Vinod Nagpal

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Vinod Nagpal
Born (1940-09-26) 26 September 1940 (age 81)
Lahore, Punjab, British India
(present-day Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan)
NationalityIndian
OccupationActor, classical singer
Years active1980-present
Spouse(s)Kavita Nagpal

Vinod Nagpal (born 26 September 1940) is an Indian film, stage and television actor and a trained classical singer, who mainly works in Hindi cinema.[1][2] He has appeared in movies, mostly as a Character actor. He made his screen debut with Chashme Buddoor (1981). He is best known for his portrayal of Basesar Ram in the first Indian television serial Hum Log (1984).[3][4] 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).[5]

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).[6]

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[]

Vinod Nagpal has been married to Kavita Nagpal.[7] 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 passed away on 23rd November, 2021. Nagpal was a very good friend to director Mani Kaul.[8]

Filmography[]

Year Show Role Notes Ref.
1981 Chashme Buddoor Music Instructor [9][10]
1986 Karma Tripathi Ji
Naache Mayuri Advocate Gyaneshwar Prasad
1987 Janjaal
1988 The Perfect Murder Minister English language Indian film [11]
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 [12]
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 [13][14]
2014 Tigers Mustafa English film [15][16]
2016 Pink Kasturi Lal (Landlord) [17][18]
2017 Jolly LLB 2 Zahoor Siddiqui [19]
Blue Mountains Guru Ji
2018 Manto Bishan Singh [20]
The Great Freedom Fighter Lokmanya Bal Gangadhar Tilak Firozshah Mehta
Namaste England Sam's Grandfather [21][22]

Television[]

Key
television series that have not yet been released Denotes television series that have not yet been released
Year Show Role Ref.
1984 The Far Pavilions Gobind Dass [23]
1984-1985 Hum Log Basesar Ram [24][25] [26][27]
1987-1988 Buniyaad Shyamlal [28][29]
1993-1994 Chere Pe Chera
TBA Untitled Ayappa K.M. project dagger Brijesh Das Verma [30]

References[]

  1. ^ "Vinod Nagpal". Pinkvilla.
  2. ^ "Vinod Nagpal". Times of India. 29 July 2016.
  3. ^ "Hum Log created an identity for me says Vinod Nagpal". Rediff.com.
  4. ^ "Vinod Nagpal and Sushma Seth". www.pressreader.com. 23 July 2014. Retrieved 22 June 2021.
  5. ^ "Vinod Nagpal acting credits". www.tvguide.com.
  6. ^ "Vinod Nagpal: an actor par excellence". www.tentara.com.
  7. ^ Times of India (9 January 2008). "Suneet Tandon greets Kavita Nagpal". www.timescontent.com. Retrieved 19 June 2021.
  8. ^ Rajesh Chaturvedi (19 July 2012). "Vinod Nagpal says Mani Kaul was a friend for life". Filmfare. Retrieved 17 June 2021.
  9. ^ Lokapally, Vijay (2 January 2014). "Chashme Buddoor (1981)". The Hindu.
  10. ^ Rao, Gayatri (2 February 2018). "Music Teacher which was played by Vinod Nagpal". www.lemonwire.com. Retrieved 22 June 2021.
  11. ^ Bobb, Dilip (4 December 2013). "The Perfect Murder by Ismail Merchant". India Today. Retrieved 21 June 2021.
  12. ^ "Dance of the Wind". bookmyshow. 1 February 2008.
  13. ^ "Luv Shuv Tey Chicken Khurana review". First post. 4 November 2012.
  14. ^ "Vinod Nagpal latest film Luv Shuv Tey Chicken Khurana gets UA certificate". Firstspot. 17 September 2012.
  15. ^ "Tiger movie review". www.dailypioneer.com. 22 November 2018.
  16. ^ "Tiger Movie Review by Cinema Express". Cinema Express. 21 November 2018.
  17. ^ Sen, Shomini (16 September 2016). "Pink Movie Review". News 18.
  18. ^ Ramnath, Nandini (16 September 2016). "Pink Movie review". scroll.in.
  19. ^ Joshi, Namrata (10 February 2017). "Jolly LLB 2 review". The Hindu.
  20. ^ Sharma, Sampada (23 September 2018). "Manto receives praise for the whole cast". Indian Express.
  21. ^ "Namaste England has a pure heart". 18 October 2018.
  22. ^ "Review: Namaste England is melodramatic". Rediff.
  23. ^ "The Far Pavilions novel (1984) by M.M. Kaye". www.goodreads.com.
  24. ^ Narain, Tripti. "Vinod Nagpal fondly remembers Hum Log". India Today.
  25. ^ "Facts about first television serial Hum Log". Times of India. 4 October 2020.
  26. ^ Satija, Garima (6 October 2020). "First Indian soap opera Hum Log". India Times.
  27. ^ "30 years of Hum Log". 7 July 2014.
  28. ^ "Buniyaad was loved both in India and Pakistan". Hindustan Times.
  29. ^ Pal, Chandrima (18 May 2016). "Doordarshan files - Hum Log versus Buniyaad, Both are landmark depictions of the great Indian family". scroll.in. Retrieved 16 June 2021.
  30. ^ "Ayappa K.M. new project". IMDb. Retrieved 28 June 2021.

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