Bharat Bhushan (1920 - 1992)born in Aligarh , Uttar Pradesh, was a prominent actor of the 1950s and 1960s in Bollywood. He often took on roles of musicians in the movies.
He was a second rung hero, with Dilip Kumar, Raj Kapoor and Dev Anand being at the top rung. He lost his first wife, and married actress Ratna, who was his co star in the movie Barsaat Ki Raat.
Selected Filmography
Baiju Bawra (1952)
Anand Math (1952)
Mirza Ghalib (1954)
Shri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu (1954)....Winner-Filmfare Best Actor Award(1955)
Basant Bahaar (1956)
Kavi Kalidas
Taqdeer
Pardesi (1957)
Rani Roopmati (1957)
Gateway of India (1958)
Phagun (1958)
Barsaat Ki Raat (1960)
Sangeet Samrat Tansen (1962)
Jahan Ara (1964)
Taqdeer(1967)
Jai Santoshi Maa (1975)
Meera (1979)
Hero (1983)
Adi Shankaracharya (1983)
Rehguzar (1985)
Awwal Number (1990)
1954-1960 Dilip Kumar (1954) · Bharat Bhushan (1955) · Dilip Kumar (1956) · Dilip Kumar (1957) · Dilip Kumar (1958) · Dev Anand (1959) · Raj Kapoor (1960)
1961-1980 Dilip Kumar (1961) · Raj Kapoor (1962) · Ashok Kumar (1963) · Sunil Dutt (1964) · Dilip Kumar (1965) · Sunil Dutt (1966) · Dev Anand (1967) · Dilip Kumar (1968) · Shammi Kapoor (1969) Ashok Kumar (1970) · Rajesh Khanna (1971) · Rajesh Khanna (1972) · Manoj Kumar (1973) · Rishi Kapoor (1974) · Rajesh Khanna (1975) · Sanjeev Kumar (1976) · Sanjeev Kumar (1977) · Amitabh Bachchan (1978) · Amitabh Bachchan (1979) · Amol Palekar (1980)
1981-2000 Naseeruddin Shah (1981) · Naseeruddin Shah (1982) · Dilip Kumar (1983) · Naseeruddin Shah (1984) · Anupam Kher (1985) · Kamal Haasan (1986) · no award (1987) · no award (1988) · Anil Kapoor (1989) Jackie Shroff (1990) · Sunny Deol (1991) · Amitabh Bachchan (1992) · Anil Kapoor (1993) · Shahrukh Khan (1994) · Nana Patekar (1995) · Shahrukh Khan (1996) · Aamir Khan (1997) · Shahrukh Khan (1998) · Shahrukh Khan (1999) · Sanjay Dutt (2000)
2001-present Hrithik Roshan (2001) · Aamir Khan (2002) · Shahrukh Khan (2003) · Hrithik Roshan (2004) · Shahrukh Khan (2005) · Amitabh Bachchan (2006) · Hrithik Roshan (2007) · Shahrukh Khan (2008).