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)
Acting
TV
Mahabharat
as Shikhandi
1988
TV
The Kapil Sharma Show
as Self
2016
Movie
Satte Pe Satta
as Budh Anand
1982
TV
C.I.D.
as Ghanshyam
1998
Movie
Bawarchi
as Guruji
1972
Movie
The Burning Train
as Passenger in toilet
1980
Movie
Sadma
as Paintal
1983
Movie
Dostana
as Eve-Teaser
1980
Movie
Fun2shh... Dudes in the 10th Century
2003
Movie
Parichay
as Panditji (Astrologer)
1972
Movie
Mere Apne
as Bansi
1971
Movie
Manoranjan
1974
Movie
Kaalo
as Pandit Ram Srivastav
2010
Movie
Pyar Ke Naam Qurban
as Gulfam
1990
Movie
Vidhaata
as Muthuswamy
1982
Movie
Heera Panna
as Kamal
1973
Movie
Ikke Pe Ikka
1994
Movie
Roti
1974
Movie
Aaj Ki Taaza Khabar
as Champak Bhumia
1973
Movie
Jawani Diwani
as Rattan
1972
Movie
Laila-Majnu
as Jafran
1976
Movie
Shriman Shrimati
1982
Movie
30 Minutes
as Shashanks father
2016
Movie
Janam Kundli
1995