Dalip Tahil

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Dalip as Dan Ferreira.

Dalip Tahil (born October 30, 1952, India) is an Indian film, television and theatre actor. He did his schooling from the elite Sherwood College in Nainital, India and later graduated from Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh.

[edit] Career

Dalip Tahil made his acting debut playing a minor role in the 1974 film Ankur. He got his first major role in the 1980 Ramesh Sippy film Shaan. He then briefy appeared in the highly acclaimed 1982 international award-winning film Gandhi. He also appeared in two Merchant-Ivory English-language films The Deceivers and The Perfect Murder (both released in 1988). On television he played roles in Sanjay Khan's television serial The Sword of Tipu Sultan and Ramesh Sippy's Buniyaad as Haveliram's elder son.

He then appeared in over 100 Bollywood films throughout the 1980s and 1990s, mostly playing character and villain roles. His roles ranged from the main villain, henchman, father, relative and police officer.

He became known internationally when he moved to the UK in 2002 and appeared on stage starring in the Andrew Lloyd Webber musical Bombay Dreams in the London West End. He also appeared in a stage adaptation of another musical by Andrew Lloyd Webber titled Evita.

He then got the role of Dan Ferreira in the popular British BBC television soap opera EastEnders in 2003. After less than year playing the role he was forced to leave the soap in December after it was discovered his work permit documents were not in order and the home office threatned to have him deported from the country.

Due to his departure many scripts that were written for his character on EastEnders had to be re-written to explain his absence. Originally his character was to have been killed off by his on-screen children but after his sudden exit, the scriptwriters struggled to find storylines for his on-screen family so the family was later axed by the producers. Dalip later won the right to stay in the UK.[1]

Recently Dalip appeared in the BBC2 mini-series Nuclear Secrets in the episode Terror Traders playing Pakistani scientist A.Q Khan.[2]

He has made a comeback to Bollywood in recent months appearing the films Shakalaka Boom Boom and Partner (2007).

[edit] Selected filmography

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