- Gulzar and Sanjiv Kumar were great friends, Sanjiv used to share all his worries with him, and Gulzar persuaded him to undergo kidney transplant after the latter's Diabetic Nephropathy. Sanjeev never married.
- Brother of Bollywood actor Kishore Jariwala (Real name Kishorbhai Jethalal Jariwala). Kishore acted in" Dhoop Chaon "with his brother Sanjeev Kumar.
- Was involved with Tanuja in the early 70s.
- Was given the screen name " Sanjeev Kumar" by Sawan Kumar Tak. Sawan spotted him in a play and produced " Naunhilal" with him.
- Was involved with Hema Malini prior to Sholay .
- Was involved with Nutan while she was married. When Nutan' realized Sanjeev was telling people about their involvement, she slapped him in front of the film unit of "Devi". People insist that it was Nutan's husband who demanded she slap Sanjeev in front of everyone.
- Proposed to Saira Banu in the 1960s , but was rejected.
- Starred in the shelved movie Sunshine Films "Purana Paapi"(1974). Starring Sanjeev Kumar,Leena Chandarvarkar, Bindu, Music by Kalyanji Anandji,Produced by Jagdish Chandra, Directed Ashok Roy.
- Screen tested for the movie Aarti in 1962 . But was replaced later on.
- Brother of Bollywood producer Nakul Jariwala (Real name Naranbhai Jethalal Jariwala) Nakul produced Sanjeev Kumar, Feroz Khan film " Do Waqt Ke Roti".
- Acting student of writer/ director P. D Shenoy.
- Photograph of Sanjeev Kumar was used as Moushami Chatterjee's husband in Ikke Pe Ikka .
- Starred in Prakash Mehra's shelved film "Insaan Ke Aulad". The film was stalled when Sanjeev passed away. The film starred Sanjeev Kumar,Saira Banu,Kunal Goswami,Anooradha Patel,Arti Gupta, Mayur. Prakash Mehra launched, Insaan Ki Aulaad in 1985 starring Sanjeev Kumar,Saira Banu, Kunal Goswami,Tina Munium. Anuradha Patel was a part of the film but later walked out after problems with Prakash Mehra .After Sanjeev's death,Manoj Kumar was signed to replace him. Manoj also exited the film for unknown reasons. Prakash eventually restarted the film in 1987. The new cast was Shashi Kapoor,Kunal Goswami,Suresh Oberoi,Tina Munium,Sahila Chaddha,Mehmood,Anupam Kher,Rakesh Bedi, Monty Nath,Jagdeep,Bharat Bhushan, Satyen Kappu,Jinder Walia,Nandita Thakur. Dialogues by Kader Khan, Music by Babla, Produced by O.S. Obhan Jayshree Obhan, Directed by Prakash Mehra . The film was shelved after 13 reels for unknown reasons.
- Starred in the shelved movie Gautam Pictures "Girftaar" (1981) Starring Sunil Dutt,Sanjeev Kumar,Jeetendra, Reena Roy, Amjad Khan, Music by R.D, Burman, Produced by Gautam Pictures, Directed by V.K.Sobti.12 Reels.
- Starred in the shelved movie Movie Matter's "Heere Jawahrat"(1981) Starring Sanjeev Kumar, Jeetendra, Reena Roy, Amjad Khan,Music Rajesh Roshan,Directed by R.Jhalani. 14 Reels.
- Brother Kishore Jariwala was a actor, musician. He was estranged from the family for several years. Later on in life he married a lady named Prafulla. They had no children.
- Sister named Gayatri. She was married to Ashok Patel. They are settled in America.Ashok passed away in 2017. Their children names are Alex (Ashish) Patel . He also more known as Djalx. He is a radio broadcaster on the radio station GenerAsian Radio which airs from Houston, Texas,USA. Gayatri also has a daughter named Artee Kumar.
- Mistaken as Darshan Jariwala's uncle on several websites. This is due to their last names.
- Brother Nakul (Naranbhai) was married to Jyotiben. They had three children.Uday, Prithvi, Ekta. Uday's wife name is Neelam and their two children names are Aryan and Saachi.
- Starred in the shelved film "Mahaan" (1971). Starring Sanjeev Kumar, Mumtaz. Music by Shankar Jaikishen, Directed by Sultan Ahmed.
