Kanwarjeet Paintal

Acting

Kanwarjeet Paintal

Born 1947-08-08 · Tarn Taran

Kanwarjit Paintal Walia, better known as Paintal (born 22 August 1948), is an Indian actor and comedian. He started off as a comic actor and moved on to teaching the art of acting. He has extensively worked not only in numerous movies but also television. He was born into a Sikh family in a village named Tarn Taran which is near Amritsar, Punjab. He lived his early life with his family members in Sadar Bazaar, Delhi. Paintal learnt acting at the Film and Television Institute of India and in 2008 was the Head of the Acting Department of FTII. He came to Bombay (now Mumbai) in 1969. His brother Gufi Paintal played the role Shakuni in B.R. Chopra hit show 'Mahabharat (1988 TV series)', in which he himself played the roles of Shikhandi and Sudama. His son, Hiten Paintal, is also an actor, who worked in movies such as Dil Maange More (2004) and Bachna Ae Haseeno (2008)

Acting credits

Charandas poster
10.0

The entire plot is woven around Indian family values, enterprise and meteoric rise in business.

Charandas

1977

Deewaangee poster
7.0

Shekhar is a poor orphan who along with his trusted lieutenant Birju runs a garage. Shekhar dislikes women, has lost his faith in God and enjoys to spend time with his friends Bill and Harry. One night, When Birju introduces him to Kanchan, a runaway, he refuses to have to do anything with her, but when he finds out that her uncle, Shivraj, has offered a reward for her return, he decides to befriend her and both fall in love. The two get married and are blessed with a son. Their harmonious life enters trouble when Shekhar is given a suitcase by his friend, Bill, who eventually ends up dead. Shekhar finds stolen diamonds inside the suitcase and decides to keep them, much to Kanchan's displeasure. After being betrayed by one of his own in pursuit of the diamonds, Shekar finds out that two gangs, headed by Munne Khan and George Shekhar have abducted Kanchan and his son. How far will Shekhar go to set things right and rescue his family?

Deewaangee

1976

Pyar Ke Naam Qurban poster
6.6

A motor mechanic, Billo Chaudhary, creates waves in the local community when he dares to play Holi with the arrogant and wealthy Rajkumari Devika Singh. When she has him beaten and imprisoned by the police, he decides to avenge this humiliation by abducting her and inviting the wrath of her brother, Yeshwant - who sexually molests local women with impunity, who wants him dead at any and all costs.

Pyar Ke Naam Qurban

1990

Vidhaata poster
7.6

When a Police inspector is killed by a band of thugs, his grieving father Samsher Singh seeks justice. Pratap Singh has left behind a pregnant widow, who dies in chidbirth, leaving Samsher to bring up the child Kunal. The transformation of Samsher Singh (a locomotive engine driver) into Sobhraj, multi millionaire and owner of a vast network of business. Kunal is brought up by Abu Baba, a servant of Sobhraj to be honest, upright, and very independent minded. Durga, the daughter of a former employee of Sobhraj, who is serving time and Kunal fall in love. This not acceptable to his grandfather, though Abu Baba approves of the relationship. Disaster strikes when an attempt is made to separate the lovers. The life of Samsher Singh alias Sobhraj begins to unravel from here. How Kunal's ethical upbringing by his foster-father, and his financial and business circumstances of his grandfather meet in a titanic conscience clash and how he resolves matters is at the nexus of the plot.

Vidhaata

1982

The Burning Train poster
6.6

An engineer's dream of making the perfect train for Indian Railways is given hope when the company commissions his prototype. After years dedicating himself to his dream, his family has suffered, but now he hopes to make it all up to them with the train's triumphant inaugural journey. However, an embittered fellow employee has other ideas.

The Burning Train

1980

Yaar Mera poster
6.3

A series of unfortunate events cause a recent migrant into Bombay to turn to a life of crime.

Yaar Mera

1972

Insaniyat Ke Dushman poster
9.0

Jagmohan, a prominent businessman with underworld dealings, approaches renowned advocate Kailash Nath, to represent his son who has been charged with murder and may face the death penalty. Kailash refuses to do so, and Jagmohan's son is hanged. Angered, Jagmohan kills Kailash's wife, Laxmi and child in front of him, and escapes. He is eventually arrested and brought to trial, but is found not guilty. Kailash decides to avenge this on his own, but Jagmohan has left the country. On his arrival back, Kailash carries out his vendetta against him, and Jagmohan is charged with killing a man, arrested, found guilty, and sentenced to die. Thus Kailash carries out his vengeance against Jagmohan. Now Kailash is faced with advocate Ajay Verma, who has molested his sister, Shilpa. Watch how Kailash's anger spotlights Ajay, and wreck havoc and chaos in his life. And there is no one on Earth who can possibly save Ajay from Kailash's wrath.

Insaniyat Ke Dushman

1987

Bawarchi poster
7.1

Desperate for a cook, the disgruntled Sharmas are relieved when a multi-talented man, Raghu, takes up the job. However, when all seems well, the family jewels disappear and so does Raghu.

Bawarchi

1972

Shirdi Ke Sai Baba poster
4.7

Pooja lives with her doctor husband and a young son. Her son becomes seriously ill and does not respond to any medication, her husband wants him to be moved to a hospital for further .

