Vinod Nagpal

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Vinod Nagpal
Born (1940-09-26) 26 September 1940 (age 83)
Occupations
  • Actor
  • classical singer
Years active1980–present
SpouseKavita Nagpal (died)

Vinod Nagpal is an Indian film, stage and television actor and a trained classical singer, who mainly works in Hindi cinema. He has appeared in movies, mostly as a character actor. [1]

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Career

He made his screen debut with Chashme Buddoor (1981). [2] He is best known for his portrayal of Basesar Ram in the first Indian television serial Hum Log (1984). [3] [4] [5] After his big breakthrough with Hum Log , he appeared in many commercially and critically acclaimed films like Naache Mayuri (1986), Bhrashtachar (1989), Paappi Devataa (1995), Dance of the Wind (1997), Tarkieb (2000), Khosla Ka Ghosla (2006), Aaja Nachle (2007), Luv Shuv Tey Chicken Khurana (2012), Pink (2016), Blue Mountains (2017), Jolly LLB 2 (2017) and Manto (2018). [6]

Despite Hindi films, Nagpal has appeared in five English language films and in an English television show like The Perfect Murder (1988), The Curse of King Tut's Tomb (2006), The Last Days of the Raj (2007), The Cheetah Girls: One World (2008), Tigers (2014) and The Far Pavilions (1984). [7]

In 2008, he played the lead role in a short film named Good Night , which was written and directed by Geetika Narang. It won many accolades including Best Short Film Award at the MIAAC Film Festival in United States.

He is also a trained classical singer. He has performed many songs in theatre. In July 2006, he performed marathi theatre songs with his troupe on the occasion of silver jubilee celebration of Natya Shodh Sansthan at Shishir Manch.

Personal life

Vinod Nagpal has been married to Kavita Nagpal. [8] She was a theatre critic, director and writer, she used to write in Hindustan Times and also in Asian Aid occasionally. She had also directed and written plays. She also directed her husband (Vinod) in one of her plays. She died on 23 November 2021.

Nagpal was a very good friend to director Mani Kaul. [9]

Filmography

Films

YearFilmRoleNotes
1981 Chashme Buddoor Music Instructor
1986 Karma Tripathi Ji
Naache Mayuri Advocate Gyaneshwar Prasad
1987Janjaal
1988 The Perfect Murder MinisterEnglish film
1989Paap Ki Sazaa
Adhuri Zindagi
Bhrashtachar Ronak Lal
1990 Police Public Mantri
1991 Begunaah Rajan's chacha
1995 Paappi Devataa Pandu
1997 Dance of the Wind Mr. Thakkar
2000 Tarkieb Chandrakant Chaubey
2005 Main, Meri Patni Aur Woh Advocate Kishori Lal Mishra
2006 The Curse of King Tut's Tomb Dr. HassanEnglish film
Khosla Ka Ghosla Sahni Saab
2007The Last Days of the RajTara SinghEnglish film
Chhodon Naa Yaar
Aaja Nachle Mr. Shrivastav
2008 Good Night Madan Mohan KhullarShort film
The Cheetah Girls: One World Swami JiEnglish film
2009Coffee HouseJarnail Singh
2012 Luv Shuv Tey Chicken Khurana Daar Ji
2014 Tigers MustafaEnglish film
2016 Pink Kasturi Lal (Landlord)
2017 Jolly LLB 2 Zahoor Siddiqui
Blue Mountains Guru Ji
2018 Manto Bishan Singh
The Great Freedom Fighter Lokmanya Bal Gangadhar TilakFirozshah Mehta
Namaste England Sam's Grandfather
2023 Gulmohar Baba, Arun's biological father
2023 Sukhee Sukhee's grand father-in-law

Television

YearShowRole
1984The Far PavilionsGobind Dass
1984-1985 Hum Log Basesar Ram
1987-1988 Buniyaad Shyamlal
1993-1994Chere Pe Chera
TBAUntitled Ayappa K.M. projectBrijesh Das Verma

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