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Kulbhushan Kharbanda

1944 - Today

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Kulbhushan Kharbanda (born 21 October 1944) is an Indian actor who works in Hindi and Punjabi films. He is best known for his role as the antagonist Shakaal in Shaan (1980), Starting off with the Delhi-based theatre group borkh in 1974. He worked in several parallel cinema films before working in the mainstream Hindi film industry. He appeared in Mahesh Bhatt's classic Arth (1982), Ek Chadar Maili Si (1986), Waaris (1988), and in all three parts of Deepa Mehta's Elements trilogy: Fire (1996), Earth (1998), and Water (2005). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2024). Kulbhushan Kharbanda is the 9,536th most popular actor (down from 7,651st in 2024), the 149th most popular biography from Pakistan (down from 112th in 2019) and the 26th most popular Pakistani Actor.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1944, Kulbhushan Kharbanda ranks 728Before him are Celeste Yarnall, Julia Phillips, Richard A. Muller, Cathy Lee Crosby, Paul Scully-Power, and Mike Oxley. After him are Peter Asher, Ed Rendell, Veronica Carlson, Steve Jones, Bill Ayers, and Doris Matsui.

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In Pakistan

Among people born in Pakistan, Kulbhushan Kharbanda ranks 149 out of 217Before him are Keshav Dutt (1925), Aafia Siddiqui (1972), Kuldip Nayar (1923), Noor Alam (1929), Ramesh Sippy (1947), and Shamshad Begum (1919). After him are Suresh Oberoi (1946), Sartaj Aziz (1929), Meera (1977), Ram Jethmalani (1923), Bina Rai (1931), and Hamid Mir (1966).

Among ACTORS In Pakistan

Among actors born in Pakistan, Kulbhushan Kharbanda ranks 26Before him are Prem Chopra (1935), Sadhana Shivdasani (1941), Fawad Khan (1981), Sultan Rahi (1938), Suraiya (1929), and A. K. Hangal (1915). After him are Suresh Oberoi (1946), Meera (1977), Bina Rai (1931), Imran Abbas (1977), Salma Agha (1956), and Iqbal Theba (1963).