Amar Talwar

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Amar Talwar
Born (1949-12-21) 21 December 1949 (age 75) [1]
NationalityIndian
Occupation Actor
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.

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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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YearFilmRoleNotes
2015Feast of VaranasiCBI Asst Director Singh
2015 Baby Minister Pradhan
2010 Mittal v/s Mittal Karan's Father
2007PartitionKhan
2006 Corporate Anand Ruia
2003Multi-taskMahesh GhodboleShort
2002 Bhavam Thakker Malayalam film
2002KabbarliNaina'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

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