Daya Shankar Pandey

Daya Shankar Pandey (born 19 November 1965) is an Indian film and television actor. He has acted in a number of Hindi movies like Lagaan (2001), Gangaajal (2003), Swades (2004) and Raajneeti (2010). He began his career with the film Pehla Nasha (1993). He currently essays the role of Inspector Chalu Pandey in the famous serial Taarak Mehta Ka Ooltah Chashmah.^[2] He is also creative consultant of the show. Daya Shankar Pandey resides in Mumbai's Suburban Area.

Daya Shankar Pandey
Pandey at Saahil Chadha's wedding anniversary in 2013[1]
Born	(1965-11-19) 19 November 1965 (age 59) Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Nationality	Indian
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1993–present
Known for	Inspector Chalu Pandey in Taarak Mehta Ka Ooltah Chashmah

Filmography

Year	Film	Role	Notes
1993	Pehla Nasha
1995	The Gambler	Rapist
	Baazi
1996	Dastak
1998	Ghulam
2001	Lagaan	Goli
2002	Aankhen	Taxi driver
	Makdee	School Teacher
2003	Mumbai Se Aaya Mera Dost	Hari
	Gangaajal	Sub-Inspector Mangni Ram
	Maqbool	Masterji
2004	Swades	Mela Ram
	American Daylight	Ashok
	Agnipankh
2005	Chakachak
	Laila	Dr. Thakkar
	Kaal	D.S. Pandey
	Ramji Londonwaley
	Ek Khiladi Ek Haseena	Inspector D'Souza
	Apaharan	Daya Shankar
	Ek Ajnabee	Kripa "Krispi" Shankar
2006	Rockin' Meera	Bus Conductor
2007	Dharm
	Shootout at Lokhandwala	Ostiya
2008	My Name Is Anthony Gonsalves	Riyaz
	Woodstock Villa	Dayashankar Pandey
	Welcome to Sajjanpur	Chidamiram Naga Sapera
	EMI	Gaffur Bhai
2009	Delhi-6	Kumar
	Luck	Passport Agent
	What's Your Raashee?	Chand
2010	Pankh
	Musaa: The Most Wanted	Sawant
	Raajneeti	Ram Charittar
	Life Express	Shukla
2012	Delhi Eye
	Chakravyuh
2013	Zanjeer	Inspector Prem
	Mutthi Bhar Sapne
2014	Dishkiyaoon	Sawant
	The Xposé	Naidu
	Money Back Guarantee
2016	Anna	Ramya
2017	Satya	Tabrez Ansari	Bhojpuri Film
2017	Haseena Parkar
2018	Reva	Gandu Fakir	Gujarati film
	Jaane Kyun De Yaaron	Akash Dubey
	Kadke Kamal Ke		Nepali Film
2021	Haseen Dillruba	Brijraj Saxena
	Satyameva Jayate 2	Parag Tripaathi
2024	Main Atal Hoon	Deendayal Upadhyaya

Television

Year	Program	Role	Notes
1994	Tehkikaat
1997	Ghar Jamai	Hotel Union Leader(Ep 43) Robert (Episode 45)	Guest role
1998	Woh	Chandu Shiva's friend
	Saaya	Asst editor, Mr Pandey
	Family No.1	Pandey	Guest role
	Hum Sab Ek Hain	Various characters
1999	Yeh Duniya Hai Rangeen	Security Guard Yadav
1998-99	CID - The case of injured witness	kidnapper Episode 87&88
2002	Shubh Mangal Savadhan	Various characters
2005	Kituu Sabb Jaantii Hai	Jogi
2008	Mahima Shani Dev Ki	Shanidev
2010	Taarak Mehta Ka Ooltah Chashmah	Himself	Also Creative Consultant
2010–present		Inspector Chalu Pandey
2013	Ek Veer Ki Ardaas...Veera	Surjeet Singh
2014	Devon Ke Dev...Mahadev	Lakulish
2015	Badii Devrani	Bilasi Poddar
	Suryaputra Karn	Shani
2017	Shankar Jaikishan 3 in 1	Bhokal Baba
	Bhamashah	Bhamashah
2022	Sab Satrangi	ShyamLal Maurya
2022	Wagle Ki Duniya – Nayi Peedhi Naye Kissey	ShyamLal
2023	Tulsidham Ke Laddu Gopal	Shyamsundar Das

Web series

Year	Title	Role
2018	Rangbaaz[3]	Mahavir
2020	Raktanchal[4]	Saheb Singh
2022	Putham Pudhu Kaalai Vidiyaadhaa	Arjun's father
2022	Faadu a love story	Abhay's father
2024	Zindaginama (SonyLiv)	Namrata's Father

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Nominated Work	Result
2012	Producers Guild Film Awards	Best Actor in a Drama Series	Mahima Shanidev Ki	Nominated
2015	Indian Telly Awards	Best Actor in a Negative Role	Badii Devrani	Nominated
2018	Indian Television Academy Awards	Best Actor in a Supporting Role	Taarak Mehta Ka Ooltah Chashmah	Nominated