Father of Kumar Gaurav
Films started coming his way when he played the role of a straight son of Nargis in Mother India.
For the premier of his first movie, Vachan, he was asked if he wanted any seats for his relatives or friends, and thinking that it would be complimentary, he answered ten. After some days when he went to get his fees from the producer's accountant, he was given a lesser amount and when he asked why he was told that the money was deducted for the seats he took for his relatives and friends. He took this lesson as a principle of production and when he produced Naam, he deducted some amount from Amrita Singh's fees for the long calls she had made from Hong Kong to India.
He used to actively participate in campaigning for friend, Sunil Dutt, whenever the latter used to contest for elections.
His daughter-in-law (Namrata) is Sunil Dutt's daughter and Sanjay Dutt's sister.
Started as an assistant director before getting a role in Vachan.
Was best friends with Raj Kapoor, so much so that his son Kumar Gaurav was engaged to the latter's daughter, Reema. As fate would have it, this friendship could not last long after their children broke the engagement.
Was nicknamed as "Jubilee Kumar" by the trade people because majority of his movies used to do either Silver or Golden Jubilee.