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Kulbhushan Kharbanda is a Actor Indian born on 21 october 1944 at Hasan Abdal (Pakistan)

Kulbhushan Kharbanda

Kulbhushan Kharbanda
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Nationality Inde
Birth 21 october 1944 (79 years) at Hasan Abdal (Pakistan)

Kulbhushan Kharbanda is an Indian actor, who worked in Hindi and Punjabi films. He is better known for his role as antagonist Shakaal in Shaan (1980) inspired by the character of Blofeld from James Bond movies. Starting with Delhi-based theatre group Yatrik in the 1960s, he moved to films with Sai Paranjpye's Jadu Ka Shankh in 1974, he worked in several parallel cinema films, before working in mainstream Bollywood. He later appeared in Mahesh Bhatt's classic, Arth (1982), Ek Chadar Maili Si (1986), and in all three parts of Deepa Mehta's Elements trilogy, Fire (1996), Earth (1998), and Water (2005).

After nearly two decades he was seen on the theatre stage at the Padatik Theatre in Kolkata's production, of Atmakatha, directed by Vinay Sharma.

Best films

Water (2005)
(Actor)

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Filmography of Kulbhushan Kharbanda (161 films)

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Azhar
Azhar (2016)

Genres Drama
Actors Emraan Hashmi, Prachi Desai, Nimrat Kaur, Nargis Fakhri, Lara Dutta, Kunaal Roy Kapur
Roles Wajihuddin
Rating57% 2.8509452.8509452.8509452.8509452.850945
Ce biopic retrace la vie et la carrière tumultueuses du joueur de cricket Mohammad Azharuddin, qui était capitaine de l'équipe nationale indienne dans les années 1990.
Beeba Boys
Beeba Boys (2015)
, 1h43
Directed by Deepa Mehta
Origin Canada
Genres Drama, Thriller, Crime
Actors Randeep Hooda, Gulshan Grover, Sarah Allen, Waris Ahluwalia, Dileep Rao, Kulbhushan Kharbanda
Roles Mr. Johar
Rating49% 2.461062.461062.461062.461062.46106
Jeet Johar, a guarded, ruthless gangster within the very real criminal underground populated by second- and third-generation Indian immigants on Canada’s west coast. As Jeet competes with rival gangs for an increasingly shrinking turf, the single father and dutiful son is forced to violently demand respect, ensuring the Beeba Boys’ continued survival in Vancouver.
Brothers
Brothers (2015)
, 2h35
Origin Inde
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action
Themes Films about alcoholism, Films about families, Medical-themed films, Films about music and musicians, Films about drugs, Sports films, Martial arts films, Combat libre, Musical films, Bollywood
Actors Sidharth Malhotra, Akshay Kumar, Jacqueline Fernandez, Jackie Shroff, Shefali Shah, Kareena Kapoor
Roles Principal Shobhit Desai
Rating63% 3.1997853.1997853.1997853.1997853.199785
The film opens at in media res where street fighting issues are raised in Mumbai. Sports chairman Peter Braganza (Kiran Kumar) expresses his desires of making street fighting a legal sport and decides to open a league called Right 2 Fight (R2F). Meanwhile, in prison, Garson "Gary" Fernandes (Jackie Shroff), a recovering alcoholic, is released from his jail term and his younger foster son Monty (Sidharth Malhotra) comes to pick him up. Monty gets a bit enraged when his father asks about his elder son David (Akshay Kumar) and takes him away to their home. David, now a physics teacher, who has a daughter suffering from a kidney disease, arranges money through street fights. This enrages his wife Jenny (Jacqueline Fernandez) as she is worried about David. Meanwhile, Gary, who misses his wife Maria (Shefali Shah), starts hallucinating about her. Gary then tries to meet David but the latter ends up throwing Monty and Gary out of his house in rage.
Zed Plus
Zed Plus (2014)

Directed by Dr.Chandra Prakash Dwivedi
Genres Drama, Comedy
Actors Adil Hussain, Mona Singh, Mukesh Tiwari, Kulbhushan Kharbanda, Sanjay Mishra, K. K. Raina
Roles Prime Minister
Rating62% 3.148023.148023.148023.148023.14802
The story is set in contemporary India in a small town of Rajasthan, wherein people speak Hindustani language,a mix blent of Hindi and Urdu. A coalition Government, troubled by corruption and communalism, is on the verge of collapsing due to fights within the coalition partners. All the ministers are making efforts to save the Government, but still it appears that the Government will fall.
Kirpaan
Kirpaan (2014)

