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Kanwarjeet Paintal

Kanwarjit Paintal Walia, better known as Paintal (born 22 August 1948), is an Indian actor and comedian. He started off as a comic actor and moved on to teaching the art of acting. He has extensively worked not only in numerous movies but also television. He was born into a Sikh family in a village named Tarn Taran which is near Amritsar, Punjab. He lived his early life with his family members in Sadar Bazaar, Delhi. Paintal learnt acting at the Film and Television Institute of India and in 2008 was the Head of the Acting Department of FTII. He came to Bombay (now Mumbai) in 1969. His brother Gufi Paintal played the role Shakuni in B.R. Chopra hit show 'Mahabharat (1988 TV series)', in which he himself played the roles of Shikhandi and Sudama. His son, Hiten Paintal, is also an actor, who worked in movies such as Dil Maange More (2004) and Bachna Ae Haseeno (2008)


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Born:
Aug 8, 1947 In Tarn Taran
Movie/TV Credits:
33
First Appeared:
In the movie Mere Apne 1971-09-10
Latest Project:
Movie 30 Minutes 2016-12-09
Known For
Poster of Vidhaata
Poster of Dostana
Poster of Jawani Diwani
Poster of Bawarchi
Filmography
Movie 30 Minutes Shashanks father 2016-12-09
Series The Kapil Sharma Show Self 2016-04-23
Movie Kaalo Pandit Ram Srivastav 2010-12-17
Movie Janam Kundli 1995-05-12
Movie Pyar Ke Naam Qurban Gulfam 1990-01-05
Movie Insaniyat Ke Dushman Das 1987-01-02
Movie Dilwaala Mr. Narayan 1986-02-07
Movie Kalakaar Ravi's neighbour 1983-12-09
Movie Satte Pe Satta Budh Anand 1982-01-22
Movie Vidhaata Muthuswamy 1982-09-03
Movie Shriman Shrimati 1982-03-05
Movie Saajan Ki Saheli Saawan Kumar 1981-01-30
Movie The Burning Train Passenger in toilet 1980-03-20
Movie Dostana Eve-Teaser 1980-10-17
Movie Duniya Meri Jeb Mein Bhaskar 1979-07-26
Movie College Girl 1978-08-24
Movie Saheb Bahadur Madhav 1977-01-01
Movie Charandas Pinto 1977-10-21
Movie Chala Murari Hero Banne 1977-01-01
Movie Deewaangee Bill 1976-06-09
Movie Maa Vijay's Employee 1976-08-02
Movie Balika Badhu Shambhu 1976-08-20
Movie Saazish 1975-01-01
Movie Anari Harish 1975-02-04
Movie Heera Panna Kamal 1973-01-01
Movie Aaj Ki Taaza Khabar Champak Bhumia 1973-01-01
Movie Bawarchi Guruji 1972-04-07
Movie Piya Ka Ghar Arun 1972-02-23
Movie Jawani Diwani Rattan 1972-07-14
Movie Parichay Panditji (Astrologer) 1972-10-18
Movie Gomti Ke Kinare Film Kumar 1972-11-22
Movie Mere Apne Bansi 1971-09-10
Movie Lal Patthar 1971-12-31
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