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Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1947-08-08

Place of Birth

Tarn Taran

Kanwarjeet Paintal

Biography

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)

Known for

C.I.D.

C.I.D.

A team of dedicated men and women in the Crime Investigation Department will risk everything to solve Mumbai's toughest, most complicated crimes.

The Kapil Sharma Show

The Kapil Sharma Show

Kapil Sharma is back with his gang - Bindu, Chandan and 'mohalle ki dhoban' Gudiya. In tow is a new character, Maski, along with Goli, Roopmati and more! Enjoy guaranteed laughter with Kapil and his antics as different celebrities join in.

Mahabharat

Mahabharat

A dynastic struggle occurs for the throne of Hastinapur, the kingdom ruled by the Kuru clan, between the Kauravas and Pandavas, collateral branches of the clan, which causes the Kurukshetra War.

Kabhi Kabhi Ittefaq Sey

Kabhi Kabhi Ittefaq Sey

Scientist Anubhav is From a middle-class Joint Family While Gungun Is a selectively Compassionate rich spoilt brat. What Happens When these two collied?

Piyaa Albela

Piyaa Albela

Naren, a spiritual loner spends most of his time doing social work, so his worried parents introduce him to Pooja, a college student, who changes his life in an unexpected way. They fall in love and get married, however on learning about some dosha in her horoscope that could kill Naren, she leaves him.

Amber Dhara

Amber Dhara

Amber Dhara is a Hindi language Indian television series that aired on Sony Entertainment Television from September 24, 2007 until April 24, 2008, based on the lives of two conjoined twins, Amber & Dhara.

Yaar Mera

Yaar Mera

A series of unfortunate events cause a recent migrant into Bombay to turn to a life of crime.

Vidhaata

Vidhaata

When a Police inspector is killed by a band of thugs, his grieving father Samsher Singh seeks justice. Pratap Singh has left behind a pregnant widow, who dies in chidbirth, leaving Samsher to bring up the child Kunal. The transformation of Samsher Singh (a locomotive engine driver) into Sobhraj, multi millionaire and owner of a vast network of business. Kunal is brought up by Abu Baba, a servant of Sobhraj to be honest, upright, and very independent minded. Durga, the daughter of a former employee of Sobhraj, who is serving time and Kunal fall in love. This not acceptable to his grandfather, though Abu Baba approves of the relationship. Disaster strikes when an attempt is made to separate the lovers. The life of Samsher Singh alias Sobhraj begins to unravel from here. How Kunal's ethical upbringing by his foster-father, and his financial and business circumstances of his grandfather meet in a titanic conscience clash and how he resolves matters is at the nexus of the plot.

Chakachak

Chakachak

A film for creating awareness about protection and improvement of environment and tackles issues such as greenery, solid waste management, air and water pollution, Vermi-culture littering, spitting etc.

Ghamandee

Ghamandee

Poor Kamlesh Loves rich and haughty Seema, but she hates him. Seema meets Prince Rakesh which changes her life altogether.

Bawarchi

Bawarchi

Desperate for a cook, the disgruntled Sharmas are relieved when a multi-talented man, Raghu, takes up the job. However, when all seems well, the family jewels disappear and so does Raghu.

Ikke Pe Ikka

Ikke Pe Ikka

Kailashnath is a wealthy widower, who lives in a palatial house with three grown sons, Randhir, Rajiv, Rishi, and a younger school-going son. He manages the business on his own, but would like his sons to also take an interest, in vain though, as all three have their own interest at heart (being a Bollywood actor, singing, and boxing) and no interest whatsoever in running a business or seeking employment. To add to this, Kailashnath must now contend with a new neighbor named Kaushalya, a widow, with three daughters (Komal, Kavita and Kanchan) and a rather plump maid-servant by the name of Guddi. It so happens that the daughters have similar interests as Kailashnath's sons. So the six match-up, romance, have fun, and would like to get married. Kailashnath refuses to permit his sons to get married until and unless they establish themselves and are able to stand on their respective feet...

Pyar Ke Naam Qurban

Pyar Ke Naam Qurban

A motor mechanic, Billo Chaudhary, creates waves in the local community when he dares to play Holi with the arrogant and wealthy Rajkumari Devika Singh. When she has him beaten and imprisoned by the police, he decides to avenge this humiliation by abducting her and inviting the wrath of her brother, Yeshwant - who sexually molests local women with impunity, who wants him dead at any and all costs.

30 Minutes

30 Minutes

30 MINUTES is a Physiological thriller and it explains the value of time. The story revolves around the continuous torture and violent beating of a child by his father even for small and unimportant tasks in order to enforce absolute punctuality on him. These childhood experiences cause lifelong psychiatric problems in the life of the child as he grows up to adulthood. He is a normal person in daily life and is efficiently working in a private firm. He starts having a love affair with a girl working in the same office but his life gets into serious troubles on many occasions due to his childhood nightmares. Tired and desperate to get over such frequent problems, he plans a very interesting, thrilling and dangerous game called 30 minutes.

Shirdi Ke Sai Baba

Shirdi Ke Sai Baba

Pooja lives with her doctor husband and a young son. Her son becomes seriously ill and does not respond to any medication, her husband wants him to be moved to a hospital for further .