Lalit Tiwari

Lalit Tiwari is an Indian film and television actor. His best-known television roles are that of Sanjaya in the series Mahabharat (1988–1990), and the one in the historical television series Bharat Ek Khoj - The Discovery of India (1988).[1]

Lalit Tiwari
NationalityIndian
Alma materNational School of Drama
Occupationactor
Known forMahabharat, Bharat Ek Khoj, Welcome to Sajjanpur, Well Done Abba!, Om-Dar-B-Dar

An alumnus of the National School of Drama, he made his debut in films with Sudhir Mishra's Yeh Woh Manzil To Nahin (1987).[1][2] Next was the postmodernist film, Om-Dar-B-Dar (1988), which became a cult classic. He has acted in numerous parallel cinema films with director Shyam Benegal, such as Suraj Ka Satvan Ghoda, Mammo, Hari-Bhari, Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose: The Forgotten Hero, Welcome to Sajjanpur and Well Done Abba!. He has also acted in mainstream Bollywood films such as Chandni, Lamhe and Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge.[3]

Lalit Mohan Tiwari being felicitated at Kautik Student Film Festival

Filmography
YearTitleRoleNotes
1987Yeh Woh Manzil To NahinSrikantDir: Sudhir Mishra
1988Om-Dar-Ba-DarJagdishFilmfare Critics Award for Best Movie
1989ChandniDir. Yash Chopra
1989BhrashtacharKeshav Kumar
1989Sach
1991Akayla
1991LamheSudeshwar Narayan TiwariDir. Yash Chopra
1991Raju Ban Gaya GentlemanRafique
1992Bewaffa Se WaffaAltaf Ahmed - Rukhsar's father
1993Roop Ki Rani Choron Ka Raja
1993DarrSunil's FriendDir Yash Chopra
1993Suraj Ka Satvan GhodaChaman ThakurDir. Shyam Benegal
1993Sardar
1993Pehchaan
1994LaadlaLawyer
1994Yeh DillagiProd. Yash Chopra
1994Eena Meena DeekaDir. David Dhawan
1994Chaand Kaa TukdaaRaja Saheb
1994MammoRiyaz's fatherDir. Shyam Benegal
1994TarpanJeetu Thakur
1995Dilwale Dulhania Le JayengeSimran's UncleNational Film Award for Best Popular Film
1996KrishnaSunil's Instructor
1996ShastraGirdhari
1999Jai Hind Karan
2000BawandarTej Karan
2000Hari-BhariDir. Shyam Benegal
2001Yeh Raaste Hain Pyaar KeAshok Sharma
2002The Legend of Bhagat SinghProf. Vidyalankar
2003DabdabaK.K
2004Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose: The Forgotten HeroCheckpost Policeman
2005Mangal Pandey: The Rising[4]Davar Ali
2006TathastuPolitician
2006Jai Santoshi MaaPratap
2006Chabiwali Pocket WatchBabbashort film
2007AnwarPappu
2008Welcome to SajjanpurSubedar SinghDir: Shyam Benegal
2009Bad Luck GovindPotent Pandey
2009Well Done Abba! [5]Meherban Ali - Arif's fatherDir. Shyam Benegal
2012Ata Pata LapattaSwamiji
2013Bhopal: A Prayer for Rain[2]Muslim moneylenderupcoming
2014Das CapitalMantriupcoming
2015HawaizaadaCharu Shastrico-starring Mithun Chakraborty, Ayushmann Khurrana and Pallavi Sharda

Television
YearTitleRoleNotes
1986Bahadur Shah ZafarAhmed Baig
1988MahabharatSanjaya
1988Bharat Ek KhojDir: Shyam Benegal
1993Bible Ki KahaniyaNarrator
1997ItihaasShrivastav
20011857 KrantiBajirao II
2001Maha Kavya MahabharatTV Mini series
2007Apne Dil Se PuchhoMohan's Father Vitthal
2008Chhoona Hai AasmaanHyder Sheikh
2014SamvidhaanShibban Lal SaxenaDir: Shyam Benegal

References
  1. "Rendezvous with rural Odisha". The Telegraph (Kolkata). 25 April 2013. Retrieved 26 June 2014.
  2. "Actor's take on cinema's future". The Telegraph. 6 April 2013. Retrieved 26 June 2014.
  3. "'Om Dar B Dar' review: This film is still ahead of its time". IBN Live (CNN-IBN). 18 January 2014. Retrieved 26 June 2014.
  4. "Lalit Tiwari Filmography". New York Times.
  5. Lalit Mohan Tiwari at IMDb
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