Jehangir Karkaria

Jehangir R. Karkaria is a veteran Indian actor who has been entertaining his spectators for more than two decades through films, TV shows and stage plays. He was born in the municipality of Navsari, Gujarat, where he attended the D.K. Tata High School. He graduated with a Bachelor’s degree in Chemical Engineering from the Lalbhai Dalpatbhai College of Engineering in Ahmedabad, Gujarat.

After graduation, he worked as an entrepreneurial executive for more than 25 years at ION Exchange Pvt. Ltd., where he managed sales, marketing, business development, and product management at the national level for specialty chemicals and equipment.

He had always had a passion for acting, which he thoroughly pursued as he juggled his job alongside for financial security. His first opus in acting was as in a character role for the Hindi stage play ‘Bye Bye Dear Line Clear,’ directed by Dinkar Jani Bio coming soon... >> Read More... (known for “ Shaktimaan Shaktiman is a famous Indian Fictional show with a >> Read More... ” (1997)). For few subsequent years, he played numerous characters in regional Hindi and Gujarati theatre productions, including ‘Wah Tame Pan Great Cho,’ ‘Black Comedy,’ ‘ Double Trouble Click to look into! >> Read More... ,’ ‘Jaalsaaz,’ ‘Jhoot Bole Kauva Kaate,’ ’31 Ni Madhraate’ and ‘ Pappu Pass Thai Gayo Pappu Pass Thai Gayo is an Indian drama that was r >> Read More... .’ He got his well-deserved break on the big screen with a supporting role in Jabbar Patel’s biographic drama “Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar” (2000), starring Mammootty. The film bagged three honors at the 1999 National Film Awards The National Film Awards gets presented every year >> Read More... : best actor, art direction, and feature film in English.

In 2004, he appeared for the first time on television in Balaji Telefilms’ production “ Kitni Mast Hai Zindagi Kitni Mast Hai Zindagi belongs to the youth genre, >> Read More... ,” created by Ekta Kapoor Ekta Kapoor; a legendry producer in Indian TV and >> Read More... . He fulfilled his role with the utmost dedication despite it being a minor one, which led to the production house in casting him for three more of their TV shows the next year, namely “ Kkavyanjali Kkavyanjali is a combination of two words (Kavya A >> Read More... ” (2005), “ Kkusum Kkusum ... Ek Aam Ladki Ki Kahani is a daily soap >> Read More... ” (2005), and “ Kyaa Kahein ‘Ek talaash hai, ek talaash hai dhundhlaayi si.. A >> Read More... ” (2004).

The same year he also featured in Sahara One’s “ Kohinoor Click to look into! >> Read More... ” and an episode of Anurradha Prasad’s drama “ Siddhant ‘Siddhant’ is a socio-legal drama aired on Star On >> Read More... ,” which was nominated for the International Emmy Award for Best Foreign Soap Opera. By this time, Jehangir had become a recurring face in the showbiz and had gathered high lauds for his ease at playing diverse characters. Besides the aforementioned, Jehangir contributed to a few episodes of “Tarak Mehta Ka Oolta Chashma” (2008; as the corrupt trustee Ishwar Mahadev Khare), “Mrs. & Mr. Sharma Allahabadwale” (2010), “Adaalat” (2010) and most recently “Dil Lagi” (2016). In movies, Jehangir’s scenes were usually limited to cameo appearances in blockbuster such as “Gandhi, My Father” (2007), “Dhamaal” (2007), “Rock On!!” (2008), “ Delhi Belly Click to look into! >> Read More... ” (2011), and “ Kyaa Super Kool Hain Hum Click to look into! >> Read More... ” (2012).

However, his work in these movies solidified his status as a reputed actor and he soon landed his first major supporting role in Nikhil Advani’s crime-thriller “D-Day” (2013), starring Rishi Kapoor Rishi Kapoor is an actor born in the prominent Kap >> Read More... and Irrfan Khan Irrfan Khan is a noted Bollywood actor who started >> Read More... . Jehangir impersonated the father-in-law of Goldman’s (played by Rishi Kapoor) son. He continued to add feathers to his cap with “Goliyon Ki Rasleela Ram-Leela” (2013), “ Ugly Click to look into! >> Read More... ” (2014), “ Dharam Sankat Mein Click to look into! >> Read More... ” (2015) and “Gabbar is Back” (2015).

His latest movie to hit the theatres was Milap Zaveri’s “ Satyameva Jayate Click to look into! >> Read More... ” (2018). Apart from movies and television serials, he has featured in TV commercials for recognized brands and companies such as Hitachi, Colgate, CNBC, TVS, MDH, Nokia, Philips, Cello, HDFC, Blue Star and Coca-Cola along with print media advertisements of ICICI, HSBC, Idea and Maruti Suzuki. He currently resides in Mumbai, Maharashtra with his wife, Vabeez, and daughter, Khursheed.