Rajkumar Barjatya | |
Birth Date: | 14 May 1941[1] |
Birth Place: | Rajshri Bhawan, Kuchaman City, Jodhpur State, British India |
Death Place: | Mumbai, Maharashtra, India |
Nationality: | Indian |
Occupation: | Producer |
Years Active: | 1972–2019 |
Organization: | Rajshri Productions |
Children: | Sooraj R. Barjatya Chanda Barjatya Surana |
Father: | Tarachand Barjatya |
Rajkumar Barjatya also known as Raj Kumar Barjatya was an Indian film producer. He was part of the Barjatya family which founded Rajshri Productions. He is best known for producing the blockbuster Bollywood films Maine Pyar Kiya and Hum Aapke Hain Koun..! both directed by his son, Sooraj Barjatya who made his debut with the former film.[2] [3] He died on February 21, 2019, after a brief period of hospitalization in Mumbai.
Rajkumar Barjatya joined Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur in 1962 and chose Mining Engineering. He resided in Rajendra Prasad Hall of Residence. He quit his studies in the summer of 1962 in order to join Rajshri Productions at the request of his father Tarachand Barjatya.