Dharmesh Tiwari (27 April 1951 – 6 August 2014) was an Indian actor and film director. He is memorable for portraying
Kripacharya in the TV series ''
Mahabharat
The ''Mahābhārata'' ( ; sa, महाभारतम्, ', ) is one of the two major Sanskrit epics of ancient India in Hinduism, the other being the '' Rāmāyaṇa''. It narrates the struggle between two groups of cousins in the Kuru ...
'' and Malayraj in
''Chanakya''.
He essayed the role of a judge on the Hindi TV serial
Kanoon
''Kanoon'' () is a 1960 Indian Hindi-language film directed by B. R. Chopra. The film stars Rajendra Kumar, Nanda, Ashok Kumar, Mehmood, Shashikala, Jeevan and Om Prakash. The film presents a case against capital punishment, arguing that witn ...
.
He directed and wrote the script for
Mahabharat Aur Barbareek
''Mahabharat Aur Barbareek'' is a 2013 Indian Hindi language real film starring Amit Rao Jeetendra as Barbareek, Bheem's grandson through Ghatotkacha. It is the last movie that Dharmesh Tiwari acted in. The movie was directed by Dharmesh Tiwari ...
in 2013. This was his last project.
In 2001, he was Honorary General Secretary of Cine and TV Artistes Association.
In 2003, he was president of the
Federation of Western India Cine Employees
Federation of Western India Cine Employees (FWICE) is a film industry worker's union in Mumbai, India. As of 2020 it had 500,000 members. FWICE is mother body of all Indian Cinema Association.
Affiliations
FWICE is a member of UNI APRO, itse ...
, a film worker's union.
Dharmesh also did the role of
Jaswant Singh
Major Jaswant Singh (; 3 January 193827 September 2020) was an officer of the Indian Army and an Indian Cabinet Minister. He was one of the founding members of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), and was one of India's longest serving parliamen ...
in as
ABP News 26 episodes series of political show
Pradhanmantri in 2013.
Tiwari died of diabetes at the age of 63 on 6 August 2014.
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1951 births
Film directors from Chandigarh
2014 deaths
Indian male television actors
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