Kanwarjeet Paintal

Kanwarjit Paintal Walia better known as Paintal born 22 August 1948 is an Indian actor and comedian He started off as a comic actor and moved on to teaching the art of acting He has extensively worked not only in numerous movies but also television He was born into a Sikh family in a village named Tarn Taran which is near Amritsar Punjab He lived his early life with his family members in Sadar Bazaar Delhi Paintal learnt acting at the Film and Television Institute of India and in 2008 was the Head of the Acting Department of FTII He came to Bombay now Mumbai in 1969 His brother Gufi Paintal played the role Shakuni in BR Chopra hit show Mahabharat 1988 TV series in which he himself played the roles of Shikhandi and Sudama His son Hiten Paintal is also an actor who worked in movies such as Dil Maange More 2004 and Bachna Ae Haseeno 2008