Kulbhushan Kharbanda Age, Wife, Family, Biography & More

Bio/Wiki
Profession	Actor
Physical Stats & More
Height (approx.)	in centimeters- 170 cm in meters- 1.70 m in feet & inches- 5’ 7”
Eye Colour	Brown
Hair Colour	Grey
Career
Debut	Film: Bollywood- Nishant (1974); as Police Patel Punjabi- Chan Pardesi (1980) TV: Yeh Hai Mere Apne (1997) on ZEE TV
Award(s)	2015: Lifetime Achievement Award at PTC Punjabi Film Awards
Personal Life
Date of Birth	21 October 1944 (Saturday)
Age (as of 2024)	80 Years
Birthplace	Hasan Abdal, district Attock District, Punjab, British India (now in Pakistan)
Zodiac sign	Libra
Nationality	Indian
School	He did his schooling at various cities including Jodhpur, Aligarh, Dehradun, and Delhi
College/University	Delhi University
Educational Qualification	A bachelor’s degree at Delhi University
Address	No. 501, Silver Cascade, Bandra West, Mumbai
Relationships & More
Marital Status	Married
Marriage Date	8 December 1965
Family
Wife/Spouse	Maheshwari Devi Kharbanda
Children	Son- None Daughter- Shruti Kharbanda Note: Image in given in the Wife section.
Parents	Not known
Siblings	Not known
Favourites
Director(s)	Ramesh Sippy, Shyam Benegal, and Raj Kapoor
Actor(s)	Balraj Sahni, Naseeruddin Shah, and Motilal

Some Lesser Known Facts About Kulbhushan Kharbanda

• Kulbhushan Kharbanda is a versatile Indian actor who is known for his stellar performances in the films Shaan (1980), Ghulami (1985), and Lagaan (2001).
  

  Kulbhushan Kharbanda as Shakaal in a still from the film ‘Shaan’ (1980)

• After the partition of 1947, Kulbhushan Kharbanda’s family moved from Pakistan to India, so his early schooling was in Jodhpur, Dehradun, Aligarh & Delhi.

• When he was studying at Delhi University, Amitabh Bachchan was also a student at the same university.

• During his college, Kulbhushan Kharbanda along with his friends created a theatre group named Abhiyaan. Later, he joined a bilingual theatre group Tarik. After working in ‘Tarik’, Kulbhushan moved to Kolkata in 1972 and continued theatre acting with Padatik, a theatre group.

• When he was a part of ‘Padatik,’ he also worked as a trainee and sales executive in a gas factory; however, he was later fired after he did a controversial play called ‘Sakharam Binder’.

• When he was doing theatre in Kolkata, he received several offers to work in films for which he later moved to Mumbai.

• In 2018, Kulbhushan appeared in an action crime thriller web series titled Mirzapur in which he played Satyanand Tripathi aka Bauji. He appeared in both seasons 1 and 2 of the series. In 2020, he played the role of Karim Chand Seth.
  

  Poster of the web series ‘Mirzapur- season 1’ (2018)

• He has done several plays such as Atmakatha, Teen Farishtay, and Hatya Ek Akaar ki. Kulbhushan left the theatre as he had got busy with films; however,  ‘Atmakatha’ became his comeback on the stage after 17 years in 2013.

• Kulbhushan has also appeared in many Punjabi films including Mahaul Theek Hai (1999), Midnight’s Children (2012), and Kirpaan – The Sword of Honour (2014).

• In 2011, he fell from a horse and was severely injured. After a few days, Vinay Sharma (play writer and director) offered him the play ‘Atmakatha’, but due to his injuries, Kulbhushan had to refuse the offer. However, Vinay Sharma was insistent on having him in the play, so he waited for him to recover.

• Kulbhushan smokes occasionally.