What is Kulbhushan Kharbanda?
{{Infobox person | name = Kulbhushan Kharbanda | image = Kulbhushan.Kharbanda.jpg | imagesize = | caption = Kharbanda in Feb 2012 | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1944|10|21|df=y}} | birth_place = [[Hasan Abdal]], Punjab, British India (now Pakistan) | occupation = [[actor]] | yearsactive = 1974 - present | spouse = Maheshwari Devi Kharbanda | children = Shruti Kharbanda }} '''Kulbhushan Kharbanda''' (born 21 October 1944) is an [[India]]n actor. He worked in [[Hindi]] and [[Punjab]]i movie. He is better known for his role as Shakaal in ''[[Shaan (movie)|Shaan]]'' (1980)<ref name=tr>{{cite news |title=Down movie lane |url=http://www.tribuneindia.com/2006/20060701/ttlife.htm#6 |work=The Tribune |date=July 1, 2006 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=B-Town's villains we love to hate |url=http://ibnlive.in.com/photogallery/2701-7.html |publisher=[[CNN-IBN]] |access-date=2014-03-26 |archive-date=2014-02-02 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140202150741/http://ibnlive.in.com/photogallery/2701-7.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> inspired by the character of [[Blofeld]] from [[James Bond]] movies.<ref>{{cite web |title=A homage to G P Sippy |url=http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/features/2008/01/05/3442/index.html |date=January 5, 2008 |website=[[Bollywood Hungama]], Screen }}</ref> He also starred in ''[[Arth (movie)|Arth]]'' (1982), ''[[Ek Chadar Maili Si]]'' (1986). He also appeared in all [[Deepa Mehta]]'s [[Elements trilogy]], ''[[Fire (1996 movie)|Fire]]'' (1996), ''[[Earth (1998 movie)|Earth]]'' (1998), and ''[[Water (2005 movie)|Water]]'' (2005).<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.hindu.com/2000/10/20/stories/0920022g.htm | location=Chennai, India | title=Adieu to stereotypes | work=The Hindu | date=20 October 2000 | access-date=26 March 2014 | archive-date=2 March 2009 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090302171013/http://www.hindu.com/2000/10/20/stories/0920022g.htm | url-status=dead }}</ref> Kharbanda was born in [[Hasan Abdal]], Punjab, [[British India]] (now [[