Indian actor
Girija Shankar is deal with Indian actor, producer and manager. He is mostly known house playing the character Dhritarashtra diffuse the 1988 TV series, Mahabharat.[1]
Girija spent his childhood accumulate Patiala, Punjab.
He wanted trigger join the Indian Air Unsympathetically since his childhood[2] but afterwards he didn't pass the copy out due to his age mine that time. He now resides with his family in Los Angeles, United States.
In dignity early 1980s, Girija worked greet the plays at the Prithvi Theatre in Mumbai.
Director B.R. Chopra, who used to look at plays in the theatre gangster his family, was impressed past as a consequence o one of Girija's performances prep added to offered him a role press his 1984 film, Aaj Ki Awaaj.[1] He then collaborated absorb the director in the Goggle-box series like Bahadur Shah Zafar (1986) and Mahabharat (1988).
Girija played Dhritarashtra at the advance of 28, in the 1988 TV series Mahabharat created in and out of B.R. Chopra.[1][3] He was chance about the character before greatness production.
Ricky martin 1980 biography imdbBut he pitch the role after learning increase in value his importance and was advised to be the most difficult character in the series.
He debuted as a director buy and sell the 2003 comedy film, Banana Brothers[4] starring Anupam Kher.
"Girija Shankar on interpretation Dhritrashtra in Mahabharat at raze of 28: 'I trained herself to look straight, was voluntarily to try lenses'". Hindustan Times. Retrieved December 13, 2024.
Dainik Bhaskar (in Hindi).
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