Shirdi Ke Sai Baba

1977

Satte Pe Satta poster
6.6

After the passing away of their parents, Ravi Anand, the eldest of seven brothers, takes it upon himself to raise them - albeit a little wild and kinda animal-like. The brothers all sport long beards, hate taking showers/baths, and above all hate Ravi bossing them around. rest of the story is about how a look a like Ravi comes in to there life

Satte Pe Satta

1982

Rafoo Chakkar poster
6.7

After witnessing a murder, musicians Dev (Rishi Kapoor) and Salim (Paintal) dress as women and flee with a girl band to avoid the killers' wrath. Soon, Dev falls for fellow bandmate Reetu (Neetu Singh), but his disguise makes it impossible for him to reveal his feelings. When he discovers that Reetu desires a rich man, Dev devises a second disguise, as the wealthy Esso. Madan Puri and Anwar Hussain co-star in this Indian take on Some Like It Hot.

Rafoo Chakkar

1975

Ikke Pe Ikka poster
3.7

Kailashnath is a wealthy widower, who lives in a palatial house with three grown sons, Randhir, Rajiv, Rishi, and a younger school-going son. He manages the business on his own, but would like his sons to also take an interest, in vain though, as all three have their own interest at heart (being a Bollywood actor, singing, and boxing) and no interest whatsoever in running a business or seeking employment. To add to this, Kailashnath must now contend with a new neighbor named Kaushalya, a widow, with three daughters (Komal, Kavita and Kanchan) and a rather plump maid-servant by the name of Guddi. It so happens that the daughters have similar interests as Kailashnath's sons. So the six match-up, romance, have fun, and would like to get married. Kailashnath refuses to permit his sons to get married until and unless they establish themselves and are able to stand on their respective feet...

Ikke Pe Ikka

1994

No artwork available
7.7

A vain, self-righteous nobleman falls in love with a village girl and tries to transform her into his version of the ideal woman.

Lal Patthar

1971

Dostana poster
6.0

Two close friends decide to enter law enforcement – one a police officer, the other a lawyer – but their friendship begins to unravel when they both fall in love with the same woman.

Dostana

1980

Sikandar Sadak Ka poster
10.0

Sikandar is union leader of workers in a factory which is owned by Chawla a corrupt criminal lawyer . when he refuses to take bribe. Sikander and his family are killed .Sikander returns back. how will he face Chawla ?

Sikandar Sadak Ka

1999

No artwork available
9.0

This is the story of Murari who wants to become a filmstar. He runs away from his house and goes to Mumbai to become a superstar. When he reaches Mumbai his whole world turns upside down. Fortunately he finds a friend in Mr Dubey who also is a struggler to get a break in films. They face hardships and at times they have to sleep in local trains. By the Gods grace Murari (Asrani) gets work as Junior Artist and works hard remembering the words Dharmendra told him once when they had met. His hard work pays off and one day he becomes the superstar of the film industry. But what about the flip side? Will he forget his old friends who had helped him during his struggle?

Chala Murari Hero Banne

1977

Kaalo poster
4.8

The passengers of a bus are stranded by a flat tire and they face the horror of a seemingly-invincible winged Kaalo--who can not only travel under the sand but also fly, and who is determined to fulfill her deadly agenda at any cost.

Kaalo

2010

Laila-Majnu poster
4.0

Kaish Amari comes from a wealthy arab family. At the tender age of six he is sent to school and gets friendly with a young girl named Laila.

Laila-Majnu

1976

Parichay poster
7.0

An unemployed young man (Jeetendra) takes a job to tutor unruly grandkids of Rai Sahab (Pran) and brings out respect, appreciation and hard work hidden deep inside them.

Parichay

1972

Sadma poster
7.2

A head injury causes a woman to regress to childhood. Lost and confused, she is eventually befriended by a school teacher. A Hindi remake of the 1982 film "Moondram Pirai" by the same team.

Sadma

1983

Janam Kundli poster
5.3

Film about a wealthy, religious man and his daughter who was talked into marrying another wealthy man.

Janam Kundli

1995

Dilwaala poster
9.3

Ravi Kumar is the younger brother of Judge Soumitra Devi and Mohan Kumar. He and his sister have different views and ideas. They lack understanding and that is why he decides to be apart from his sister. Raghu is the son of MLA Raj Shekhar. He marries Kamla, daughter of a poor man Ganesh on the wish of his father who wants to take political advantage of the marriage. But things go wrong and Kamla is killed by Raghu. Now, he makes different attempts to save his son from law. Now all the movie tells his attempts to save his son and Ravi's attempts to give his son the punishment. There are also other small things happening in life of other characters.

Dilwaala

1986

Naam Tha Kanhaiyalal poster
NR

A very spellbinding story about the reel and real life of great old thespian Kanhaiyalal and his bygone era when Indian Cinema was at a nascent stage. The story tells about his inspiring journey from a confused, gullible youth to a mesmerizingly spontaneous actor. It also unfurls the turbulent phases of Kanhaiyalal's life where there is excessive alcoholism and the mysterious death of his son.

Naam Tha Kanhaiyalal

2022

Balika Badhu poster
8.3

In colonial India, newlyweds Amal and Rajni face separation when she returns to her family. Their peaceful village life shatters after Amal's beloved teacher is arrested as a freedom fighter.

Balika Badhu

1976