Known For: Indian comic actor
Category: Actors
Country: India
Kanwarjit Paintal, better known as Paintal, 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 in 1969. His brother Gufi Paintal played the role Shakuni in B.R. Chopra hit show 'Mahabharat ', 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).
| BirthPlace | Tarn Taran district |
| Awards | Filmfare Awards |
| Siblings | Gufi Paintal |
| Wikipedia | Paintal_(comedian) |
Vikram Aur Betaal as Dagdoo Ssshhhh...Koi Hai-Bhediya as Werewolf Ssshhhh...Koi Hai-Khoj Mahabharat on DD National (October 1988 – June 1990) – Sudama and Shikhandi Jai Mata Ki sage Narada Daal Mein Kala on Star Plus (1988) as Various characters NatKhat on Zee TV (1994) Pyar Zindagi Hai on Zee TV (2003) Ladoo Singh Taxiwala (1976 The first ever doordarshan serial) CID (Indian TV series) as Ghanashyam in Episode 409 Amber Dhara on Sony TV (September 2007 – April 2008) – Mahendra Pratap Dixit Pyaar Ka Dard Hai Meetha Meetha Pyaara Pyaara on (Star Plus) as Jagdish Prasad Gupta (2012–14) Ek Shringaar-Swabhiman on Colors TV as Sujan Singh Chauhan (2016–17) Piya Albela on Zee TV (2017–18) as Kashinath Vyas Partners Trouble Ho Gayi Double (2017) - Special Appearance Shakti - Astitva Ke Ehsaas Ki on Colors TV as Baksh Singh (2020) Kabhi Kabhie Ittefaq Sey on StarPlus as Charudutt Kulshresta Mehndi Wala Ghar as Hari Agarwal
