This popular actor has been missing for 32 years, is still living a life of anonymity

People find the world of cinema very beautiful. Some stars who come here shine and reach the heights of fame. There are some stars who come, shine and then disappear before reaching the heights of fame. Many such stars came into Hindi cinema about whom no one has any trace of in today’s time. Raj Kiran is one of those stars who hardly anyone knows about where he is today, how he is, what condition he is in.

Actor Raj Kiran played memorable characters in many superhit films of the 80’s. Raj Kiran worked as a supporting actor in many films and was also seen as a lead actor in some films. People who have seen his films still wonder where this star has gone? What news is there about him in the reports so far, let us share something with you. 

Which was Raj Kiran’s first film?

Raj Kiran Mathani was born on 19 June 1949 in a Sindhi family of Mumbai. Raj Kiran started his Bollywood career with the 1975 film Kaagaz Ki Naav. Sarika was seen opposite him in this film. After this, Raj Kiran did many films but his luck changed with the film Karz released in 1980. After doing this superhit film, Raj Kiran did back to back films.

How was the career graph of Raj Kiran?

According to Tabassum Talkies, Raj Kiran’s career graph went up after the year 1980 when the film Karz came and became a superhit. Raj Kiran also received awards for this and in the same year 4-5 of his films were released and all were successful. After this, Raj Kiran did many films as a lead actor, of which ‘Arth’ (1982) is also one.

Raj Kiran has worked in Bollywood with ‘Ghar Dwar’, ‘Sun Meri Laila’, ‘Manokamna’, ‘Maan Abhiman’, ‘Ghar Ho To Aisa’, ‘Shiksha’, ‘Ghar Sukh’, ‘Ek Naya Rishta’, ‘Ghar Worked in superhit films like ‘Ek Mandir’, ‘Basera’, ‘Bezubaan’, ‘Ek Hi Maksad’, ‘Waris’, ‘Hip Hip Hurray’, ‘Pyaar Ka Mandir’.

After 1986, when he stopped getting offers for lead roles, he started playing elder brother or other characters in films. Raj Kiran gained a lot of popularity in a short time and worked in about 100 films. It is said that after 1990, he did very few films and after 1996, he even did small roles in some C-grade films.

By 2000, he stopped getting C-grade films and he went into depression. Overall, Raj Kiran worked in many films in the film industry for almost 20 years, but later this shining star got lost somewhere.

Where has Raj Kiran disappeared?

In the year 2011, actress Deepti Naval wrote a post on Facebook about Raj Kiran. Deepti Naval has done many films with Raj Kiran and he was also her good friend. Deepti Naval had written in her post, ‘I am looking for a friend of mine who belongs to the film world and his name is Raj Kiran. We don’t have any news about him. Last heard he was driving a taxi in New York City.

If anyone gets any clue please let us know. After this post, actor Rishi Kapoor took a trip to America during which he searched for Raj Kiran a lot. Somehow he got the phone number of Raj Kiran’s brother Gobind Mathani and Rishi Kapoor met him. According to reports, when Rishi Kapoor asked about Raj Kiran, his brother told that he is undergoing treatment in a mental asylum in Atlanta.

But later Raj Kiran’s wife Kathija Nachiyar and daughter Rishika Mathani told that the news of him being in mental asylum is a complete rumour. However, Raj Kiran’s wife and daughter also have no news about him.

According to reports, his family has entrusted the American police and private detectives with the task of finding him and till date no one has been able to find any clue. Many times there were rumors about Raj Kiran’s death but nothing is coming out clearly. Raj Kiran’s fans want Raj Kiran to return to his family wherever he is, but the truth is that he is still missing.

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