David Abraham Cheulkar

Biography

David Abraham Cheulkar (1909–December 28, 1981), popularly known as David, was a Jewish-Indian, Hindi film actor. In a career spanning four decades, he played mostly character roles, starting with 1941 film Naya Sansar , and went on to act in over 110 films, including memorable films like, Gol Maal (1979), Baton Baton Mein (1979) and Boot Polish (1954) for which he was awarded the won the 1955 Filmfare Best Supporting Actor Award. Description above from the Wikipedia article David Abraham Cheulkar, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Awards & recognition

• ★Filmfare Awards
• ★Padma Shri in arts