Kulbhushan Kharbanda

Kulbhushan Kharbanda
Kulbhushan Kharbanda in 2012
Born (1944-10-21) 21 October 1944 (age 80)
Hasan Abdal, Punjab, British India
NationalityIndian
Alma materKirori Mal College, Delhi University, Aligarh Muslim University
OccupationActor
Years active1970–present

Kulbhushan Kharbanda (born 21 October 1944) is an Indian actor who works in Hindi and Punjabi films. He is best known for his role as the antagonist Shakaal in Shaan (1980),[1][2][3] Starting off with the Delhi-based theatre group 'Yatrik' in the 1960s, he moved to films with Sai Paranjpye's Jadu Ka Shankh in 1974. He worked in several parallel cinema films before working in the mainstream Hindi film industry. He appeared in Mahesh Bhatt's classic Arth (1982), Ek Chadar Maili Si (1986), Waaris (1988), and in all three parts of Deepa Mehta's Elements trilogy: Fire (1996), Earth (1998), and Water (2005).[4] After nearly two decades he was seen on the theatre stage at the Padatik Theatre in Kolkata in the production of Atmakatha, directed by Vinay Sharma.[5]

  1. ^ "Down movie lane". The Tribune. 1 July 2006. Archived from the original on 15 March 2016. Retrieved 9 March 2011.
  2. ^ "Bollywood's villains we love to hate". CNN-IBN. Archived from the original on 2 February 2014. Retrieved 9 March 2011.
  3. ^ "A homage to G P Sippy". Bollywood Hungama, Screen. 5 January 2008. Archived from the original on 21 May 2008.
  4. ^ "Adieu to stereotypes". The Hindu. Chennai, India. 20 October 2000. Archived from the original on 2 March 2009. Retrieved 23 December 2008.
  5. ^ "Atmakatha". Archived from the original on 18 May 2015. Retrieved 8 October 2013.