Gurkirtan Chauhan

Gurkirtan Chauhan
Born	6 September 1951 govindpura, nabha , punjab
Other names	Guruji, Kirat
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1984
Spouse(s)	Paramjit Kaur

Gurkirtan Chauhan (died 2 March 2009), also credited as Gurkirtan, was a well-known Punjabi actor.^[1] He played various roles in many Punjabi films such as Tare Zamin Par, Tabaahi, Jat Jeuna Maur, Waris Shah: Ishq Daa Waaris, and Shaheed-E-Mohabbat Boota Singh.

He began his acting career in theatre. His first appreciated role was of a villain in the hit film Jatt Jeouna More. He also worked in Chandigarh College of Architecture.

He married Paramjit Kaur in 1984. The couple had a son in 1985 who died at the age of 17 days. Chauhan died due to cardiac arrest on 3 March 2009. He is survived by two children, a girl and a boy.

References

1. "Film Actor Gurkirtan Chauhan Passed Away". The India Post. 3 March 2009. Retrieved 6 July 2014.