Kulbhushan Kharbanda

Kulbhushan Kharbanda (born 21 October 1944) is an Indian actor. He worked in Hindi and Punjabi movie. He is better known for his role as Shakaal in Shaan (1980) inspired by the character of Blofeld from James Bond movies.

He also starred in Arth (1982), Ek Chadar Maili Si (1986). He also appeared in all Deepa Mehta's Elements trilogy, Fire (1996), Earth (1998), and Water (2005).

Kharbanda was born in Hasan Abdal, Punjab, British India (now Pakistan).