Mahipal (actor)

Mahipal
Born(1919-11-24)24 November 1919[1]
Jodhpur, India[1]
Died15 May 2005(2005-05-15) (aged 85)[1]
Mumbai, India
NationalityIndian
Other namesMahipal Chand Bhandari
OccupationActor
SpouseAkkal Kunwar[1]
ChildrenShushila Jain
Nirmala Oswal[1]

Mahipal (1919 -2005)[1] was an Indian actor who worked in bollywood mostly in stunt films like Parasmani, Zabak, Cobra Girl, Jantar Mantar, Arabian nights themed movies such as Alibaba and 40 Thieves, Aladdin Aur Jadui Chirag, Roop Lekha, Sunehari Nagin, Hindu mythological movies like Sampoorna Ramayan, Ganesh Mahima, Veer Bhimsen, Jai Santoshi Maa. He is known for playing the iconic role of Lord Vishnu, and his two avatars, Lord Rama and Lord Krishna in lot of various puranic, Ramayana, Mahabharata, Bhagavata Purana based movies, besides playing Tulsidas and Abhimanyu, and is also best known as the lead in V. Shantaram's Navrang (1959), and the songs "Tu Chhupi Hai Kahan Me Tadapta Yahan" and "baazigar me tu jaadugar". He acted in several well-known films of the 1950s and 1960s including V. Shantaram's Navrang (1959) and Babubhai Mistry's Parasmani (1963).[2]

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