Prem Adib
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Prem Adib in Darshan (1941)
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| Born | Prem Narayan 10 August 1917 Sultanpur, India |
| Died | Script error: The function "death_date_and_age" does not exist. Mumbai, India |
| Ethnicity | Kashmiri Pandit |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1936–1959 |
| Spouse(s) | Krishna Kumari (alias Pratima) |
Prem Adib (1917–1959) was an Indian film actor.[1] He was acclaimed as one of the top actors of the early 1940s, along with Pahadi Sanyal, Ashok Kumar, P. C. Barua, Master Vinayak and others.[2] Adib is best remembered for his role as Ram[3] in Bharat Milap (1942). Prem Adib became popular after playing Rama in Bharat Milap (1942) and Ram Rajya (1946). These films embodying India's "traditional values" had Prem Adib and Shobhana Samarth portraying the "ideal Rama and Sita".[4] Adib and Samarth continued their pairing as Rama and Sita, acting together in another Ramayana based film Rambaan (1948). They became popular enough to have them emulating the Gods in calendars of that era.[5]
Ram Rajya (1946) also had "the distinction" of being the only film that was seen by Mahatma Gandhi.[6]
Early life
Prem Narayan (Adib) was born to a Kashmiri Brahmin family in 1917. His father Pandit Ram Prasad, was a lawyer by profession. The name Adib, meaning Vidhwan or Learned had been conferred on the family by Wajid Ali Shah. The family took on Adib as their surname.[7]
Controversy
Adib was involved in a controversy when a minor actress acting through her father, filed a case on him for breach of contract related to work. The case became known in legal literature as Raj Rani v Prem Adib. Prem Adib as the defendant won, as the case was void due the girl's minority, and also because of which she could not contract her father to sign on her behalf.[8][9]
Filmography
- Angulimaal 1960
- Bhakt Raj 1959
- Samarat Prithviraj Chauvan 1957
- Chandi Pooja 1955
- Ganga Maiyya 1955
- Bhagwat Mahima 1954
- Maha Puja 1952
- Mordhwaj 1951
- Lav Kush 1949
- Bholi 1949
- Maa Ka Pyaar 1948
- Anokhi Ada (1948)
- Rambaan (1948)
- Veerangana 1946
- Subhadra 1945
- Chand 1944
- Amrapali 1944
- Police 1943
- Ram Rajya 1942
- Bharat Milap 1942
- Chudiyan 1942
- Station Master 1938
- Nirala Hindustan 1938
- Talaq (1938)
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External links
- Prem Adib at the Internet Movie Database
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