A.K Hangal Video | Celebrity Interview and Paparazzi

Avtar Kishan Hangal (born 1st February, 1917), popularly known as A. K. Hangal, is a well known Indian character actor in Hindi language films. His most notable roles are as the Inder Sen in Shaukeen, as Bipinlal Pandey in Namak Haraam , as Rahim Chacha in Sholay and as Ram Shastri in Aaina (1977). He has acted in around 225 Hindi films in career spanning from 1966 to 2005. Born into a Kashmiri Pandit family, he spent his childhood in Peshawar, where he had performed in theatre for some major roles. His father's name was Pandit Hari Kishan Hangal. However, his primary occupation for the... MORE

Avtar Kishan Hangal (born 1st February, 1917), popularly known as A. K. Hangal, is a well known Indian character actor in Hindi language films. His most notable roles are as the Inder Sen in Shaukeen, as Bipinlal Pandey in Namak Haraam , as Rahim Chacha in Sholay and as Ram Shastri in Aaina (1977). He has acted in around 225 Hindi films in career spanning from 1966 to 2005. Born into a Kashmiri Pandit family, he spent his childhood in Peshawar, where he had performed in theatre for some major roles. His father's name was Pandit Hari Kishan Hangal. However, his primary occupation for the early part of his life was that of a tailor. He was an active participant in the Indian freedom struggle. Following his father's retirement, the family moved from Peshawar to Karachi. He moved to Bombay after the Partition of India in 1949 after 3 years in prison in Pakistan. He was involved with the theatre group IPTA along with Balraj Sahni and Kaifi Azmi, both of whom had Marxist leanings. He started his Hindi film career at the very late age of 50 with Basu Bhattacharya's Teesri Kasam in 1966 and Shagird, and went on to play as the man of principles playing the on-screen father or uncle of the LESS