Kanwaljit Singh is an
Indian actor who has performed in films as well as television serials. He has acted in
Hindi as well as
Punjabi films.
Kanwaljit hails from a
Sikh family of
Saharanpur,
Uttar Pradesh. After graduation, he joined the Films and Television Institute of India (FTII),
Pune. His first film was
Dastaan-e-Laila Majnu followed by
Hum Rahe Na Hum by
Vijay Anand,
Shart,
Shaque by Ketan Anand. In Hindi film Ashanti he had a chance to costar
Zeenat Aman while working with top notch stars of
Bollywood like
Rajesh Khanna,
Shabana Azmi,
Parveen Babi and
Mithun Chakraborty.Two of his films,
Hum Rahe Na Hum and
Shaque, which he heavily banked on, did not do well at the box office. He was slotted as a failure, and it was around this time that he was introduced to television (the small screen, then was not a popular medium). His role as an illegitimate child, Satbir in
Ramesh Sippy’s mega serial
Buniyaad gave him instant recognition. This earned him many offers, but even at that time he did not take up anything that came his way. On the contrary he has always preferred to wait and do lesser but more meaningful roles. In the coming years he was approached with roles of his choice and thus serials like
Saans,
Family no. 1,
Dard and
Siski happened.He also came in harbhajan maan's movies.
He also starred in a number of punjabi movies such as
Mannat,
Jee aayean nu and
Dil apna punjabi to name a few.
his height is 6'3.5.Married to actress
Anuradha Patel, they have two sons,...
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