Kumar Pallana
Kumar Pallana | |
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| Kumar Pallana in 2006 | |
| Born | Kumar Valavhadas Pallana (1918年12月23日)23 December 1918 |
| Died | 10 October 2013(2013年10月10日) (aged 94) Oakland, California, U.S. |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1952–2013 |
Kumar Valavhadas Pallana (23 December 1918 – 10 October 2013) was an Indian-American character actor.[1] He performed on the Mickey Mouse Club as a plate spinner and juggler.[2]
Career
[edit ]Pallana moved to the United States in 1946 and spent 20 years performing around the country before settling down in Texas at his wife's insistence, and started a yoga studio.[3]
Pallana was married to Ranjana Jethwa and had two children, son Dipak and daughter Sandhya. His son Dipak created, owned and operated a cafe called the Cosmic Cup (now Cosmic Cafe)[4] in Dallas, where Kumar met director Wes Anderson and actor Owen Wilson. Anderson subsequently cast Pallana in his films Bottle Rocket , Rushmore , The Royal Tenenbaums and The Darjeeling Limited . Pallana also appeared in the Bollywood movie Anjaana Anjaani (2010) and the acclaimed independent film Another Earth (2011). A short documentary, KUMAR:MKE, about Pallana's connection to the Milwaukee film scene, was released in 2015.[5]
Death
[edit ]Pallana died on 10 October 2013 at his home in California at age 94.[3]
Personal life
[edit ]Pallana's daughter Sandhya Pallana worked with him on The Terminal and other productions. His son Dipak, also an actor, appeared in films such as Bottle Rocket , Rushmore and The Royal Tenenbaums .[3]
Filmography
[edit ]Final film role
References
[edit ]- ^ Modell, Josh (11 October 2013). "R.I.P. Kumar Pallana, star of several Wes Anderson movies". The A.V. Club. Retrieved 11 October 2013.
- ^ Profile at OriginalMMC.com
- ^ a b c Fox, Margalit (16 October 2013). "Kumar Pallana, Who Went From Yoga to Film, Dies at 94". The New York Times. Retrieved 30 August 2016.
- ^ Cosmic Cafe
- ^ Wild, Matt (December 2015). "Watch a short film about Kumar Pallana and his unlikely ties to the Milwaukee film scene". The Milwaukee Record. Retrieved 30 August 2016.
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