Gulshan Grover

Gulshan Grover (born 21 September 1955) is an Indian actor and film producer who has appeared in over 100 films. He is popularly known as the "Bad Man" of Hindi cinema because of his ability to create an impact with his negative roles in films.

Early life Grover was born into a Punjabi family in New Delhi to a Hindu father and a Sikh mother. He holds a post graduate degree from Delhi's Shri Ram College of Commerce and was associated with ‘Little Theatre Group’ for a long time before launching into the Hindi film industry.

Awards

Selected filmography Hindi films

English films YearFilmRoleNotes 1998 The Second Jungle Book: Mowgli & Baloo Baldeo 2002 Air Panic Philip Beeper Sr. Inspector Vijay Kumar 2004 American Daylight Billoo 1:1.6 An Ode to Lost Love 2018 Forbidden Jasleen's father Short film; bilingual in Punjabi2019 The Man from Kathmandu Abu Mia Siddiqi

Telugu films YearFilmRoleNotes 1985 Nyayam Meere CheppaliDilip 1994 Criminal Robert Rakesh Kumar 2005 Balu Khan Subhash Chandra Bose Officer George2014 April Fool

Other language films

Music videos

Dubbing roles Live-action television series Title Actor(s) Character(s) Dub Language Original Language Original Year Release Dub Year Release Channel/Network Notes Breaking Bad Mark Margolis Hector Salamanca Hindi English 2008 2023 Zee Cafe

Personal life Grover was in a relationship with Pakistani actress Somy Ali, which ended after she became involved with Salman Khan. Grover also dated journalist Anita Pratap for a brief period.

During the shooting of movie Boom he had several romantic scenes with actress Katrina Kaif who was in her debut. While shooting, it is said that they became close due to intimate nature of their roles and were said to have briefly dated during this time, Kaif being 28 years younger than him. He is even is said to have reportedly asked for multiple takes of his scenes with Katrina though many of them got deleted from final cut of the movie. He has a son, Sanjay. Grover used to send Sanjay for cricket coaching at Wankhede stadium in the 1990s.