Arun Bali

Arun Bali (23 December 1942 – 7 October 2022) was an Indian actor who has worked in numerous films and television series. He played the part of Maharaj Porus in the 1991 period drama Chanakya, Kunwar Singh in the Doordarshan soap opera Swabhimaan and the Chief Minister of undivided Bengal, Huseyn Shaheed Suhrawardy, in the controversial and critically acclaimed 2000 film Hey Ram. In the 2000s, he became known for his "grandfatherly" roles like that of Harshvardhan Wadhwa in Kumkum – Ek Pyara Sa Bandhan which garnered him popular awards.

For the guitarist Arun Bali, see Saves the Day.

Arun Bali
Born	(1942-12-23)23 December 1942 Lahore, Punjab, British India (present-day Punjab, Pakistan)
Died	7 October 2022(2022-10-07) (aged 79) Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1988–2022
Height	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
Relatives	Ankush Bali (son) Itishree Bali (daughter) Pragati Bali (daughter)

In 2001, the prominent writer, actor and director Lekh Tandon counted Bali amongst his favourite actors.^[1]

He died at his home in suburban Mumbai on 7 October 2022, at the age of 79, following treatment for Myasthenia gravis.^[2][3]

Filmography

Year	Film	Role	Notes
1988	Uttejna
	Maati Mere Desh Ki
1991	Visakhi	Dharam Singh
	Saugandh	Hari Singh
1992	Heer Ranjha
	Yalgaar	Home Minister Udaynarayan
	Raju Ban Gaya Gentleman
	Aahuti
1993	Phool Aur Angaar	Judge Chaudhary
	Kayda Kanoon
	Khalnayak	Police Commissioner
	Izzat Ki Roti	Advocate
	Karamati Coat	Mr. Irani
	Aaja Meri Jaan
1994	Nasibo	Dyaal Singh
	Aa Gale Lag Jaa	Mohanlal
1995	Qahar	Tejpratap Singh
	Policewala Gunda	Central Government Minister
	Sabse Bada Khiladi
	Ram Jaane	Paowala Baba
1996	Jorawar	Gajjan Singh
	Rajkumar
	Masoom	Police Commissioner
	Return of Jewel Thief	Advocate
1998	Dand Nayak	Police Commissioner
	Satya	Home Secretary Mr. Sharma
	Guru Govind Singh
	Dildaara	Barkat
1999	Amrita
	A. K. 47	Police Commissioner Mr. Bhatnagar
2000	Hey Ram	Shaheed Suhrawardy
	Sant Gyaneshwar
	Laado	Nafe Singh
	Shikari
2002	Aankhen	Mr. Goenka
	Om Jai Jagadish	Anil Khanna
2003	Armaan	Gulshan Kapoor's Assistant
	Zameen	Pakistani Home Minister
2004	Veer Zaara	Abdul Malik Shirazi
2006	Mere Jeevan Saathi	Mr. Behl
	Lage Raho Munnabhai	Second Innings Resident 3
2008	Sat Sri Akal	Mr. Singh
	Gumnaam – The Mystery	Dayal Singh
2009	Munde U.K. De	Gurdeet Singh
	Apni Boli Apna Des	Arjun Singh
	3 Idiots	Shyamaldas Chanchad	Cameo
2011	Ready	Guruji
2012	Barfi!	Mr. Chatterjee
	OMG – Oh My God!	Good Sadhu
2013	Policegiri	Minister
2014	Punjab 1984	Datshan Singh Poonpuri
	Kaum De Heere
	Sonali Cable	Old Sikh Man
	PK	Elderly Sikh man in a 5-Star Delhi Hotel
2015	I Love Desi	Simran's Father
	Utopia
	Bhaag Johnny	Acharyaji
2016	Airlift	Mr. Kohli
	Baaghi	Colonel Samarjeet Singh (Voice)
	1920 London	Guruji
	Once Upon a Time in Amritsar	Gurtej's father
2018	Punjab Singh	Taya
	Baaghi 2	Gurudwara Purohit
	Manmarziyaan	Mr. Bagga
	Kedarnath	Chief Purohit
2019	Kaake Da Viyah	Magistrate
	Phir Ussi Mod Par
	Cypher	Monk
	Panipat	Ala Singh
2021	Suswagatam Khushamadeed	Dadaji
2022	Radhe Shyam	Mr. Rajput
	Samrat Prithviraj	Arnoraja
	Match Of Life	Ekamber's grandfather
	Laal Singh Chaddha	Old Sikh man in the Train
	Goodbye	Gayatri & Geeta's father
2023	Dunki	Manu's older father	Posthumous release

Television

Year	Serial	Role
1988	Dil Dariya	Mohan Singh
1989–1999	Doosra Kewal	Kirpal Singh
1991	Neem Ka Ped	Zameen Miya
1991	Chanakya	Maharaj Porus
1994	The Great Maratha	Maharaj Alamgir II
		Mansoor Shah Baba
1996–1997	Aarohan	Karan Khurana
1997	Om Namah Shivay	Raja Himanchal
1997–1998	Shaktimaan	Dayal Chopra
1996–1998	Itihaas - TV Series	Sheetal’s Husband
1999–2001	Suraag – The Clue	Various characters
2001–2005	Des Mein Niklla Hoga Chand	Preetam Singh Kent
2002–2009	Kumkum – Ek Pyara Sa Bandhan	Harshvardhan Wadhwa
2006–2007	Woh Rehne Waali Mehlon Ki	Vikrantraj Parashar
2012	I Luv My India	Premnnath Sethi
	Devon Ke Dev...Mahadev	Maharaj Vajranga
2016–2017	P.O.W. – Bandi Yuddh Ke	Harpal Singh