# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/daya-shankar-pandey
# Generated: 2026-08-15T02:18:41.990Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/daya-shankar-pandey"
name: "Daya Shankar Pandey"
slug: "daya-shankar-pandey"
description: "Daya Shankar Pandey is an Indian film and television actor. He has acted in a number of Hindi movies like Lagaan (2001), Gangaajal (2003), Swades (2004) and Raajneeti (2010). He began his career with the film Pehla Nasha (1993). He currently essays the role of Inspector Chalu Pandey in the famous serial Taarak Mehta Ka Ooltah Chashmah. He is also creative consultant of the show. Daya Shankar Pandey resides in Mumbai's Suburban Area."
tagline: "Indian actor"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/DayaShankarPandey.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "India"
  isoCode: "IN"
category:
  name: "Actors"
  slug: "actors"
profileType:
  name: "Actor"
  slug: "actor"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1965-11-19"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  momentum:             21.35075736923077
  historical:           6.500275999999999
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1004804/"
    handle:    "nm1004804"
sources:
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    title: "దయాశంకర్ పాండే"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "دايا شانكار پاندى"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "দয়া শঙ্কর পাণ্ডে"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Daya Shankar Pandey"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "दया शंकर पांडे"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ꯗꯌꯥ ꯁꯟꯀꯔ ꯄꯥꯟꯗꯦ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "दयाशङ्कर पाण्डे"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/129729"
    title: "Daya Shankar Pandey"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump