Dalip Tahil Movies and Career Information

Dalip Tahil (born 30 October 1952, India) is an Indian film, television and theatre actor. He did his schooling from the elite Sherwood College in Nainital, India and later graduated from Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh. Dalip Tahil initially made his foray into theatres in Prithvi Theatres bestselling play Pakke Dhagge opposite Sanjana Kapoor daughter of Shashi Kapoor. He then got a small role in the 1974 National Award winning movie Ankur. He went onto acting in small and minor roles in films like Trishul ( as the henchman of Prem Chopra's Character) and Kaala Patthar (As a mineworking friend of Sharat Saxena's character). In 1980 he got a break in Shaan as a minor villain. This was followed in a small role in Richard Attenborough's Gandhi where he briefly appeared as a freedom associate of Pandit Jawahar Lal Nehru. He went onto play supporting roles such as a father, policeman and a villain in over 100 Hindi films throughout the 1980s and 1990s. He also appeared in the Merchant-Ivory English films The Deceivers and The Perfect Murder (1988). His most notable Bollywood film roles include Qayamat Se Qayamat Tak, Thanedaar, Deewana, Ishq, Phir Bhi Dil Hai Hindustani, King Uncle,