# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/kanwarjit-singh-paintal
# Generated: 2026-08-14T14:15:49.405Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/kanwarjit-singh-paintal"
name: "Kanwarjit Singh Paintal"
slug: "kanwarjit-singh-paintal"
description: "Kanwarjit Paintal, better known as Paintal, is an Indian actor and comedian. He started off as a comic actor and moved on to teaching the art of acting. He has extensively worked not only in numerous movies but also television.\nHe was born into a Sikh family in Tarn Taran which is near Amritsar, Punjab. He lived his early life with his family members in Sadar Bazaar, Delhi. Paintal learnt acting at the Film and Television Institute of India and in 2008 was the Head of the Acting Department of FTII. He came to Bombay in 1969. His brother Gufi Paintal played the role Shakuni in B.R. Chopra hit show 'Mahabharat ', in which he himself played the roles of Shikhandi and Sudama. His son, Hiten Paintal, is also an actor, who worked in movies such as Dil Maange More (2004) and Bachna Ae Haseeno (2008)."
tagline: "Former Indian comic actor and current teacher of acting"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Paintal.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: "1947-08-08"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           47.7
  momentum:             0
  historical:           6.51628
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0656865/"
    handle:    "nm0656865"
sources:
  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%A9%D9%86%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%AC%DB%8C%D8%AA_%D9%BE%D9%86%D9%B9%D9%84"
    title: "کنورجیت پنٹل"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%BE%D8%A7%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%84"
    title: "پاينتال"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kanwarjit_Paintal"
    title: "Kanwarjit Paintal"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paintal_(comediante)"
    title: "Paintal (comediante)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AA%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%9F%E0%A4%B2"
    title: "पेंटल"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://mni.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EA%AF%84%EA%AF%A5%EA%AF%8F%EA%AF%9F%EA%AF%87%EA%AF%9C_(%EA%AF%90%EA%AF%92%EA%AF%A4_%EA%AF%87%EA%AF%A7%EA%AF%95_%EA%AF%81%EA%AF%A4%EA%AF%9F%EA%AF%82%EA%AF%A3%EA%AF%A2)"
    title: "ꯄꯥꯏꯟꯇꯜ (ꯐꯒꯤ ꯇꯧꯕ ꯁꯤꯟꯂꯣꯢ)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://mr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AA%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%9F%E0%A4%B2"
    title: "पेंटल"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://or.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%AC%AA%E0%AD%87%E0%AC%A3%E0%AD%8D%E0%AC%9F%E0%AC%BE%E0%AC%B2%2C_%E0%AC%B9%E0%AC%BE%E0%AC%B8%E0%AD%8D%E0%AD%9F_%E0%AC%85%E0%AC%AD%E0%AC%BF%E0%AC%A8%E0%AD%87%E0%AC%A4%E0%AC%BE"
    title: "ପେଣ୍ଟାଲ, ହାସ୍ୟ ଅଭିନେତା"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7124977"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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