Genres Drama, Action, Romance
Actors Kulbhushan Kharbanda, Gurleen Chopra, Sameksha Singh
Roles Beeru's Father
Rating60% 3.00453.00453.00453.00453.0045
‘Kirpaan.. the sword of honour’ is a family drama with various elements like patriotism, loss of identity among the young generation of today, family values, family honour, purpose in life, friendship and love. It is the story of the personal journey of the character Beeru – a young college going lad of Punjab living a carefree and purposeless life, who eventually disappoints his parents and also loses the love of his life due to his careless attitude. The rest of the story involves how he finds purpose in his life again and realizes his own identity in the world. It is the story of Beeru who from bringing disgrace to his parents finally goes on to work for his family’s honour. It is the fight against racism and slavery. Beeru’s grandfather had been a victim of racism which eventually led him to murder a race supremacist and that led him to be arrested and hanged till death. The grandfather died protecting the family’s honour which was an ancestral historical Sword. Decades later the grandson – Beeru, completely purposeless and broken in life finds purpose again by securing the Sword which was enclosed in a museum.
Haider
Haider (2014)
, 2h40
Directed by Vishal Bhardwaj
Origin Inde
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Crime, Romance
Themes Films about families, Films about music and musicians, Films about terrorism, Théâtre, Musical films, Political films, Films based on plays, Films based on works by William Shakespeare, Bollywood, Films about royalty
Actors Shahid Kapoor, Shraddha Kapooor, Irrfan Khan, Tabu, Kay Kay Menon, Ashish Vidyarthi
Roles Hussain Meer
Rating79% 3.998283.998283.998283.998283.99828
In 1995, during the Kashmir conflict, Hilaal Meer, a doctor, agrees to perform an appendectomy on the leader of a pro-separatist group. To avoid detection, he performs the surgery at his house, much to the chagrin of his wife Ghazala, who questions his allegiance. The following day, during a military raid, Hilaal is accused of harbouring terrorists. A shootout ensues at his home, during which the leader of the separatist group is killed and Hilaal is taken away for questioning. The doctor's house is bombed subsequently to kill any other militant hiding inside. Several days later, Hilaal and Ghazala's son, Haider, returns from his university to seek answers about his father's disappearance. Upon arrival, he is shocked to find his mother singing and laughing along with her brother-in-law, Khurram. Unable to understand his mother's behaviour, he begins searching for his father in various police stations and detention camps with the help of his fiancee Arshia, a journalist.
Delhi in a Day
Genres Drama, Comedy
Actors Victor Banerjee, Lillete Dubey, Kulbhushan Kharbanda, Anjali Patil, Lee Williams
Roles Mukhund
Rating61% 3.098443.098443.098443.098443.09844
Jasper (Lee Williams) has arrived in Delhi to begin a tour of India, where the newness of his surroundings quickly prove overwhelming. As he is drawn into the dynamics of his host family, the Bhatias, he finds that his mere presence has upset the natural order of things. Jasper finds that the first day of his journey is possibly more than he bargained for.
Midnight's Children, 2h28
Directed by Deepa Mehta
Origin Canada
Genres Drama
Actors Satya Bhabha, Shriya Saran, Shabana Azmi, Anupam Kher, Siddharth, Ronit Roy
Roles Picture Singh
Rating61% 3.0962853.0962853.0962853.0962853.096285
L'histoire de deux enfants nés au moment de l'indépendance de l'Inde en 1947.
Khatta Meetha, 2h38
Directed by Priyadarshan
Genres Drama, Comedy
Actors Trisha Krishnan, Akshay Kumar, Rajpal Yadav, Paresh Rawal, Rajpal Yadav, Makarand Deshpande
Roles Ramakant Tichkule (Sachin's father)
Rating58% 2.9496052.9496052.9496052.9496052.949605
The film revolves around a struggling road constructor, Sachin Tichkule (Akshay Kumar). He dreams big, but there seems to be no chance of his dreams coming true as he doesn't have any money to bribe the bureaucracy. His family have lost faith in him, telling him to earn money. To make matters worse, the new Municipal Commissioner turns out to be his former girlfriend, Gehna Ganpule (Trisha Krishnan), who now hates him. His brothers-in-law Trigun (Manoj Joshi), Suhas Vichare (Milind Gunaji), and his elder brother (Paritosh Sand) were all responsible for a bridge collapsing case in which many people were killed. They were helped by a politician named Sanjay Rana (Jaideep Ahlawat). After being saved by their driver Vishwas Rao, (Tinu Anand) they kill him fearing he would reveal the truth. Meanwhile Sanjay's lustful eyes fall on Sachin's sister Anjali (Urvashi Sharma). Sachin warns him by slapping him in his office. Meanwhile Azad Bhagat (Makrand Deshpande) wants justice as his family were killed in that accident. Anjali is married to Sanjay, unbeknownst to Sachin, when he confronts his father he reprimands him, saying he has no right to say he didn't know anything because he has no money to send his sister off. After losing contact, he learns she has been attempting to contact him and goes to their house, seeing Azad escape from Sanjay's house. He then learns of Anjali's death because a cooker exploded. Devastating the whole family, especially Sachin himself, who is suspicious. He then meets Azad again at the municipal office, he learns of Azad's intentions and that he had stolen evidence which would put the people involved, behind bars. They both then agree to help each other to reveal the corruptness behind the construction of the bridge. Sanjay hires masked robbers, who kill Azad, who was on his way to court. At the hospital, while Azad is dying in Sachin's arms, he reveals that while he was stealing the evidence, he saw Sachin's sister being raped by Sanjay and his friends, now speculating whether she was murdered or if she committed suicide. In an attempt to make sure the evidence isn't revealed, Sanjay steals it after robbing Azad's house, a fight ensues between Sanjay and Sachin, Sanjay is then killed after being run over and Sachin successfully retrieves the evidence. Sachin's brother and brothers-in-law are arrested, and the whole family begin belittling him, claiming he was jealous of them and unlike his successful brothers, and blaming him for tarnishing the family name. Sachin then argues back that, they didn't lose anyone and he had to deal with the pain of losing Anjali the most. He agrees to leave, until his father stops him and realises his honesty and trustworthiness, re-kindling their relationship.
Ek: The Power of One
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action
Actors Bobby Deol, Shriya Saran, Nana Patekar, Jackie Shroff, Kulbhushan Kharbanda, Zarina Wahab
Roles Kripal Singh
Rating48% 2.422242.422242.422242.422242.42224
Nandu (Bobby Deol) an orphan turned assassin somehow gets wrongly accused of a politician's murder and is on the run. On his escapade on a train he meets Puran (Akshay Kapoor), who is homebound after fourteen years, they get chatting and Nandu finds all about his joint family and the wedding of Puran's sister that he is going to attend.
Kurbaan
Kurbaan (2009)
, 2h40
Directed by Rensil D'Silva
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Crime, Romance
Themes Films based on the September 11 attacks, Films about terrorism, Disaster films, Films about hijackings
Actors Saif Ali Khan, Kareena Kapoor, Vivek Oberoi, Om Puri, Kiron Kher, Rupinder Nagra
Roles Mansoori
Rating56% 2.8487052.8487052.8487052.8487052.848705
Avantika Ahuja (Kareena Kapoor) who lives in the United States returns to Delhi after her father has a cardiac arrest. While in Delhi she meets Ehsaan Khan (Saif Ali Khan), a University professor from Mumbai. Being in the same career field at the same place, love blossoms between the two. Meanwhile Avantika gets a call from New York asking her to rejoin her job. She breaks this news to Ehsaan and expresses her desire to work in the US, Ehsaan agrees and joins her but before that Avantika's father has some reservations about his daughter marrying a Muslim. However he gives in as the couple has decided to get married. Eventually they get married and move to the USA.
Aloo Chaat
Aloo Chaat (2009)

