Kanwarjit Paintal (comedian)

Kanwarjit Paintal
Paintal in 2009
Born	Kanwarjit Singh Paintal (1948-08-22) 22 August 1948 (age 76) Tarn Taran, East Punjab, India
Occupation	Actor
Children	Hiten Paintal
Relatives	Gufi Paintal (brother)

Kanwarjit Paintal, better known as Paintal (born 22 August 1948), 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 (now Mumbai) in 1969. His brother Gufi Paintal played the role Shakuni in B.R. Chopra hit show 'Mahabharat (1988 TV series)', 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).^[1]

Some of Paintal's notable roles included Rattan in Jawani Diwani (1972), Salma in Rafoo Chakkar (1975), Guruji in Bawarchi (1972), Arun in Piya Ka Ghar (1972), Panditji (Astrologer) in Parichay (1972), Totaram in Jangal Mein Mangal (1972), Kamal in Heera Panna (1973), Headmaster in Roti (1974), Ramu in Khote Sikkay (1973), and Budh Anand in Satte Pe Satta (1982). One of his most notable roles was as Champak Boomia in Aaj Ki Taaza Khabar (1973). The film became very successful for the character 'Champak Bhumia' played by him. From playing comic roles, Paintal has moved on to play serious character roles, most recent of which is in the television drama Pyar Ka Dard Hain Kuch Meetha Meetha.

• 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^[3] as Charudutt Kulshresta
• Mehndi Wala Ghar as Hari Agarwal

• Paintal at IMDb
• Shikhandi a pivotal character