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David Abraham Cheulkar (1909-1982) was an Indian Hindi film actor who played mostly character roles in over 110 films. He won the Filmfare Best Supporting Actor Award for Boot Polish (1954) and the Padma Shri in 1969.
Learn about the life and achievements of David Abraham Cheulkar, a Jewish-Indian actor who starred in over 100 Bollywood films and won Padma Shri and Filmfare awards. Find out his birth, death, family, education, hobbies, and more facts.
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Jul 5, 2018 · Watch a video about the life and career of David Abraham Cheulkar, a Hindi film actor who won the 1955 Filmfare Best Supporting Actor Award. Learn about his roles in Gol Maal, Baton Baton Mein and Boot Polish.
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Jan 2, 2018 · Learn about the versatile life and career of David Abraham Cheulkar, who acted in films like Boot Polish and Shatranj Ke Khilari, hosted Filmfare awards, collected art and was a weightlifting enthusiast. Read his niece's anecdotes and tributes on his 36th death anniversary.
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Jul 13, 2022 · Learn about the life and career of David Abraham Cheulkar, who played the endearing old man in many Hrishikesh Mukherjee films. He was also a weightlifter, a lawyer, a theatre artist and a host of award functions.
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David Abraham Cheulkar was a Jewish-Indian, Hindi film actor who played character roles in over 110 films. He won the 1955 Filmfare Best Supporting Actor Award for Boot Polish and appeared in Gol Maal, Baton Baton Mein, and many other classics.
Jan 2, 2017 · On January 2, 1982, the beloved Indian character actor David Cheulkar died, at the presumed age of 72. Often billed as simply “David” or “Uncle David,” Cheulkar appeared in more than 110 Bollywood films in a career that exceeded four decades, many of them indeed as a kindly, avuncular character.
