Amar Talwar

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.

Amar Talwar
Born	(1949-12-21) 21 December 1949 (age 75)[1] Jalandhar, East Punjab, India
Nationality	Indian
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1994–2015

Early life and career

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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Year	Film	Role	Notes
2001	Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham	Naina's father	Uncredited
2002	Bhavam	Thakker	Malayalam film
	Kabbarli	Naina's dad	English film
2003	Multi-task	Mahesh Ghodbole	Short
	Bhoot	Thakker
2004	Deewaar	General Brar
2005	The Film	Diamond Man Sharad Shah
2006	Corporate	Anand Ruia
2007	Partition	Khan
2010	Mittal v/s Mittal	Karan's Father
2015	Feast of Varanasi	CBI Asst Director Singh
	Baby	Minister Pradhan

Television

• 1994 - 1998 Shanti as Raj G.J. Singh
• 1998 Saaya (Indian TV series) - Mr Mehra, Tanya's father
• 1998 Rishtey - Do Boondein Chaand Ki - Episode 19
• 1998 Saturday Suspense as Mr. Kumar (Episode 75)
• 2001 - 2002 Jannat as Zaheer
• 2001 - 2003 Sarhadein
• 2003; 2005 - 2006 Kahiin to Hoga as Professor Sinha
• 2003 - 2006 Jassi Jaissi Koi Nahin as Purushottam Suri (Armaan's father)
• 2004 Raat Hone Ko Hai - Adhikar as Anil's father (Episode 13)
• 2005 - 2006 Kituu Sabb Jaantii Hai as Balraj
• 2006 Shararat as Ghost Colonel Pritam Pratap Singh
• 2007 Mad about Money^[9]