Raaj Kumar called everyone ‘Jaani’ after his dog’s name, was tougher than Bachchan: ‘He was moody’ | Bollywood News
4 min readKochiMay 18, 2026 07:12 PM IST Widely regarded as one of the greatest actors in Indian cinema, Raaj Kumar apparently had one silly habit: he used to call pretty much everyone by the name of his dog. Not as an insult, but in a rather endearing manner. While he had this silly side, renowned filmmaker KC Bokadia recently shared that it was tough to handle the acting legend, even more so than dealing with Amitabh Bachchan. “His dog’s name was Jaani. So, he used to call everyone ‘Jaani.’ Fortunately, he never called me by that name and addressed me only as ‘Bokadia saab,’” he shared during a conversation with IndiaTV. Bokadia also recounted a funny anecdote about how he got Kumar on board for his directorial venture, Police Aur Mujrim (1992), on just one day’s notice. Also Read | Madhavan says he refused son Vedaant’s request to ‘spend quality time’: ‘I’m not a cosmetic dad’ ‘Raaj Kumar was a moody man’ “I called him over the phone one evening. We had planned the …
