- Was offered Sharad Kapoor's role in Josh but declined due to a argument with Mansoor Khan.
- In 1993, he was involved in a hit and run accident in Bandra, Bombay. His car ran over 4 homeless people sleeping on the side of the street. He ended up killing 2 people and injuring 2 people. The court ordered him to pay a compensation to the victim's families. He avoided a long jail term.
- Son of the late Raaj Kumar
- Brother of Bollywood actors Panini Rajkumar and Vastavikta Rajkumar.
- Changed his name from Pururava Pandit to Puru Rajkumar for his acting career.
- Partner of Croatian model Koraljka Grdak.
- Brother Panini was to be launched in 1997 in a film titled Shivam. His co stars were to be Maheep Sandhu ( Sanjay Kapoor's wife ) and Nirmal Pandey. The film was shelved after 6 months.
- Brother Panini Rajkumar made his acting debut in Milenge Milenge. (2010).
- Second cousin to director Pavan Kaul ( Dad Raaj Kumar was first cousin's with Pavan Kaul's dad, writer Surendra Kaul). Raaj Kumar was also first cousin's with director Mahesh Kaul. Director Mani Kaul was Raaj Kumar's nephew ( Mani Kaul's father and Raaj Kumar were first cousin's).. Mani Kaul is the father of actress, director Shambhavi Kaul.
- Starred in the completed and unreleased film Shivalay Productions "Raghuvanshi" (1996). Starring Raaj Kumar, Puru Raajkumar,Manisha Koirala, Arjun Raza Murad, Sujata Mehta,Pran,Mohan Joshi,Music by Dilip Sen Sameer Sen,Directed by Sikander Bharti.
- Starred in M.S.Sathyu's shelved film "Nechcha Aasman". Co starring Urmila Matondkar. Chandrachur Singh was originally signed for the film but opted out. This was in 1996. Music by A.R. Rahman.
- Was engaged to Ramona Garware. She was the widow of Industrialist Jaideep Garware.
- Starred in B. B. Mukherjee's shelved film "Sarhad". Co starring Chandrachur Singh, Mahima Chaudhary, Raj Babbar, Sharad Kapoor, Sheeba, Isha Khoppikar. This was in 2001.
- Starred in Sanjay Khanna's shelved film " Desh". Co starring Dharmendra, Aditya Pancholi, Mamta Kulkarni, Karina ( Eva) Grover, Raj Babbar, Paresh Rawal. This was in 1997.
- Starred in Saleem Khan's shelved film " Aap Jaisa Koi Nahin" co starring Sharbani Mukherjee, Shakti Kapoor, Suresh Oberoi, Ashum Khetrapal. This was in 1999.
- Starred in shelved film,Ishwar Arts " Anokhi Murti" (1997) Starring Puru Raaj Kumar, Rakhi Sawant, Divya Dutta,Vidya Desai,Sadashiv Amrapurkar,Manish Madan Sanjay Kumar,Joybee,Sona Gupta,Rani Sinha, Music by Madhu Krishna, Directed by Rajen Johri.
- Starred in Anwar Pasha's shelved film " Dil Hai Dushman" (1998) Starring Puru Raaj Kumar,Deepti Bhatnagar, Music by Nadeem Shravan, Produced by Vikram Makandar, Directed by Anwar Pasha,.
- Starred in Mehul Kumar's shelved film " Kabhi Kabhi Aisa Bhi Hota Hain". Co starring Nana Patekar and Mahima Chaudhry. This was in 2001.
- Starred in the shelved movie,D.N. Films's "Desh"(1996) Starring Dharmendra,Puru Raaj Kumar,Mamta Kulkarni,Karina(Eva)Grover, Raj Babbar,Mohan Joshi,Mukesh Rishi,Mohnish Behl,Ishrat Ali,Avtar Gill,Paresh Rawal,Sudha Chandran,Mushtaq Khan, Harish Patel,Music by Aadesh Srivastava, Produced by Damodaran S.Mudaliar,Rajbans Singh,Rajan Mudliar, Directed by Sanjay Khanna.
- Starred in the shelved movie,Sunflag Universal's "Aap Jaisa Koi Nahin"(1999)Starring Puru Raaj Kumar,Sharbani Mukherjee,Ronit Roy,Raj Babbar,Shakti Kapoor, Himani Shivpuri,Aushim Khetarpal,Raza Murad,Ishrat Ali,Anil Nagrath,Vishwajeet Pradhan,Kader Khan, Aruna Irani,Special Appearance by Govinda, Music by Jatin Lalit,Produced by Saleem Ali Khan,Bhushan Verma, Directed by Saleem Khan.
- Starred in the shelved film Divine Entertainment Limited's " Sarhad"(2002) Starring Chandrachur Singh, Mahima Chaudry, Puru Raajkumar, Isha Khoppikar, Sharad Kapoor, Sheeba, Mukesh Rishi, Aushim Khetarpal, Mohnish Bahl,Alok Nath,Sayaji Shinde, Music by Anand Raaj Anand, Produced Bhushan Verma,Sanjay Roy,Rajbans Singh, Directed by B.B. Mukherjee.
- Starred in the shelved movie Shivalaya Arts "Raghuvanshi"(1996) Starring Raaj Kumar, Puru Raaj Kumar, Manisha Koirala,Pran,Sujata Mehta,Mohan Joshi,Arjun,Tiku Talsania,Raza Murad, Himani Shivpuri,Arun Bakshi,Yunus Parwaiz,Raju Shreshtha, Music by Dilip Sen Sameer Sen, Directed by Sikander Bharti.
