Mumbai. Death of Satinder Kumar Khosla Famous actor-comedian Satinder Kumar Khosla has passed away. The actor, popularly known in the film world as Birbal Khosla, breathed his last on Tuesday evening, September 12. He was ill for a long time and was hospitalized. The news of the actor’s demise has left people in the entertainment industry reeling. Satinder made the audience laugh a lot with his comic characters in many films.
Satinder was born on 28 October 1938. The versatile actor was primarily known for comic characters. His stage name was Birbal and people used to call him by this name in the film world. According to reports, he suffered a head injury some time ago, after which he was in trouble. Satinder breathed his last at the age of 84.
The character of ‘Sholay’ is still remembered.
Satinder started his journey with films like ‘Do Bandhan’ in 1966 and ‘Upakar’ in 1967. After this V. Shantaram’s movie ‘Boond Jo Bun Gayi Moti’ got a lot of fame. Birbal acted in more than 500 films in Hindi, Punjabi, Bhojpuri and Marathi languages. Even today people remember Satinder for the film ‘Sholay’, in which he was seen with a small moustache. ‘Taapsya’, ‘Mera Gaon Mera Desh’, ‘Charlie Chaplin’, ‘Anurodh’, ‘Ameer Gharib’, ‘Sadma’, ‘Hum Hai Rahi Pyaar Ke’, ‘Gambler’, ‘Phir Kabhi’, ‘Mr and Mrs ‘Khiladi’ etc. were some of his special films. He was last seen in the 2022 film ’10 Nahi 40′.
In his long career Satinder worked with big actors like Manoj Kumar, Rajesh Khanna, Jeetendra, Dharmendra, Amitabh Bachchan, Hema Malini, Mumtaz etc. It is said that Manoj Kumar and director Raj Khosla changed his name from Satinder to Birbal.
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First published: September 13, 2023, 07:02 IST