Mushtaq Kak (

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: मुश्ताक़ काक (

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), مُشتاق کاک (

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); b. 1961 in Jammu & Kashmir,

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) is an Indian actor and director. Kak's parents are from Jammu & Kashmir,his father is a

, of the Kak caste, while his mother is a

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Early life

Earlier, he was associated with

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, New Delhi as the artistic director. He has also received the best director award for ''Andha Yug'', ''Malika'', and ''Pratibimb''. Of his plays, ''Maha Brahmin'' and ''Alladad'' were adjudged best plays for the years 1999 and 2000, respectively. His production "Andorra" with Kartik Chaudhry as Pyder was a big hit. He Directed more than 100 plays all from different writers. Few of them are short stories by Saadat Hasan Mantos, Anton Chekhov's Cheery ka bagicha, Vijay Tendulkar's ghansi ram kotwal, Krishan Chander's Gadhe Ke Wapsi, Sharad Joshi's alladad, Vasant Kanetkar's Kasturi Mrig, Moti Lal Kemmo's Nagar Udaas, Federico Garcia's The Blood Wedding. He has also acted in Hindi Movies like

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, Sikandar, Hollywood movie Amal,

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, Kesari,

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and

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Filmography

Actor Mushtaq Kak has worked in some of the popular movies of Indian Cenima between 2007 and 2022. *Amal (2007) as Doctor *

(2008) as main villain (Mushtaq) *Sikandar (2009) as Moulvi Allah Baksh * Vishwaroopam-I (2013) as Manawar *

(2016) as a Shopkeeper *

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: The untold Story (2016) as a Shopkeeper *

(2018) as Manawar *

(2019) as Joker *

(2019) as General Khursheed *

(2020) Masud ahib *

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* I AM Mega (2020 film)As Shopkeeper * Kesari as Ameer

References

1961 births Kashmiri people Living people Recipients of the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award {{India-actor-stub