“Mangal Dillon Ji RIP,” Yashpal posted on Facebook. Several followers additionally expressed sorrow over the demise and remembered him for his performing expertise. One of his followers tweeted, “Oh! He was an excellent actor. I distinctly keep in mind him from many serials – Junoon, Buniyad.”
Another talked about, “He was fairly a suave villain. Watched him first in Buniyaad.”
Mangal Dhillon was born in a Sikh household in Faridkot district of Punjab. He did his early years of education in Panj Graayin Kalan Government faculty. He then moved to Uttar Pradesh close to his father’s farm. Mangal graduated from Zila Parishad highschool in Nighasan, Lakhimpur Kheri district.
He accomplished his post-graduate diploma course in performing in 1980. Mangal made his debut in 1986 with TV present Katha Sagar and later appeared in one other TV present Buniyaad. Other shows embody Junoon, Kismat, The Great Maratha, Panther, Ghutan, Sahil, Maulana Azad, Mujrim Hazir, Rishta, Yug, and Noorjahan.
Mangal Dhillon additionally acted in a number of function movies together with Khoon Bhari Maang, Zakhmi Aurat, Dayavan, Kahan Hai Kanoon, Naaka Bandi, Amba, Akayla, Janasheen, Train To Pakistan, and Dalaal, amongst others. He final appeared within the movie Toofan Singh as Lakha in 2017.The actor was additionally a producer-director and author. He was not solely a giant title in Bollywood and TV, but in addition in Punjabi movies. He labored in lots of Punjabi movies and made a definite identification for himself. Mangal Dhillon was seen in Rekha starrer ‘Khoon Bhari Maang’. He additionally labored in different films together with ‘Dayavan’, ‘Zakhmi Aurat’, ‘Vishwatma’, ‘Pyaar Ka Devta’, ‘ Amba’, ‘Toofan Singh’, ‘Dalaal’, and many extra.He was additionally a part of well-known TV shows similar to ‘Katha Sagar’, ‘Kismat’, ‘Ghutan’, ‘Rishta’, and ‘Param Vir Chakra’, amongst others. He performed completely different characters on-screen and all the time gave his finest.
(Inputs from ANI)