Kiran Kumar (born as Deepak Dhar; 20 October 1953) is an Indian screen and theatre actor. He has worked in numerous

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television and film productions. His latest work in drama is ''Charlie 2''.

Personal life

Kumar comes from an aristocratic Kashmiri Pandit family; his great-grandfather was a nobleman who governed the

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as its Wazir-e-Wazarat.

Career

Films

He attended Daly College, a boarding school in

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, enrolled at R.D. National College in

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, and later joined the

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(FTII) in

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. He was known as "Deepak Dhar" in

among his friends. Kumar starred in ''Do Boond Pani'' in 1971 and went on to play the lead roles in several more movies. Kumar saw his career suffer with the release of movies like ''Jangal Mein Mangal'', among others. Rakesh Roshan's '' Khudgarz'' got him back to Hindi cinema, in which negative roles in films like

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and Khuda Gawah won him accolades as an antihero.

Television

One of his first television series was with Cinevistas (Sunil Mehta, Prem Kishen). He has since established himself as a

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star in the

industry in series such as: ''Zindagi'', '' Ghutan'', ''Sahil'',''Manzil'', '' Grihasti'', '' Katha Sagar'', ''Aur Phir ek Din'', ''Papa'', '' Miilee'', ''Chhajje Chajje Ka Pyar'' and more. Kiran was last seen on the silver screen in ''Dharma's Brothers'', along with Akshay Kumar, Jackie Shroff and Siddharth Malhotra. Before that, he played Anees Khan in Born Free Production's ''Bobby Jasoos''. Soham Shah's next release with

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''Sher'', (This film is currently stuck in the cans due to Dutt's recent incarceration) also stars Kiran as the lead antagonist.

Filmography

Television

* ''Aashiana'' -

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* ''Army'' -

* ''Manzil'' -

* ''Zindagi'' -

Awards and nominations

* Filmfare Award for Best Performance in Negative Role (1992) (nominated for '' Khuda Gawah'') * Mayor's Award, for Ghutan * Mayor's Award, for Aur Phir ek Din

References

External links

*
Interview for IndianTelevision.cm

Interview for tellychakkar.com

Times of India interview
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