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Dinesh Thakur

Acting Born Jan 1, 1947 18 credits

Biography

Dinesh Thakur was a noted Indian theatre director, actor in theatre, television, and Hindi film, where most notably he appeared as one of the leads in Rajnigandha 1974 and directed by Basu Chatterjee, which won both Filmfare Best Movie Award and the Filmfare Critics Award for Best Movie. Dinesh Thakur was born in 1947 in Jaipur, Rajasthan, India. He was the founder-director of ANK productions, a Mumbai-based theatre company, established in 1976.

Though he mainly appeared in character roles in Hindi films, as a screenwriter and story writer, he is known for writing the story and screenplay of Ghar (1978), which won him the 1979 Filmfare Best Story Award.

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Known for

Film

Rajnigandha

as Navin

Full filmography

  • Rajnigandha (1974) as Navin
  • Aastha: In the Prison of Spring (1997) as Dinesh
  • Mere Apne (1971) as Billoo
  • The Burning Train (1980) as Usman Ali
  • Karm (1977)
  • Meera (1979) as Jaimal Rathod
  • Kalicharan (1976)
  • Palay Khan (1986)
  • Zaroorat (1972) as Ashok
  • Ghar (1978) as Doctor Prashant
  • Parinay (1974)
  • Aamne Samne (1982) as CBI Officer Ashfraf Khan
  • Anubhav (1971) as Shashi Bhushan
  • Ek Saas Zindagi (1991)
  • Madhu Malti (1978)
  • Madhu Malti (1978) as Anil Sharma
  • Zakhmi Rooh (1993)
  • Minoo (1977)