He has worked in more than 500 movies and was a part of the film industry for 50 years. He started his career with Sikandar-e- Azam with Prithviraj Kapoor.
His full name was Kedarnath Saigal was refereed as Kernath Sahab or Saigal Sahab.
Younger brother Madan was married to actress Madhu Malhotra.
