Amar Talwar

Amar Talwar
Born (1949-12-21) 21 December 1949 (age 75)[1]
Jalandhar, East Punjab, India
NationalityIndian
OccupationActor
Years active1994–present

Amar Talwar (born 21 December 1949)[2] is an Indian artist and Bollywood actor. He appeared in the historic television series Shanti, in which he played Raj 'G.J.' Singh.

Born to a Sikh family on 21 December 1949,[3] Talwar was educated at the Lawrence School, Sanawar, along with his brother Rana Talwar.[4]

Before becoming an actor Talwar worked as a photojournalist. He is originally from Chandigarh[5] but moved to Delhi for work. He joined UNICEF as photo journalist for the Girl Child Division and also for the Ford Foundation, amongst others. Along with being a photo journalist he started stage acting. His appeared with Amitabh Bachchan in the movie Kabhi Khushi Kabhi Gham, where he portrayed Rani Mukerji's character's father.[6]

Filmography

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Year Film Role Notes
2015 Feast of Varanasi CBI Asst Director Singh
2015 Baby Minister Pradhan
2010 Mittal v/s Mittal Karan's Father
2007 Partition Khan
2006 Corporate Anand Ruia
2003 Multi-task Mahesh Ghodbole Short
2002 Bhavam Thakker Malayalam film
2002 Kabbarli Naina's dad English film
2005 The Film Diamond Man Sharad Shah
2004 Deewaar General Brar
2003 Bhoot Thakker
2001 Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham Naina's dad

Television

References

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  2. ^ "Wish you many more happy returns of the day uncle happy birthday". www.instagram.com. 25 December 2022. Retrieved 25 December 2022.
  3. ^ "Janmdivash ki hardik shubhkamnaye". www.instagram.com. 25 December 2022. Retrieved 25 December 2022.
  4. ^ Geetika Sasan Bhandari, Sanawarians, they never gave in! Archived 18 May 2017 at the Wayback Machine dated 6 October 2001, at indiatimes.com, accessed 13 March 2012
  5. ^ "The Tribune, Chandigarh, India - Chandigarh Stories". Tribuneindia.com. Archived from the original on 11 May 2011. Retrieved 2 June 2011.
  6. ^ "Screen The Business Of Entertainment-Films-Short Takes". Screen. Retrieved 2 June 2011.[dead link‍]
  7. ^ "Amar Talwar". Moviestation.org. Archived from the original on 21 July 2011. Retrieved 2 June 2011.
  8. ^ "Amar Talwar on MotionEmpire". motionempire.com. Archived from the original on 14 May 2012. Retrieved 18 April 2012.
  9. ^ "Indians in Thailand - Mad About Money - a hilarious Indian comedy play in Bangkok". Thindian.com. 4 June 2007. Archived from the original on 17 October 2012. Retrieved 2 June 2011.