- Starred in the shelved film "Mitti Ka Dev" (1968). Starring Sanjeev Kumar, Anjana Mumtaz,Nirupa Roy,Abhi Bhattacharya,Tarun Ghosh. Directed by Sameer Chowdhury.
- Leela Chitnis son actor, producer Manavendra Chitnis was producing a film shot exclusively in New York. This was in 1976. Art Scope International's " New York, New York". It was first announced with Shashi Kapoor and Hema Malini in the lead. Music by Laxmikant Pyarelal, Produced by Leela Chitnis and Manavendra Chitnis, Directed by Arjun Hingorani. The project was stalled then started again with Sanjeev Kumar and Persis Khambhatta. Sanjeev and Persis had shot a song riding a bike in Central Park in New York. The film was shelved for financial reasons.
- Starred in the shelved film Namit Films " Teen Bandar" (1976/1980). The film was going to be produced by Sanjeev Kumar's good friend, actor Amrut (Amrit) Patel. Music by Kishore Jariwala,Direction by Siraj Burmawalla, Amrit Patel was Sanjeev Kumar's friend from their theatre days. The film Teen Bandar was based on a famous play they did about a blind man, deaf man and mute man. Years later the subject was to be made as Raju Raja Ram with Jackie , Salman and Govinda. But that film also was shelved. It was finally made as Tom Dick and Harry in 2006. The film starred Sanjeev Kumar, Amjad Khan,Bharat Kapoor (Replaced Amol Palekar),Vidya Sinha ,Neeta Mehta. Music by Kishore Jariwala. When Teen Bandar was about to start, Sanjeev Kumar kept delaying the film by not giving any dates. Amrut was surprised why Sanjeev was doing this. Sanjeev would only shoot twice a month for the film. Many reasons were given as why Sanjeev didn't want to do the film. Sulakshna Pandit told Amrut that Sanjeev was angry that Amrut took Sanjeev's brother Kishore as the music director. Sanjeev and Kishore were not on talking terms. Many speculated that Sanjeev was insecure about Amjad Khan due to Amjad always stealing the show with his acting. Sanjeev Kumar claimed that he did not like Amrut's attitude when he asked Sanjeev if he was doing the film or not. Finally Sanjeev Kumar told Amrut to take another actor as he did not want to do the film. Amrut signed Bengali actor Uttam Kumar. Uttam shot for the film for three months then suddenly passed away. Amrut could not afford to re shoot Uttam's portions and decided to shelve the film.
- Starred in the shelved film Bedi Brothers Combined " Bebas" (Kabzaa)(1980) Starring Sanjeev Kumar,Reena Roy, Sulakshana Pandit, Prem Chopra, Music by R. D. Burman, Directed by Narinder Bedi. The film was earlier being made with Rajesh Khanna.
- Was involved with Neeta Mehta.
- Was involved with Sulakshna Pandit but did not want to marry her. People insist it was due to his fear that he would pass away from a heart attack.
- Was involved with Jayshree T .
- Sanjeev Kumar was born after 3 daughters . The first was 19 years his elder. The second was 17 years elder. The third was 12 years elder. Her name was Bhagvatiben (Lilavatiben).
- Starred in the shelved movie Inspector Daku Aur Woh (1981). Starring Sanjeev Kumar,Randhir Kapoor, Ranjeeta Kaur. Produced by N.P. Ali,Directed by R.K. Nayyar .
- Despite 1938 given as his birth date, the actual year in 1937.
- Nephew name is Balkrishna Jariwala (His sister Bhagvatiben's son). He was a theatre actor. Balkrishna's father's name was Ramanlal Jariwala.
- Parents names were Jethlal Jariwala and Zaverben Jethalal Jariwala.
- Starred in Vinayak Films "Vidroh". He was to play the role of politician George Fernandes. The film was shelved after the announcement.
- Sanjeev Kumar was to debut in the film Balidan in 1963. It was based on the Chinese invasion of India.
- In 1981, actor producer Roopesh Kumar launched the film "Insaan Ki Awaaz". The film was going to be directed by Sunil Dutt. Starring Sunil Dutt,Sanjeev Kumar, Shatrughan Sinha. The film got shelved when Sunil Dutt decided to direct Dard Ka Rishta instead.
- Starred in the shelved film Raja Nawathe Productions "Challenge" (1978). Starring Sanjeev Kumar, Praveen Babi,Amjad Khan. Music by Laxmikant Pyarelal, Produced and Directed by Raja Nawathe.
