1. Dalip Tahil is best known for his work in Baazigar, Raja, Hum Hain Rahi Pyar Ke and Qayamat Se Qayamat Tak, Pyaar Ki Miss Call along with actor Gaurav Prateek.
17 Facts About Dalip Tahil
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Dalip Tahil was declared the best actor for a record third time in 1969, his final year at Sherwood College.
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Dalip Tahil moved with his family to Mumbai in 1968, joined the Theatre Group Bombay and trained under its directors, Alyque and Pearl Padamsee.
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Dalip Tahil appeared in some of its major productions, playing John the Baptist and Jesus in Godspell, and Stanley Kowalski in Tennessee Williams' A Streetcar Named Desire, directed by Alyque Padamsee.
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Dalip Tahil played Galy Gay, in Amal Alana's production of Bertolt Brecht's Man Is a Man.
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Director Shyam Benegal noticed Dalip Tahil and offered him a part in his first feature film Ankur in 1974.
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Dalip Tahil went on to play principal character roles of a villain or supporting role of a father, police officer, in over 100 Bollywood films from the 1980s to 2013.
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Dalip Tahil appeared in the Merchant Ivory English films The Deceivers and The Perfect Murder.
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Dalip Tahil is well remembered for his villainous role of Madan Chopra, a wicked businessman in Baazigar.
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Dalip Tahil has played the role of Rupert Desai in Mission Mangal.
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On television, Dalip Tahil played roles in Sanjay Khan's television serial The Sword of Tipu Sultan and Ramesh Sippy's Buniyaad.
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Thereafter, Dalip Tahil worked in his first British television series, Bombay Blue.
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Dalip Tahil gained national recognition across the UK when he won the role of Dan Ferreira, in the iconic BBC1 soap opera EastEnders in 2003, appearing in over 60 episodes.
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Dalip Tahil made his last appearance in the episode aired on 30 December 2003.
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Dalip Tahil was granted indefinite leave to remain in the UK in 2005.
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In 2007, Dalip Tahil appeared in the BBC2 mini-series Nuclear Secrets in the episode "Terror Traders", playing Pakistani scientist Abdul Qadeer Khan.
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Dalip Tahil later played the role of King Dasaratha in the Indian television series, Siya Ke Ram, which premiered on 16 November 2015 through Star Plus and concluded on 4 November 2016.