Lalit Behl (15 August 1949 – 23 April 2021) was an Indian actor, director, producer and writer.
Early life
Lali Behl started acting as a college student and won inter varsity contest. He formed a theatre group at
Kapurthala
Kapurthala () is a city in Punjab state of India. It is the administrative headquarters of Kapurthala District. It was the capital of the Kapurthala State, a princely state in British India. The aesthetic mix of the city with its prominent b ...
(
Punjab
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) along with theatre enthusiasts Satish Sharma,
Ravi Deep,
Pramod Moutho
Pramod Moutho (Pramod Sharma; born 7 May 1955) is an Indian film and television actor. He has appeared as a villain in number of noted Bollywood films, like '' Khalnayak'' (1993), '' Dilwale'' (1994), ''Raja Hindustani'' (1996), ''Mehndi'' (19 ...
Kamal Sharma his college friend and
Harjeet Walia. He directed a number of stage plays including ''Kya Number Badlega'', ''Chhatrian'', ''Nayak Katha'', ''Hara Samander Gopichander'', ''Kumarswami'' and ''Suryast''. He was a gold medalist from the Department of Indian Theatre,
Panjab University, Chandigarh
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. He acted in plays by
Mohan Maharishi.
Career
Lalit Behl shifted to
Delhi
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after doing his diploma in Indian Theatre and worked with Shriram Center and National School of Drama Repertory Company as a stage actor. he left his job to jump into the arena of television as a freelance producer director. He has produced and directed for
Doordarshan
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telefilm
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s such as ''Tapish'', ''Happy Birthday'', ''Aatish'' and ''Sunehri Jild'' and
TV serials including ''Afsane'', ''Ved Vyas Ke Pote'', ''Mahasangram'', ''Khanabadosh'', ''Viji'' and ''Sada-e-Vadi''.
As producer
* ''Tapish'' (Hindi Telefilm)
* ''Happy Birthday'' (Hindi Telefilm)
* ''Aatish'' (Hindi Telefilm)
* ''Afsane'' (Hindi TV Serial)
* ''Ved Vyas Ke Pote'' (Hindi TV Serial)
* ''Mahasangram'' (TV Serial)
* ''Viji'' (TV Serial)
* ''Khanabadosh'' (Urdu TV Serial)
* ''Sunehri Jild'' (Punjabi Telefilm)
* ''Sada-E-Vadi'' (Hindi TV Serial)
As director
* ''Kya Number Badlega'' (Stage Play)
* ''Surya Ki Antim Kiran Se surya Ki Pehli Kiran Tak'' (Stage Play)
* ''Suryast'' (Stage Play)
* ''Tapish'' (Hindi Telefilm)
* ''Happy Birthday'' (Hindi Telefilm)
* ''Aatish'' (Hindi Telefilm)
* ''Afsane'' (Hindi TV Serial)
* ''Ved Vyas Ke Pote'' (Hindi TV Serial)
* ''Mahasangram'' (TV Serial)
* ''Viji'' (TV Serial)
* ''Khanabadosh'' (Urdu TV Serial)
* ''Sunehri Jild'' (Punjabi Telefilm)
* ''Sada-E-Vadi'' (Hindi TV Serial)
As actor
* ''Naye Khudaa'' (Stage Play)
* ''Godot Ki Aamad'' (Stage Play)
* ''Surya Ki Antim Kiran Se surya Ki Pehli Kiran Tak'', (Stage Play 1976)
* ''Supne Te Parchhaven'' (Punjabi TV Serial)
* ''Kumarswami'' (Stage Play)
* ''Suryast'' (Stage Play)
* ''Joseph K. Ka Muqaddama'' (Stage Play 1981)
* ''Death of a Salesman'' (Stage Play)
* ''Tapish'' (Hindi Telefilm)
* ''Chirion Ka Chamba'' (Hindi Telefilm)
* ''Rani Kokilan'' (Telefilm)
* ''Happy Birthday'' (Hindi Telefilm)
* ''Aatish'' (Hindi Telefilm)
* ''Afsane'' (Hindi TV Serial)
* ''Sunehri Jild'' (Punjabi Telefilm)
* ''Sada-E-Vadi'' (Hindi TV Serial)
* ''
Titli'' (2014) (Hindi film)
* ''
Mukti Bhawan'' (Hindi Feature Film)
* ''
Made in Heaven
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'' -2019 (Indian Web Series - Amazon Prime)
*
Judgementall Hai Kya - 2019
Family
Lalit Behl's wife
Navnindra Behl is also a writer, director, producer and actress. His son,
Kanu Behl, is a film writer and director.
References
External links
*https://web.archive.org/web/20100806190244/http://www.mohanmaharishi.in/productions/josephk1981.php
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1949 births
2021 deaths
Indian male film actors
People from Punjab, India
Indian television producers
Indian male stage actors
Indian theatre directors
Male actors in Hindi cinema
Deaths from the COVID-19 pandemic in India
Actors in Hindi theatre