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One of Indian cinema's most iconic actors Pran passed away on July 12, 2013. He was 93 and was recently admitted to a Mumbai hospital due to a prolonged spell of illness.
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Recognized by that drawled 'barkhurdaar' in his steely voice, Indian film industry's most hated reel life villain, Pran Krishan Sikand - or Pran as movie credits and fans always called him - has bid his final goodbye to all the onscreen heroes who happily bashed him up and the heroines who dreaded him.
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Born into a wealthy family in Delhi Feb 12, 1920, Pran lived and was educated in Lahore, Kapurthala, Meerut, Dehradun, Rampur, Unnao and finally Mumbai as his father, Lala Kewal Krishan Sikand, was a government contractor building bridges and roads, including the Kalsi Bridge near Dehradun.
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The suave and handsome actor started life as a 'gentleman villain' in his first film Yamla Jat (1940) itself in the Lahore film industry, when he was barely 20.
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Though he managed to get the role of a lead hero in some movies, his personality and natural acting talents came to the fore only as a villain in those early days of the black-and-white era.
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