- Starred in the shelved film "Zindagi Ke Raahen" (1974). Starring Sanjay Khan,Alka. Later they were replaced by Sanjeev Kumar and Radha Saluja. The film was being directed by Imtiaz Khan.
- Starred in the untitled shelved film produced by Sudarshan Lal. This was in 1984. Starring Shashi Kapoor,Sanjeev Kumar,Zeenat Aman, Directed by Vijay Kapoor.
- Starred in the shelved movie Gaurav International "Sangeet Sajni"(1976) Starring Sanjeev Kumar,Moushumi Chatterjee,Raakesh Roshan, Zahhera, Music by Rajesh Roshan, Directed by Raj Khosla.
- Starred in the shelved movie "Baap Ka Baap" (1977) Starring Sanjeev Kumar, Rekha,Vinod Khanna, Aruna Irani, Music by Kalyanji Anandji, Produced by Junior Mehmood, Directed by Chand.
- Starred in the shelved movie Social Movies "Chitrakar" (1976) Starring Sanjeev Kumar,Simple Kapadia,Rakesh Roshan,Nilu Rai,Pradeep Kumar,Madan Puri,Bindu,Ramesh Deo,Music by Sonik Omi, Produced by Bharat Bhushan Sethi, Directed by Desh Gautam.
- In 1977, Sohrab Modi decided to remake his film Pukar. He signed Dilip Kumar, Raj Kapoor,Shashi Kapoor, Sanjeev Kumar,Saira Banu, Rakhee Gulzar, Shabana Azmi, Pran. Written by Kamal Amrohi, Sohrab ended up shelving the film when the stars kept demanding Sohrab increase their roles. It proved very stressful.
- Starred in the shelved movie B.R.I.Arts " Zindagi Tere Kitne Roop"(1975). Starring Shashi Kapoor, Sanjeev Kumar,Zeenat Aman, Music by Kalyanji Anandji, Produced and Directed by B.R. Ishara.
- Starred in the shelved movie Nisha Enterprises "Azaad"(1974) Starring Sanjeev Kumar,Neetu Singh (Replaced Reena Roy), Ranjeet, Mehmood, Music by Kalyanji Anandji, Directed by Raja Thakur.
- Starred in the shelved film Sippy Films "Three Musketeers" (1974/1975) Starring Dharmendra, Sanjeev Kumar,Amitabh Bachchan, Written by Salim and Javed, Photography by Dwarka Divecha, Produced by G.P. Sippy, Directed by Ramesh Sippy. The film was later started with Dharmendra, Amitabh and Vinod Khanna,to be produced by Tarun Guru Dutt and Directed by Pramod Chakravorthy. The film was finally made as "Jagir"(1984).
- Starred in the shelved film Shri Loknath Chitramandir "Kali Ghata"(1974). Starring Sanjeev Kumar , Story by Gulshan Nanda, Produced by Debesh Ghosh, Directed by Uttam Kumar.
- Starred in the shelved movie Vijayshree Pictures "C I D Inspector" (Bezubaan)(1975).Starring Ashok Kumar,Sanjeev Kumar,Sulakshna Pandit, Farida Jalal,Music by Kalyanji Anandji, Directed by R. Jhalani.
- Starred in the shelved movie "Shikaari"(1984) Starring Sanjeev Kumar, Reena Roy, Directed by C.P. Dixit.
- Starred in the shelved movie Lime Light's "Hay Ram" 1975/1976. Starring Sanjeev Kumar, Shashi Kapoor, Sulakshna Pandit,Mithun Chakraborthy, Mala Jaggi, Prem Nath,Om Shivpuri, Sajjan,Tiger Kapoor,Atam Prakash. Music by Rajesh Roshan, Produced by Hiren Khera, Directed by B.R. Ishara.
- Starred in shelved film Johnny Whisky Films "Aadawat" (Main Hi Insaaf Hoon) (1985/1988). Starring Shatrughan Sinha, Raj Babbar (Replaced Sanjeev Kumar),Poonam Dhillon,Akbar Khan, Anita Raaj, Sumeet Saigal, Shoma Anand,Tanuja, Amjad Khan,Kader Khan, Music by Bappi Lahiri, Produced by Johnny Whisky, Directed by Surendra Mohan.
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