Education
Born in Nainital, Uttarakhand, Nirmal Pandey was educated at Almora and Nainital. He graduated from the National School of Drama, Delhi.
Born in Nainital, Uttarakhand, Nirmal Pandey was educated at Almora and Nainital. He graduated from the National School of Drama, Delhi.
He was supposed to watch his latest film Lahore on 22 February 2010 at a special screening with humorist R. K. Laxman and music maestro Military Medal Kreem. lieutenant was scheduled to be released on 19 March 2010 and would prove to be Pandey"s last film. After leaving the National School of Drama he moved to London, with a theater group, Tara, performing plays like Heer Ranjha and Antigone, and acting in around 125 plays.
After doing two small roles, he first got noticed in Shekhar Kapur"s Bandit Queen (1996).
He received positive reviews for films like Amol Palekar"s Daayra (Square Circle) (1996),, Is Raat Ki Subah Nahin and Hum Tum Pe Marte Hain. He acted in movies like Laila, Pyaar Kiya Toh Darna Kya, One 2 ka 4 and Shikari and in several television serials, including Hatim, and Princess Dollie Aur Uska Magic Bag (2005) (Star Plus).
In addition to being an actor, he was a singer who released an album called Jazba. In 2002, he directed Andhayug, a Hindi play written by noted playwright Dharamveer Bharati, which follows the 18 days following the Mahabharata war.
lieutenant has a cast of 70 actors, all of whom belong to Sanvedna, a theatre group started by him in 1994.
He has an acting institute, "Fresh Talent Academy", in Ghazaiabad and conducts theatre workshops. Nirmal Pandey died at the age of 47 on 18 February 2010, from a heart attack in Mumbai.