{{short description|Indian actor (born 1945)}}
{{short description|Indian actor}}
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{{Use Indian English|date=August 2021}}
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| image = KiranKumar.jpg
| image = KiranKumar.jpg
| caption = Kiran Kumar in March 2013
| caption = Kiran Kumar in March 2013
| birth_name = Deepak Dhar
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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1945|10|20|df=yes}}
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| birth_place = [[Mumbai | Bombay]], [[Bombay Presidency]], [[India]]
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| occupation = Actor
| occupation = Actor
| years_active = 1960–present
| years_active = 1960–present
| parents = [[Jeevan (Hindi actor)|Jeevan]] (father)
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| spouse =
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| education = Film and Television Institute of India, [[Daly College]] [[Indore]]
| education = Film and Television Institute of India
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”’Kiran Kumar”’ (born ”’Deepak Dhar”’; 20 October 1945) is an Indian screen and theatre actor. He has worked in numerous [[Hindi]], [[Bhojpuri language|Bhojpuri]] and [[Gujarati cinema|Gujarati]] television and film productions.<ref>{{cite news |title=In the limelight: Seasoned actor Kiran Kumar talks of the many shades of his career |url=http://www.hindu.com/mp/2008/11/13/stories/2008111350900400.htm |work=[[The Hindu]] |date=13 November 2008 |access-date=8 April 2012 |archive-date=20 April 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140420162408/http://www.hindu.com/mp/2008/11/13/stories/2008111350900400.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref> His latest work in drama is ”Charlie 2”.<ref>{{cite web |title=CHARLIE 2 Hindi Play/Drama |url=http://www.mumbaitheatreguide.com/dramas/hindi/charlie-2-hindi-play-preview.asp# |website=www.mumbaitheatreguide.com |access-date=13 January 2020 |archive-date=18 July 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180718174646/http://www.mumbaitheatreguide.com/dramas/hindi/charlie-2-hindi-play-preview.asp |url-status=live }}</ref>
”’Kiran Kumar”’ is an Indian screen and theatre actor. He has worked in numerous [[Hindi]], [[Bhojpuri language|Bhojpuri]] and [[Gujarati cinema|Gujarati]] television and film productions.<ref>{{cite news |title=In the limelight: Seasoned actor Kiran Kumar talks of the many shades of his career |url=http://www.hindu.com/mp/2008/11/13/stories/2008111350900400.htm |work=[[The Hindu]] |date=13 November 2008 |access-date=8 April 2012 |archive-date=20 April 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140420162408/http://www.hindu.com/mp/2008/11/13/stories/2008111350900400.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref> His latest work in drama is ”Charlie 2”.<ref>{{cite web |title=CHARLIE 2 Hindi Play/Drama |url=http://www.mumbaitheatreguide.com/dramas/hindi/charlie-2-hindi-play-preview.asp# |website=www.mumbaitheatreguide.com |access-date=13 January 2020 |archive-date=18 July 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180718174646/http://www.mumbaitheatreguide.com/dramas/hindi/charlie-2-hindi-play-preview.asp |url-status=live }}</ref>
==Personal life==
==Personal life==
==Career==
==Career==
===Films===
===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]]. He was known as “Deepak Dhar” in [[Film and Television Institute of India]] among his friends.<ref name=”interview_indiantv”/> Kumar starred in ”Do Boond Pani” in 1971 and went on to play the lead roles in several more movies. Kumar saw his career suffer with the release of movies like ”Jangal Mein Mangal”, among others. Rakesh Roshan’s ”[[Khudgarz]]” got him back to Hindi cinema, in which negative roles in films like [[Tezaab]] and [[Khuda Gawah]] won him accolades as an antihero.
He attended 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]].<ref name=”interview_indiantv”/> Kumar starred in ”Do Boond Pani” in 1971 and went on to play the lead roles in several more movies. Kumar saw his career suffer with the release of movies like ”Jangal Mein Mangal”, among others. Rakesh Roshan’s ”[[Khudgarz]]” got him back to Hindi cinema, in which negative roles in films like [[Tezaab]] and [[Khuda Gawah]] won him accolades as an antihero.
===Television===
===Television===
[[Category:Kashmiri Pandits]]
[[Category:Kashmiri Pandits]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Male actors from Indore]]
[[Category:20th-century Indian male actors]]
[[Category:20th-century Indian male actors]]
[[Category:21st-century Indian male actors]]
[[Category:21st-century Indian male actors]]
[[Category:Male actors in Gujarati-language films]]
[[Category:Male actors in Gujarati-language films]]
[[Category:1935 births]]
[[Category:Daly College alumni]]
Indian actor
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Kiran Kumar |
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 Kiran Kumar in March 2013 |
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| Education | Film and Television Institute of India |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1960–present |
Kiran Kumar is an Indian screen and theatre actor. He has worked in numerous Hindi, Bhojpuri and Gujarati television and film productions.[1] His latest work in drama is Charlie 2.[2]
Personal life
Kumar comes from an aristocratic Hindu Kashmiri Pandits family; his great-grandfather was a nobleman who governed the Gilgit Agency as its Wazir-e-Wazarat (lit Minister of the Ministry or Minister of the Ministers, i.e. Chief Minister) under the suzerainty of princely state of Kashmir.[3] He is son of veteran actor Jeevan.
Career
Films
He attended 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.[3] Kumar starred in Do Boond Pani in 1971 and went on to play the lead roles in several more movies. Kumar saw his career suffer with the release of movies like Jangal Mein Mangal, among others. Rakesh Roshan’s Khudgarz got him back to Hindi cinema, in which negative roles in films like Tezaab and Khuda Gawah won him accolades as an antihero.
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,[4] Sahil, Manzil, Grihasti, Katha Sagar, Aur Phir ek Din, Papa, Miilee, and Chhajje Chajje Ka Pyar.
Kiran made his most recent film appearance in Brothers, alongside Akshay Kumar, Jackie Shroff and Siddharth Malhotra. Before that, he played Anees Khan in Born Free Production’s Bobby Jasoos. Soham Shah’s next release with Sanjay Dutt Sher, (This film is currently stuck in the cans due to Dutt’s recent incarceration) also stars Kiran as the lead antagonist.
Filmography
Television
Awards and nominations
- Filmfare Award for Best Performance in Negative Role (1992) (nominated for Khuda Gawah)[12]
- Mayor’s Award, for Ghutan[3]
- Mayor’s Award, for Aur Phir ek Din[3]
