Dan Dhanoa
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28 February 1959
Film actor
Sailor
Dan Dhanoa | |
|---|---|
| Born | Inderpreet Singh Dhanoa 28 February 1959 |
| Occupations | Model Film actor Sailor |
| Years active | 1985–1997; 2020; 2024 |
| Spouse(s) |
Nikii Waalia
(m. 1986; div. 2005)Nandita Puri (m. 2007) |
Dan Dhanoa (born Inderpreet Singh Dhanoa; 28 February 1959)[1] is an Indian former film actor and a sailor (master mariner) in the Merchant Navy.
He is known mostly for portraying cult villainous roles in Hindi cinema in the 1980s and 1990s, in about 100 films, such as Mard (1984), Karma (1986), Tridev (1989), Sanam Bewafa (1991) and Vishwatma (1992).
He was brought into the film industry by actor/director Feroz Khan, but made his debut in the Manmohan Desai film Mard as the main antagonist, opposite Amitabh Bachchan.
In 1986, he was first married to Nikii Waalia. Their son Gobind Singh Dhanoa (a.k.a. Tarzan) was born in 1987. Tarzan is a Cinematographer by profession.
Later in 2007, he married an actor and classical dancer (Kathak from Jaipur Gharana), Nandita Puri.[2][3][4]
He is an alumnus of The Doon School in Dehradun (1974 batch).[1] An avid traveller, he is now settled in Chandigarh where he indulges in his passion for gardening, collecting art & artifacts.