in the musical Star which failed to do well though its music was popular. In 1985, Gaurav starred in Mahesh Bhatt's television film Janam. His understated performance is still considered his career's best. In the following year he had his second big box office hit with Mahesh Bhatt's Naam (1986) which was produced by his father and also starred his brother-in-law Sanjay Dutt. Despite the success of Naam, Gaurav's career declined as all of his subsequent films failed to do well at the box office. His father tried to revive his career with the 1993 film Phool which had him paired with Madhuri Dixit and also starred his father and father-in-law Sunil Dutt in supporting roles but the movie flopped. Gaurav then took a long break from acting (except for two delayed releases in 1996). In 1999, he made appearances in a few television series. In 2000, he was seen again on the big screen in Gang which had been in production for nearly a decade due to director Mazhar Khan's ill health. In 2002, he played one of the six protagonists in the crime thriller Kaante, directed by Sanjay Gupta (remake of the American cult hit Reservoir Dogs) which became the third-highest-grossing film of the year and remains his last Hindi film to date. In 2004, he appeared in the American film, Guiana 1838, directed by Rohit Jagessar which tells the story of Indians arriving in British Guiana (present-day Guyana) as labourers during the nineteenth century. In 2006, he starred in the silent film My Daddy Strongest and that remains his last acting role to date. Kumar Gaurav now runs a construction company.

• Year — Film — Role — Notes • 1981 — Love Story — Bunty • 1982 — Teri Kasam — Tony/Deepak • Star — Dev Kumar • 1983 — Lovers — Viju • Romance — Amar • 1984 — Hum Hain Lajawab — Pawan Kumar Singh • All-rounder — Ajay • Divorce • 1985 — Ek Se Bhale Do — Bunty D'Mello • Janam — Rahul • 1986 — Begaana — Anand Mathur / Kailashnath Rana — Dual role • Naam — Ravi Kapoor • 1987 — Dil Tujhko Diya — Vijay 'Chhotu' 'Munna' Sahni • Albela (1987 film) • Aaj — Akshay • 1989 — Goonj — Sanjeev Kamat • Jurrat — Inspector Avinash • 1991 — Hai Meri Jaan — Bunty • Pratigyabadh — Shakti Yadav • Indrajeet — Vijay • 1992 — Siyasat • 1993 — Phool — Karamraj 'Raju' / Gopal • 1996 — Muthi Bhar Zameen — Karan • Sautela Bhai — Shankar • 2000 — Gang — Nihal Singh • 2002 — Kaante — Anand 'Andy' Mathur • 2004 — Guiana 1838

• Year — Title — Role — Notes • 1998 — ’’X Zone’’ — Sikandar