Avtar Gill Wiki, Height, Age, Wife, Children, Family, Biography & More – FilmyVoice
Avtar Gill is an Indian veteran actor who predominantly works in Hindi and Punjabi movies. In 4 a long time of his profession, he has labored in additional than 300 movies and 15+ TV serials. He’s well-known for his unfavorable roles. He bought the prospect to work with all well-known administrators equivalent to Mahesh Bhatt, David Dhawan, Raja Krishna Menon and actors equivalent to Dilip Kumar, Amitabh Bachchan, Shashi Kapoor, Ajay Devgn, Sanjay Dutt, Tarsem Jassar, Gippy Grewal and so on. Regardless of incomes a reputation in Hindi cinema and Tv he nonetheless works in theatre and is a member of the Indian Folks’s Theatre Affiliation (IPTA), Mumbai. He gained the Nationwide Excellence Award in 2016.
Wiki/Biography
Avtar Gill was born on Saturday, 13 Could 1950 (age 73 years; as of 2023) in Kalakh, Ludhiana, Punjab. His zodiac signal is Taurus. After 40 days of his start, his household moved to Chembur, Mumbai. He studied there to finish his college schooling after which pursued a bachelor’s at Khalsa School, King’s Circle, Mumbai, Maharashtra. Director Raman Kumar and actor Javed Khan had been his batchmates; they helped him to get began with performing.

Avtar Gill in his childhood

Avtar Gill in his college days
Bodily Look
Peak (approx.): 5′ 10″
Weight (approx.): 75 kg
Hair Color: Salt and Pepper
Eye Color: Black
Household
Avtar belongs to the Gill household of the Punjabi Jatt neighborhood.
Dad and mom & Siblings
Avtar’s father was a lorry driver in Mumbai and his mom was a housewife. Avtar has 3 siblings, 1 brother, and a couple of sisters.

Avtar Gill together with his mom
Spouse & Youngsters
Avtar bought married to Parminder Gill. Collectively they’ve 2 youngsters, a son, and a daughter. His daughter needs to change into a director and his son an actor.

Avtar Gill together with his spouse, Parminder Gill
Faith
Avtar Gill follows Sikkhism.
Profession
Movie
Avtar’s debut movie was ‘Udeekan’ (1978), a Punjabi movie. His debut Bollywood movie was ‘Noorie’ (1979). Yash Chopra Manufacturing produced this movie; it was an excellent hit and the seventh highest-grossing movie on the Indian field workplace in 1979.

Avtar Gill with the solid and crew of the movie Noorie
He then labored in ‘Albert Pinto Ko Gussa Kyoon Aata Hai’ (1980). The movie starred Naseeruddin Shah, Shabana Azmi, and Smita Patil within the lead roles and gained the 1981 Filmfare Critics Award for Greatest Film.

Avtar Gill (proper) with Naseerudin Shah
Other than these, he labored as Avtar in ‘Saath Saath’ (1982), as Police Commissioner in ‘Shahenshah’ (1988), as MLA Becharam in ‘Ilaaka’ (1989), as Usman Bhai in ‘Agneepath’ (1990), as Police Inspector Deshpande in ‘Aashiqui’ (1990), as Salim Bhai in ‘Sadak’ (1991), as Natwar Lal Yadav in ‘Dilwale’ (1994), as Amrit Pal in ‘Airlift’ (2016), ‘Rabb Da Radio 2’ (2019), and ‘Kaamyaab’ (2020) and so on.

Avtar Gill within the movie Dilwale

Avtar Gill (left) within the movie Rabb Da Radio 2
He has labored in additional than 300 movies in Hindi, Punjabi, Marathi, Bengali, Bhojpuri, Telugu, and English. His portrayal of unfavorable roles made him well-known and he turned a part of virtually all movies launched within the 80s-90s. About his roles, he spoke in an interview, he mentioned,
Mirror tells the reality and I see my face within the mirror day by day. I knew from the beginning that I can’t change into a hero with this face however I definitely can change into a villain so right here I’m.”
Tv
He debuted in tv with the serial ‘Yeh Jo Hai Zindagi’ (1984) aired on DD Nationwide. He bought a serious breakthrough within the serial ‘Nukkad’ (1986-87) the place he performed the position of Kader Bhai. This serial was cherished by everybody at the moment. There was a well-known line about it that, ‘Nukkad’ introduced the streets of Mumbai into the lounge. Attributable to its fame one other season with the title of ‘Naya Nukkad’ was aired in 1993-94.

Nukkad poster starring Avtar Gill and others

Avtar Gill (in the midst of the primary row) in a scene of Nukkad
He additionally labored in ‘Ye Duniya Gazab Ki’ (1992-1993), ‘Tara’ (1993-1995), ‘Gharwali Uparwali’ (2000 ), ‘Detective Karan’ ( 2003-2004), ‘Adaalat’ (2010), ‘Yeh Hai Aashiqui’ (2019), ‘Ayodhya Ki Ramleela’ (2020), ‘Kyun Uthhe Dil Chhod Aaye’ (2021) and so on.

Avtar Gill within the serial Kyun Utthe Dil Chhor Aaye
Theatre
Avtar’s profession began with theatre. In his preliminary days of performing, he was launched to IPTA (Indian Folks’s Theatre Affiliation) and his affiliation with it nonetheless continues. In an interview, he spoke about his relationship with IPTA and mentioned,
I proceed to do performs with IPTA is as a result of I take pleasure in doing theatre and share an emotional bond with the group. Theatre is an integral a part of my life.”
He labored in lots of performs equivalent to ‘Shatranj Ke Mohre,’ ‘Kashmakash,’ ‘Biwi O Biwi,’ ‘Tajmahal Ka Tender’ and so on.

Avtar Gill (second from the precise) within the poster of the play Shatranj Ke Mohre

Avtar Gill (excessive proper) within the poster of the play Kashmakash
Awards, Honours, Achievements
- Nationwide Excellence Award 2016
Avtar Gill (excessive proper) receiving Nationwide Excellence Award 2016
Earnings
Avtar Gill began his theatre profession with a Rs 10 per play revenue. Now he earns Rs 500 per play.
Favourites
Information/Trivia
- He’s the brother of assistant director Kuljinder Singh Gill aka Pinky Gill.
- He needed to change into a wrestler as he was impressed by Dara Singh.
- In an interview, he disclosed that, if he wouldn’t have been an actor then he would have joined the Indian Air Power.
- Avtar Gill likes to learn.