Genres Comedy
Actors Aftab Shivdasani, Aamna Shariff Kapoor, Linda Arsenio, Kulbhushan Kharbanda, Manoj Pahwa, Dolly Ahluwalia
Roles Puroshottum
Rating59% 2.9503352.9503352.9503352.9503352.950335
Aloo Chaat is the story of Nikhil (Aftab Shivdasani) who returns to his Punjabi household in Lajpat Nagar, Delhi from America after completing his education. His family consists of his orthodox father Purushottam (Kulbhushan Kharbanda), his grandmother Beeji (Dolly Ahluwalia), his confused mother Seeto (Meenakshi Sethi) and an always suspicious uncle Chhadami Mama (Sanjai Mishra). Nikhil refuses to marry any girl his parents show him, which has them worried about their son's orientation. In reality, Nikhil is in love with Aamna (Aamna Sharif), a Muslim girl living in America.
Jodhaa Akbar, 3h33
Directed by Ashutosh Gowariker
Origin Inde
Genres Drama, War, Biography, Action, Adventure, Historical, Musical, Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians, Politique, Films about religion, Musical films, Political films, Films about Islam, Bollywood, Films about royalty
Actors Hrithik Roshan, Aishwarya Rai, Sonu Sood, Kulbhushan Kharbanda, Suhasini Mulay, Raza Murad
Roles Raja Bharmal
Rating74% 3.749043.749043.749043.749043.74904
Jodhaa Akbar is a sixteenth-century love story about a political marriage of convenience between a Mughal emperor, Akbar, and a Rajput princess, Jodhaa.
EMI
EMI (2008)

Genres Drama, Comedy, Crime
Actors Sanjay Dutt, Urmila Matondkar, Malaika Arora, Arjun Rampal, Ashish Chowdhry, Anant Mahadevan
Roles Chandrakanth
Rating44% 2.215132.215132.215132.215132.21513
Sattar (Sanjay Dutt), owner of Good Luck Recovery Agency, is the saviour and the solution for all those caught in the debt trap. From Bhaigiri to business to politics to social work—that's how Sattar wants to progress in life. He has already graduated from Bhaigiri to business and is now eager to jump into politics.