Jagat Singh Jakhar (born 6 October 1956) was a Haryanvi film actor. He appeared in a dozen Haryanvi films until his death in 2011. He was the main lead of the largest grossing Haryanvi film, ''

Chandrawal ''Chandrawal'' is a 1984 Haryanvi film. It is the third Haryanavi-language film to be released and the first financially successful one. Written by Late. Shri Devi Shankar Prabhakar, produced by Usha Sharma and directed by Jayant Prabhaker, th ...

'' (1984).

Early life

He was born in a village of Sundreti in the

Jhajjar district Jhajjar district is one of the 22 districts of Haryana state in northern India. Carved out of Rohtak district on 15 July 1997 and with its headquarters in Jhajjar, it lies from Delhi and had developed into an important industrial center. Othe ...

of the state

Haryana Haryana (; ) is an Indian state located in the northern part of the country. It was carved out of the former state of East Punjab on 1 Nov 1966 on a linguistic basis. It is ranked 21st in terms of area, with less than 1.4% () of India's land a ...

in 1956. His father Surat Singh Jakhar was a farmer. He spent the early years of his life in his village then went to

Rohtak Rohtak () is a city and the administrative headquarters of the Rohtak district in the Indian state of Haryana. It lies north-west of New Delhi and south of the state capital Chandigarh on NH 9(old NH 10). Rohtak forms a part of the National ...

to complete his graduation before going to

Haryana Agricultural University Chaudhary Charan Singh Haryana Agricultural University is a public funded agricultural university located at Hisar in the Indian state of Haryana. It is the biggest agricultural university in Asia. The university has of land (around at ma ...

for higher studies to graduate as a veterinary surgeon.

Career

Jakhar appeared in around a dozen films during his career. He had most success in the film ''Chandrawal'' where he played a doomed lover. The film went on to break many box office records. Shortly before his death he was filming a television serial called ''Sapne''.

Death

Jagat Jakhar died in the PGI hospital of

Chandigarh Chandigarh () is a planned city in India. Chandigarh is bordered by the state of Punjab to the west and the south, and by the state of Haryana to the east. It constitutes the bulk of the Chandigarh Capital Region or Greater Chandigarh, which a ...

at the age of 55 on 17 December 2011 due to a liver infection. He was reportedly in hospital for treatment related to his liver for a few days. On 17 December 2011, his funeral services were held.

Selected filmography

*'' Muklawa'' *''Shanichar'' *''Chadro'' *

* Chandra Kiran *''Sapne'' (TV serial) *''Anpadh Jat'' (unreleased)

References

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