Mangal Singh Dhillon, better known as Mangal Dhillon is an Indian actor, writer, director and film producer. He was born in Wander Jatana near

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Early life

He was born in a

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family in a village Wander Jatana, in

of the Indian state of

. He studied in Panj Graayin Kalan Government school until 4th Standard. He then moved to

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near his father's farm. He graduated from Zila Parishad high school in Nighasan,

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. He then returned to Punjab where he completed his higher secondary from Kot Kapura. He graduated from Muktsar Government College. He worked in theatre in

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and joined Indian Theatre department at

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in 1979 and completed his post-graduate diploma course in acting in 1980.

Filmography

Television

Feature films

Production house

Dhillon formed a production company and released a well-received historical film entitled ''Khalsa''. His other productions include ''A Day at the Golden Temple''-(about the 24 hours holy practice every day)", ''Prakash Sri Guru Granth Sahib'' (in 2004 about the uniqueness of Guru Granth Sahib), ''Sikh Ate Dastaar'', ''The Inseparable-A Sikh and his Turban'', (about the unbreakable bond of every Sikh with his turban & long hair) ''Sarvnash''-(in 2007 against drug abuse) ''Gurbani De Kautak Part-1 and Part-2'' (in 2009-10 about the divine healing powers of Gurbani) ''Toshakhana Sri Darbar Sahib'' (about the priceless articles kept at Toshakhana) and ''Ḧarinam Ke Chamatkar'' (a documentary about the divine healing powers of Harinam). Forth coming projects include ''Shahadat'' (a feature film, about politics of votes & countless other social issues of Punjab, India & NRIs), ''Ä Western Salutation to Sikhism'' (about the devotion, faith & conviction of western people who embraced sikhism) ''Saaka-Sarhind'' (a docu-drama film about the martyrdom of the sons of Sri Guru Gobind Singh ji), and ''Gurbani De Kautak Parts 3, 4 and 5'' (documentary films about the divine healing powers of spiritual hymns of Sri Guru Granth Sahib)and many others.

Awards

* For his role in television serial ''Junoon'', he won the RAPA (Radio and Television Advertising Practitioners' Association) award for best actor in 1998. * He was honored with Baba Farid Award by Punjab Government for the film ''Khalsa'' * An outstanding achievement award from Chief Minister Punjab in 2006 as well as various other recognitions from organizations all over Punjab and abroad. * He was awarded the Mohan Rakesh Gold Medal for best actor.

References

External links

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Sikh Article on Mangal Dhillon
* https://www.tribuneindia.com/2001/20010503/main8.htm {{DEFAULTSORT:Dhillon, Mangal Punjabi people Indian Sikhs Living people Male actors in Hindi cinema Male actors in Punjabi cinema People from Lakhimpur Kheri People from Punjab, India People from Faridkot district 20th-century Indian male actors Male actors from Punjab, India Indian male stage actors 21st-century Indian male actors Year of birth missing (living people)