Pankaj Kapoor

Pankaj Kapoor is an Indian theatre, television and film actor from Ludhiana, Punjab, India. He has appeared in several television serials and films. His most acclaimed film roles till date have been that of Dr. Dipankar Roy in Ek Doctor Ki Maut (1991) and 'Abba ji' in Vishal Bhardwaj's Maqbool (2003), both of which got him National Film Awards.

In the 1980s and 1990s he became a household name through his TV series Karamchand, a surprisingly popular, comedy television series in the detective genre and then, Office Office, a comic satire on the prevalent corruption.

Education

Pankaj Kapoor first studied engineering in New Delhi, and completed the course in 1973, topping his college. Thereafter, he joined National School of Drama (NSD), New Delhi and later graduated in 1976; here again he...