| Name(s) |
AVTAR KISHAN (A.K.)
HANGAL |
| Date of
Birth |
February 01, 1917
– Sialkot, Punjab, Undivided India. |
| Date of
Death |
August 26, 2012 |
|
Other Events &
Developments |
- An unparallelled character actor
of Bollywood, who started at the age
of 50.
- He was an Indian freedom fighter
from 1929–1947 and also stage actor
from 1936–1965 and later became a
character actor in Hindi language
films from 1966–2005.
- He has acted in around 225 Hindi
films in his acting career.
- His primary occupation for the
early part of his life was that of a
tailor.
- He moved to Bombay after the
Partition of India in 1949 after 3
years in prison in Pakistan. He was
jailed because he was a communist.
|
|
Awards and Accolades |
The government of India awarded him the
Padma Bhushan for his
contribution to Hindi Cinema in 2006. |
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