Dharmesh Tiwari (27 April 1951 – 6 August 2014) was an Indian actor and film director. He is memorable for portraying
Kripacharya
Kripa ( sa, कृप, Kṛpa, pity), also known as Kripacharya ( sa, कृपाचार्य, Kṛpācārya, Kripa the master), is a figure in Hindu mythology. According to the epic ''Mahabharata'', he was a council member of Kuru Kingdom ...
in the TV series ''
Mahabharat'' and Malayraj in
''Chanakya''.
He essayed the role of a judge on the Hindi TV serial
Kanoon.
He directed and wrote the script for
Mahabharat Aur Barbareek in 2013. This was his last project.
In 2001, he was Honorary General Secretary of Cine and TV Artistes Association.
In 2003, he was president of the
Federation of Western India Cine Employees, a film worker's union.
Dharmesh also did the role of
Jaswant Singh in as
ABP News
ABP News is an Indian Hindi-language free-to-air television news channel owned by ABP Group. The news channel was launched in 1998 originally as STAR News before being acquired by ABP Group. It won the Best Hindi News Channel award in the 21st ...
26 episodes series of political show
Pradhanmantri
''Pradhanmantri'' () is an Indian television political documentary series, hosted by actor-director Shekhar Kapur on Hindi news channel ABP News. It premiered on 13 July 2013. It aimed to bring to the audience never-seen-before facts of Indian ...
in 2013.
Tiwari died of diabetes at the age of 63 on 6 August 2014.
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1951 births
Film directors from Chandigarh
2014 deaths
Indian male television actors
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