Dinesh Thakur

Biography

Dinesh Thakur was a noted Indian theatre director, actor in theatre, television, and Hindi film, where most notably he appeared as one of the leads in Rajnigandha 1974 and directed by Basu Chatterjee, which won both Filmfare Best Movie Award and the Filmfare Critics Award for Best Movie. Dinesh Thakur was born in 1947 in Jaipur, Rajasthan, India. He was the founder-director of ANK productions, a Mumbai-based theatre company, established in 1976.

Though he mainly appeared in character roles in Hindi films, as a screenwriter and story writer, he is known for writing the story and screenplay of Ghar (1978), which won him the 1979 Filmfare Best Story Award.

Known For

Zaroorat
Zaroorat
Espousal
Espousal
Rajnigandha
Rajnigandha
Aastha: In the Prison of Spring
Aastha: In the Prison of Spring
Anubhav
Anubhav
Aamne Samne
Aamne Samne

Filmography

1997 Aastha: In the Prison of Spring
as Dinesh
1993 Zakhmi Rooh
as
1991 Ek Saas Zindagi
as
1986 Palay Khan
as
1982 Aamne Samne
as CBI Officer Ashfraf Khan
1980 The Burning Train
as Usman Ali
1979 Meera
as Jaimal Rathod
1978 Madhu Malti
as
1978 Madhu Malti
as Anil Sharma
1978 Ghar
as Doctor Prashant
1977 Minoo
as
1977 Karm
as
1976 Kalicharan
as
1974 Rajnigandha
as Navin
1974 Espousal
as
1972 Zaroorat
as Ashok
1971 Mere Apne
as Billoo
1971 Anubhav
as Shashi Bhushan