- Starred in the completed and shelved movie Satish Khanna Productions " Mohabbat Ho Gayee Hain Tumse"(Anhonee) (2004) Starring Sanjay Dutt, Chandrachur Singh, Shamita Shetty, Puru Raaj Kumar, Anupama Verma,Rajiv Verma,Shyama Deshpande,Paresh Rawal,Alok Nath,Tinnu Anand. Music by Sanjeev-Darshan, Produced by Satish Khanna,Dhiraj Gupta,Gautam Kapur, Directed by Rishi Talwar.
- Sister actress Vastvikta debuted in the film "Mitti" in 2001. She used the screen name "Rani Rajkumar".
- In 2001, younger brother Panini signed Siddham Arts "Mumbaai Masti" directed by Suneel Khosla. The film got shelved.
- Wife Koraljika Grdak appeared on the cover of the Femina Girl magazine edition April 2005.
- Prior to entering films with Bal Brahmchari, Puru had received offers from several directors in 1992. They include directors Rahul Rawail (Bekhudi), Aruna Raje,Esmayeel Shroff, Subhash Sharma. They all wanted to launch Puru into films. But when Bal Brahmachari flopped, they all vanished.
- Prior to his debut there was confusion on what his screen name would be. The names that were used go refer to him in magazines were "Pururava Pandit"( His birth name) , "Pururava Rajkumar", " Pururava Kumar", "Pururava Pandit Kumar"," Puru Pandit", "Puru Kumar", "Puru Pandit Kumar","Puru Rajkumar Pandit". They finally decided on Puru Rajkumar.
- Chetan Anand had signed Raaj Kumar, Aamir Khan,Madhuri Dixit, Ved Thappar for the film Takht O Taj (1991).Chetan first wanted to make the film with Amitabh Bachchan and Hema (Replaced Priya Rajvansh) in 1975. He had also recorded the songs with Madan Mohan. But he shelved the film when he realized the budget would be too much. He later tried to revive the film and signed Deepak Parashar and Hema Malini. This was in 1978. Again the film got shelved. In 1990, Chetan Anand spoke to Raaj Kumar about the film and asked him if his son Puru Rajkumar was interested in doing the film and playing the role of Salim. Raaj Kumar stated that Puru was not ready to be an actor. Chetan finally revived the film as Takht O Taj in 1991. Ved Thappar was originally going to play Raaj Kumar's son due to his resemblance to the actor. But due to commercial reasons, Aamir Khan was signed for the role and Thappar was signed for the role of Durjan Singh, originally played by Ajit in Mughal E Azam. The film was later titled Mallika-e-Hind . The film was eventually shelved due to Chetan's bad health. There were stories going around in 1993 that Chetan wanted to make the film with Shahrukh Khan and Madhuri. But the plans never materialized.
- In 1995 Rahul Rawail had several talks with Puru Rajkumar. Rawail wanted to launch Puru in films. He later dropped the idea.
- Paternal uncle names are Mahindernath Pandit (Married to Rupan Pandit). Anand Babi Pandit (Married with a son and daughter named Mrs Wanchoo), Jeevanlal (Pyarebhai) Pandit ( Married to Sarup Pandit.
- Sister Vastavikta starred in the shelved movie Kush International's "Dil Bhi Kya Cheez Hain"(1999) Starring Vinay Anand (Replaced Arjan Bajwa who was using the screen name "Shivam"), Sanobar Kabir, (Replaced Rani Raajkumar aka Vastavikta, daughter of legend Raaj Kumar), Milind Gunaji, Aakanksha, Smita Jayakar, Sushma Seth,.
- Starred in the shelved movie,Raj Rana Films "Jiyo Aur Jeene Do" (1997) Starring Arbaaz Khan (Arbaaz was playing a double role and later was replaced by Atul Agnihothri), Puru Rajkumar, Sharad Kapoor ( Sharad's role was earlier to be a triple role. Later Puru Rajkumar stepped into one of the roles),Raja (Raja stepped into one of the triple roles earlier to be done by Sharad), Madhoo(Replaced by Indrani Bannerjee,Sharbani Mukherjee,Milatali,Akhilendra Mishra,Ashish Balram Nagpal,Mushtaq Khan, Music by Aadesh Srivastava,Produced by Rajveer Dhillon, Directed by Adarsh Jain.
- Starred in the shelved movie Navchitra Productions "Janam Vidhaata"(1994) Starring Raaj Kumar, Dharmendra, Puru Raaj Kumar, Shilpa Shetty,Aditya Pancholi, Prem Chopra, Amrish Puri, Music by Anand Milind, Produced by Naraindas Mukhija, Directed by S.V. Rajendra Singh.
- Starred in the shelved movie Shiv Bharat Films untitled movie in 1995. Starring Nana Patekar,Aditya Pancholi, Puru Raaj Kumar,Nagma,Deepti Bhatnagar,Farida Jalal, Lyrics by Javed Akhtar,Music by Anand Milind, Story by Sutanu Gupta, Produced by Rita Rawail,Directed by Rahul Rawail.
- In the February 1983 Stardust magazine carried a interview with Puru Rajkumar's mother. She stated that Puru was almost kidnapped by the infamous Billa and Ranga. Billa had been hanging around Puru's school for a few days. One day he spotted Raaj Kumar picking up his son from school. He hatched a plan to kidnap Puru.The next week when Puru was going to school with the house servant Bahadur, Billa sprung out and attacked him with a hockey stick.Bahadur told Puru to run,instead of running back home, he ran to the school. A couple saw Puru running and came to his rescue. Puru was taken to the local police station and identified Billa. The next week the Chopra"s kids were kidnapped and killed.
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