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'''Kanwarjit Paintal''', better known as '''Paintal''', started off as an [[India]]n comic actor and moved on to teaching the art of acting. He has extensively worked not only in numerous movies but also television.
'''Kanwarjit Paintal''', better known as '''Paintal''', started off as an [[India]]n comic actor and moved on to teaching the art of acting. He has extensively worked not only in numerous movies but also television.
Paintal learnt acting at the [[Film and Television Institute of India]] and now in 2008 is the Head of the Acting Department for FTII. He came to Bombay (now [[Mumbai]]) in 1969<ref>{{cite web
Paintal learnt acting at the [[Film and Television Institute of India]] and now in 2008 is the Head of the Acting Department for FTII. He came to Bombay (now [[Mumbai]]) in 1969.His son Hiten Paintal is also an actor, currently working in a YashRaj Film "Bachna Ae Haseeno".
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His son Hiten Paintal is also an actor, currently working in a YashRaj Film "Bachna Ae Haseeno".
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Kanwarjit Paintal, better known as Paintal, started off as an Indian comic actor and moved on to teaching the art of acting. He has extensively worked not only in numerous movies but also television. Paintal learnt acting at the Film and Television Institute of India and now in 2008 is the Head of the Acting Department for FTII. He came to Bombay (now Mumbai) in 1969.His son Hiten Paintal is also an actor, currently working in a YashRaj Film "Bachna Ae Haseeno". [1].

Filmography

Some of Paintal's notable roles included Rattan in Jawani Diwani (1972), Guruji in Bawarchi (1972), Arun in Piya Ka Ghar (1972), Panditji (Astrologer) in Parichay (1972), Totaram in Jangal Mein Mangal (1972), Kamal in Heera Panna (1973), Headmaster in Roti (1974), and Budh Anand in Satte Pe Satta (1982). One of his most notable roles was as Champak Boomia in Aaj Ki Taaza Khabar (1973). The film wasn't very successful, though.

In Mahabharat (TV series), he played Shikhandi.

Bollywood films

Television

Awards and nominations

Sourced from IndiaFM.com[2]

References

  1. ^ "Sibling revelry". Retrieved 2006-11-12.
  2. ^ "Paintal: Awards". Retrieved 2006-11-12.