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Wikipedia / Kiran Kumar

Kiran Kumar is an Indian screen and theatre actor. He has worked in over 300 films in Hindi, Bhojpuri and Gujarati cinemas and television productions. His latest work in drama is Charlie 2.

Personal life

Kumar was born Deepak Dhar on 20 October 1955 in Srinagar, in the Kashmir Valley of the Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir, into an aristocratic Kashmiri Pandit family. His father Omkar Nath Dhar was the famous Hindi cinema actor better known as Jeevan. His great-grandfather was a nobleman who governed the Gilgit Agency under the suzerainty of the princely state of Jammu and Kashmir during the British Raj, as its Wazir-e-Wazarat (lit. Minister of the Ministry or Minister of the Ministers, i.e. Chief Minister).

Career

Films

He attended Daly College, a boarding school in Indore, enrolled at R.D. National College in Bandra, Mumbai, and later joined the Film and Television Institute of India (FTII) in Pune.

Television

One of his first television series was with Cinevistas (Sunil Mehta, Prem Kishen). He has since established himself as a star in the Indian television industry in series such as Zindagi, Ghutan, Sahil, Manzil, Grihasti, and Katha Sagar.

Filmography

Television

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