Kanwarjeet Paintal
Age: N/A | From: Tarn Taran
Person Details
Birthday:
Aliases: पेंटल
Gender: Male
Place of birth: Tarn Taran
Homepage:
Movie Involvements: 46
TV Involvements: 2
Most Famous Work
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)
Most Famous Work
Mahabharat
(1988) Shikhandi
Amber Dhara
(2007) Mahendra Pratap Dixit
Dostana
(1980) Eve-Teaser
Vidhaata
(1982) Muthuswamy
Duniya Meri Jeb Mein
(1979) Bhaskar
Saajan Ki Saheli
(1981) Saawan Kumar
Sadma
(1983) Paintal
Kaalo
(2010) Pandit Ram SrivastavActing
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | N/A | |
| Judge | ||
| Charudutt | ||
| 2016 | Shashanks father | |
| Self | ||
| 2010 | Pandit Ram Srivastav | |
| 2007 | Mahendra Pratap Dixit | |
| 1999 | Mano Bhai | |
| 1995 | Havaldar | |
| N/A | ||
| 1991 | Sher Singh | |
| 1990 | N/A | |
| Gulfam | ||
| 1988 | Shikhandi | |
| 1987 | N/A | |
| Das | ||
| N/A | ||
| 1986 | N/A | |
| Mantu | ||
| Mr. Narayan | ||
| N/A | ||
| 1985 | Dasbihari Brahmachari | |
| Vinod | ||
| 1984 | N/A | |
| Ladhu Gopal | ||
| N/A | ||
| Bar waiter | ||
| 1983 | Ravi's neighbour | |
| Paintal | ||
| 1982 | Muthuswamy | |
| Main In-charge of Training Manners | ||
| N/A | ||
| Budh Anand | ||
| 1981 | Saawan Kumar | |
| Rakesh | ||
| 1980 | Eve-Teaser | |
| Passenger in toilet | ||
| Rakesh | ||
| 1979 | Bhaskar | |
| 1978 | N/A | |
| Vishal's friend | ||
| Jimmy | ||
| N/A | ||
| 1977 | Pinto | |
| Bunny | ||
| N/A | ||
| Madhav | ||
| N/A | ||
| N/A | ||
| 1976 | Jafran | |
| Shambhu | ||
| Vijay's Employee | ||
| Mithu | ||
| Bill | ||
| 1975 | Harish | |
| Salim | ||
| N/A | ||
| 1974 | N/A | |
| Paintal | ||
| Pancham | ||
| 1973 | Champak Bhumia | |
| Kamal | ||
| 1972 | Totaram (as Paintal) | |
| Film Kumar | ||
| Panditji (Astrologer) | ||
| Rattan | ||
| Guruji | ||
| Arun | ||
| Pascal | ||
| Cinema Spectator | ||
| 1971 | N/A | |
| Bansi | ||
| N/A | ||
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
