Tiku Talsania (born 7 June 1954) is an Indian actor, who works in the

Bollywood Hindi cinema, popularly known as Bollywood and formerly as Bombay cinema, refers to the film industry based in Mumbai, engaged in production of motion pictures in Hindi language. The popular term Bollywood, is a portmanteau of "Bombay" (fo ...

industry. Apart from acting in films and television serials, he also performs as a freelance theatre artist, working for

Gujarati theatre Gujarati theatre refers to theatre performed in the Gujarati language, including its dialects. Gujarati theatre is produced mainly in Gujarat and Maharashtra, in cities like Mumbai, Ahmedabad and Baroda, Surat and else where Gujarati diaspora ex ...

Career

Television

Tiku has acted in a number of television serials starting with ''

Yeh Jo Hai Zindagi ''Yeh Jo Hai Zindagi'' (literal meaning: 'Such is Life') is a sitcom that aired on DD National in 1984. It was written by comedy writer Sharad Joshi and directed by Kundan Shah, S. S. Oberoi and ''Raman Kumar''. Plot The episodes revolved arou ...

'' in 1984, followed by hit TV serials in 1990s like '' Ye Duniya Ghazab Ki'', Zamana Badal Gaya and Ek Se Badh Kar Ek. He acted in many successful serials until the very recent ''Uttaran''. He was last seen on the SAB TV's

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Sajan Re Phir Jhooth Mat Bolo ''Sajan Re Phir Jhoot Mat Bolo (SRPJMB)'' (English: "Honey do not lie again") is an Indian sitcom that was broadcast on SAB TV from 23 May 2017 to 14 September 2018. It is the sequel to ''Sajan Re Jhoot Mat Bolo'', and stars Hussain Kuwajerwala ...

''.

Films

Tiku started his

career with Rajeev Mehra's '' Pyaar Ke Do Pal'' in 1986. He continued to play his role as comedian in movies such as ''

Dil Hai Ke Manta Nahin ''Dil Hai Ke Manta Nahin'' () is a 1991 Indian Hindi-language romantic comedy film produced by Gulshan Kumar and directed by Mahesh Bhatt. The film starred Bhatt's daughter Pooja Bhatt in her first major lead female role, while the lead male ...

'', '' Umar 55 Ki Dil Bachpan Ka'', ''

Bol Radha Bol ''Bol Radha Bol'' is a 1992 Indian Hindi-language crime thriller film directed by David Dhawan, starring Juhi Chawla and Rishi Kapoor. Chawla received her third Filmfare Award for Best Actress nomination for her performance. Plot Kishen Malho ...

'', ''

Andaz Apna Apna ''Andaz Apna Apna'' () is a 1994 Indian Hindi-language comedy film directed by Rajkumar Santoshi and produced by Vinay Kumar Sinha. It stars Aamir Khan, Salman Khan, Raveena Tandon, Karishma Kapoor, Paresh Rawal (in a dual role) and Shakti Kap ...

'' and ''

Mr. Bechara ''Mr. Bechara'' () is a 1996 Hindi-language romantic drama film directed by K. Bhagyaraj for producer Nandu G. Tolani, starring Nagarjuna, Sri Devi, Anil Kapoor in the pivotal roles and music composed by Anand Milind. The film is a remake of B ...

'' from 1991 to 1996. Breaking from his comedian roles, he donned the cap of a serious character in the movie ''

Waqt Hamara Hai ''Waqt Hamara Hai'' () is a 1993 Indian romantic action comedy film. It was directed by Bharat Rangachary and produced by Sajid Nadiadwala. The stars were Akshay Kumar and Sunil Shetty, paired together for the first time. Plot Vikas Sabk ...

'' in 1993. He then acted in a number of commercially successful movies such as ''

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'' in 1997, '' Jodi No.1'' in 2001 and up until ''

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'' in 2007. He received critical acclaim for his role in

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's ''

Devdas ''Devdas'' ( bn, দেবদাস, transliterated as ''Debdās'') is a Bengali romance novel written by Sarat Chandra Chatterjee. The story pivots a tragic triangle linking Devdas, an archetypal lover in viraha (separation); Paro, his forbidden ...

''. Tiku, who played the role of the protagonist Devdas's caretaker Dharamdas, said that he was confident that his role would get noticed. Talsania continued to work in films such as

Dhamaal ''Dhamaal'' () is a 2007 Indian Hindi-language comedy film directed by Indra Kumar and produced by Ashok Thakeria. The film stars Sanjay Dutt, Ritesh Deshmukh, Arshad Warsi, Aashish Chaudhary and Javed Jaffrey in the lead roles while Asrani, ...

and

Special 26 ''Special 26'' is an Indian Hindi-language 2013 period heist thriller film written and directed by Neeraj Pandey. Based on the 1987 Opera House heist. The plot follows, A team of tricksters ( Akshay Kumar with Anupam Kher ) pose as CBI office ...

with minor roles, as having primary focus on television serials.

Personal life

Talsania married Deepti, with whom he has two children, a son, Rohan Talsania and a daughter, actress

Shikha Talsania Shikha may refer to: *Sikha The ''sikha'' or ''shikha'' ( sa, शिखा; IAST: śikhā; "crest"; Hindi चोटी (choTi)) means flame, powerful, ray of light, peak of a mountain. It is a name of Hindu / Indian origin, and is commonly used f ...

, who has acted in films like ''

Veere Di Wedding ''Veere Di Wedding'' () is a 2018 Indian Hindi-language female buddy comedy film directed by Shashanka Ghosh and produced by Rhea Kapoor, Ekta Kapoor and Nikhil Dwivedi. Loosely based on the 2015 film ''The Wedding Ringer'', the film stars Kare ...

'', '' Coolie No. 1'' and ''

I Hate Luv Storys ''I Hate Luv Storys'' is a 2010 Indian Hindi-language romantic comedy film written and directed by Punit Malhotra and produced under Karan Johar's Dharma Productions and Ronnie Screwvala's UTV Motion Pictures. It stars Imran Khan and Sonam ...

Filmography

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Talsania, Tiku Living people Male actors from Mumbai Male actors in Hindi television Male actors in Hindi cinema 20th-century Indian male actors 21st-century Indian male actors 1954 births