Omkar Das Manikpuri

Omkar Das Manikpuri is an Indian stage and film actor. He is a member of folk-theatre doyen Habib Tanvir's, Naya Theatre company. Manikpuri made his Hindi film debut as a lead in Peepli Live in 2010.

Career Manikpuri started his career at the age of 17, as a performer in the local form of folk theatre called Nacha and joined an itinerant village theatre group. It was during a performance of the popular play Charandas Chor in Bhopal, that he was noticed by Anusha Rizvi and Mahmood Farooqui, the co-directors of the film, which led to him auditioning for the film in Bhopal. Initially he had auditioned for the minor role of Machua, but later was given the lead of Natha, which was till then reportedly to be played by Aamir Khan. In 2014, he performed in Ebn-E-Batuta, directed by Varun Middha. Beginning in 2015, he played Jagannath in the television series Santoshi Maa. In 2017, he performed in the Rajasthani language film Taawdo The Sunlight, he also acted in bollywood film Newton. In 2019, he acted in the Malayalam film Unda alongside Mammootty.

In 2023 released Red Chillies Entertainments' (Atlee directorial and Shah Rukh Khan starrer) Jawan, Manikpuri played Leher Khan's father, a Dalit farmer and a loving father who is unable to repay a loan and ultimately hangs himself to aid his daughter's education through the suicide-compensation amount provided by the government, similar to his character from Peepli Live.

Personal life Manikpuri's seven-member family lives in Bhilai's Brindanagar area (Ward no. 20).

Filmography