Career

He made his film debut with Love Story (1981). This film played at the box office for a long period of time; not only for its innovative story, but also its music and the debutants. Many youngsters began to emulate his character in the film, produced by his father and directed by Rahul Rawail which was a blockbuster. His next film, the 1982 release Teri Kasam with actress Poonam Dhillon, another heart-throb of the generation, was a moderate success.

He then worked in Mahesh Bhatt's Janam in (1985). His understated performance in this film is still considered his career's best. In the following year he had his second box office hit with Naam (1986), again a Mahesh Bhatt film which was produced by his father and also starred his brother-in-law Sanjay Dutt in the lead role. Despite the success of Naam, Gaurav's career declined as all of his subsequent films failed to do well at the box office.

He has been successfully paired with almost all young ladies of ’80s - Poonam Dillon, Rati Agnihotri, Neelam, Vijeyta Pandit, Madhuri Dixit and Padmini Kolhapure. Yet his pairing with Vijeyta Pandit in their debut movie is still remembered most. His revival project, Phool with the top actress Madhuri Dixit, couldn’t give success though its melodious songs were noticed.

Having produced his earlier films Janam and Naam, his father tried to revive his career with the 1993 film Phool which also had his father and father-in-law Sunil Dutt in supporting roles. However, it didn't bring him any luck either. He took a long break from acting and returned to films in 2000 with a supporting role in late actor Mazhar Khan's Gang.

In 2002, he played one of the six protagonists in the crime thriller Kaante, directed by Sanjay Gupta and a remake of the Hollywood hit Reservoir Dogs (1992). Kaante was a huge success at the box office and the third highest grossing film of 2002.

In 2004 he appeared in his first American film, Guiana 1838. This award winning film by Rohit Jagessar grossed the highest screen average at the North American box office on opening weekend and is among the Top 25 all-time highest screen average charts. Guiana 1838 tells the story of Indians arriving in the British colony of British Guiana, now Guyana, as indentured servants amidst the abolition of slavery during the nineteenth century.

In 2009, he starred in the silent film My Daddy Strongest.

Personal life

Kumar Gaurav was born Manoj Tuli on 11 July 1960. He studied at the Bishop Cotton School in Simla. His father, Rajendra Kumar, a popular actor in the 1960s and 1970s, died of cancer in 1999.

While shooting for his debut movie, Love Story with Vijayta Pandit, the duo got romantically involved. The relationship later came to an end as tensions arose between the Pandit and Kumar families.

In 1984, Gaurav married Namrata Dutt, daughter of Sunil Dutt and Nargis and sister of actor Sanjay Dutt. The couple has two daughters, Saachi and Siya. Saachi is married to Bilal Amrohi, the grandson of filmmaker Kamal Amrohi.

Gaurav and his brother-in-law Sanjay Dutt worked together in two films, Naam and Kaante.

Awards

• 1986: Nominated: Filmfare Award for Best Actor - Janam

Filmography

Year	Film	Role	Female Lead	Facebook Page
1981	Love Story	Bunty	Vijeyta Pandit	* Love Story - 1981 on Facebook
1982	Teri Kasam	Tony/Deepak	Poonam Dhillon
	Star	Dev Kumar	Rati Agnihotri/Padmini Kolhapure	* Star - 1982 on Facebook
1983	Lovers	Viju	Padmini Kolhapure
	Romance	Amar	Poonam Dhillon	* Romance - 1983 on Facebook
1984	Hum Hain Lajawab	Pawan Kumar Singh	Padmini Kolhapure
	All Rounder	Ajay	Rati Agnihotri
	Divorce		Jasmin
1985	Ek Se Bhale Do	Bunty D'Mello	Rati Agnihotri
	Janam	Rahul	Shernaz Patel
1986	Begaana	Anand Mathur / Kailashnath Rana	Rati Agnihotri
	Naam	Ravi Kapoor	Poonam Dhillon
1987	Dil Tujhko Diya	Vijay 'Chhotu' 'Munna' Sahni	Rati Agnihotri
	Albela		Rati Agnihotri
	Aaj	Akshay	Anamika Paul
1989	Goonj	Sanjeev Kamat	Juhi Chawla
	Jurrat	Inspector Avinash	Amala
1991	Hai Meri Jaan	Bunty	Ayesha Jhulka
	Pratigyabadh	Shakti Yadav	Neelam Kothari
	Indrajeet	Vijay	Neelam Kothari
1992	Siyasat		Kimi Katkar
1993	Phool	Karamraj 'Raju' / Gopal	Madhuri Dixit
1996	Muthi Bhar Zameen	Karan	Poonam Dhillon
	Sautela Bhai	Shankar	Neelam Kothari
2000	Gang	Nihal Singh
2002	Kaante	Anand 'Andy' Mathur
2004	Guiana 1838	Laxman
2009	My Daddy Strongest
	Bihaad

Television

• Sikandar (1999)
• Chocolate (1999)

Dubbing roles

Live action films

Film title	Actor	Character	Dub Language	Original Language	Original Year release	Dub Year release	Notes
The Jungle Book	Jason Scott Lee	Mowgli	Hindi	English	1994	1995

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