Yogendra Tiku

Yogendra Tiku

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  • Name:
  • Yogendra Tiku
  • Born:
  • July 25, 1953

Yogendra Tiku Biography

Yogendra Tiku is a noted character artist associated with Bollywood films, who now gains attention as the popular dad of Bollywood. He played Kangana Ranaut’s dad in Queen (2014) and Sonam Kapoor's dad in Neerja (2016) and both are female oriented movies, which best critics’ appreciation. No One Killed Jessica, Ankhon Dekhi and Dabangg 2 also worth praises. He is to play a pivot role in Shah Rukh Khan’s upcoming release – Fan. Tiku received rave reviews for his outstanding performance in the recent release – Neerja. He is also associated with theatre and Hindi television, portraying character roles. He has also scripted and directed a few stage plays and radio plays.

 

He is a native of Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh. He was born on July 25, 1953. He has been associated with theatre since his childhood days. As a stage actor his career began in association with theatre group ‘Prayag Rang Manch’, while he was at his hometown in his younger days. Bahut Bada Sawaal, Panchi aise aate hain, Khamosh adalat jari hai, and Andher nagri chaupat raja are some of his early plays, before he moved to Narobi, where he continued with plays for long 8 years. He was associated with the troupe - Phoenix Players in those days and became a part of several English plays. He is a trained classical singer too, trained under Saroj Gundan. Though didn’t get opportunities to sing in movies, he has sung for jingles and even composed a few.

 

He has done Hindi, Gujarati and Punjabi plays since childhood. He is an A Grade theatre artist in All India Radio and still he is associated with radio plays. He wrote the radio plays - Beeswin Sadi mein Kahin and Gandhi. He scripted and directed a few stage plays - Paisa Paisa Paisa, Pappa ko ho gaya pyar, Mahavir, Shakuntala etc. He occasionally appeared in a few television commercials. Bas Itna Sa Khwab Hai, Shadow On The Sun and One Day In Bhopal are his noted television appearances.

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Updated: February 21, 2016

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