Vinod Nagpal is an Indian film, stage and television actor and a trained classical singer, who mainly works in Hindi cinema. He has appeared in movies, mostly as a character actor.[1]

Vinod Nagpal
Born (1940-09-26) 26 September 1940 (age 84)
Occupations
  • Actor
  • classical singer
Years active1980–present
SpouseKavita Nagpal (died)

Career

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He made his screen debut with Chashme Buddoor (1981).[2] He is best known for his portrayal of Basesar Ram in the first Indian television serial Hum Log (1984). [3][4][5] After his big breakthrough with Hum Log, he appeared in many commercially and critically acclaimed films like Naache Mayuri (1986), Bhrashtachar (1989), Paappi Devataa (1995), Dance of the Wind (1997), Tarkieb (2000), Khosla Ka Ghosla (2006), Aaja Nachle (2007), Luv Shuv Tey Chicken Khurana (2012), Pink (2016), Blue Mountains (2017), Jolly LLB 2 (2017) and Manto (2018).[6]

Despite Hindi films, Nagpal has appeared in five English language films and in an English television show like The Perfect Murder (1988), The Curse of King Tut's Tomb (2006), The Last Days of the Raj (2007), The Cheetah Girls: One World (2008), Tigers (2014) and The Far Pavilions (1984).[7]

In 2008, he played the lead role in a short film named Good Night, which was written and directed by Geetika Narang. It won many accolades including Best Short Film Award at the MIAAC Film Festival in United States.

He is also a trained classical singer. He has performed many songs in theatre. In July 2006, he performed marathi theatre songs with his troupe on the occasion of silver jubilee celebration of Natya Shodh Sansthan at Shishir Manch.

Personal life

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Vinod Nagpal has been married to Kavita Nagpal.[8] She was a theatre critic, director and writer, she used to write in Hindustan Times and also in Asian Aid occasionally. She had also directed and written plays. She also directed her husband (Vinod) in one of her plays. She died on 23 November 2021.

Nagpal was a very good friend to director Mani Kaul.[9]

Filmography

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Films

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Year Film Role Notes
1981 Chashme Buddoor Music Instructor
1986 Karma Tripathi Ji
Naache Mayuri Advocate Gyaneshwar Prasad
1987 Janjaal
1988 The Perfect Murder Minister English film
1989 Paap Ki Sazaa
Adhuri Zindagi
Bhrashtachar Ronak Lal
1990 Police Public Mantri
1991 Begunaah Rajan's chacha
1995 Paappi Devataa Pandu
1997 Dance of the Wind Mr. Thakkar
2000 Tarkieb Chandrakant Chaubey
2005 Main, Meri Patni Aur Woh Advocate Kishori Lal Mishra
2006 The Curse of King Tut's Tomb Dr. Hassan English film
Khosla Ka Ghosla Sahni Saab
2007 The Last Days of the Raj Tara Singh English film
Chhodon Naa Yaar
Aaja Nachle Mr. Shrivastav
2008 Good Night Madan Mohan Khullar Short film
The Cheetah Girls: One World Swami Ji English film
2009 Coffee House Jarnail Singh
2012 Luv Shuv Tey Chicken Khurana Daar Ji
2014 Tigers Mustafa English film
2016 Pink Kasturi Lal (Landlord)
2017 Jolly LLB 2 Zahoor Siddiqui
Blue Mountains Guru Ji
2018 Manto Bishan Singh
The Great Freedom Fighter Lokmanya Bal Gangadhar Tilak Firozshah Mehta
Namaste England Sam's Grandfather
2023 Gulmohar Baba, Arun's biological father
2023 Sukhee Sukhee's grand father-in-law

Television

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Year Show Role
1984 The Far Pavilions Gobind Dass
1984-1985 Hum Log Basesar Ram
1987-1988 Buniyaad Shyamlal
1993-1994 Chere Pe Chera
TBA Untitled Ayappa K.M. project Brijesh Das Verma

References

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  1. ^ "Vinod Nagpal". Times of India. 29 July 2016.
  2. ^ Rao, Gayatri (2 February 2018). "Music Teacher which was played by Vinod Nagpal". www.lemonwire.com. Retrieved 22 June 2021.
  3. ^ Narain, Tripti. "Vinod Nagpal fondly remembers Hum Log". India Today.
  4. ^ "Hum Log created an identity for me says Vinod Nagpal". Rediff.com.
  5. ^ "Vinod Nagpal and Sushma Seth". 23 July 2014. Retrieved 22 June 2021 – via PressReader.
  6. ^ "Vinod Nagpal acting credits". www.tvguide.com.
  7. ^ "Vinod Nagpal: an actor par excellence". www.tentara.com. May 2017.
  8. ^ Times of India (9 January 2008). "Suneet Tandon greets Kavita Nagpal". www.timescontent.com. Retrieved 19 June 2021.
  9. ^ Rajesh Chaturvedi (19 July 2012). "Vinod Nagpal says Mani Kaul was a friend for life". Filmfare. Retrieved 17 June 2021.
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