Occupation Actor Ex-spouse Ranjana Jethwa Role Character actor | Name Kumar Pallana Years active 1996–2013 | |
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Full Name Kumar Valavhadas Pallana Children Dipak Pallana, Sandhya Pallana Movies The Royal Tenenbaums, The Terminal, Another Earth, 10 Items or Less, Anjaana Anjaani Similar People Dipak Pallana, Chi McBride, Mike Cahill, Andrew Swant, Wes Anderson | ||
Dearmke presents cooking with kumar featuring kumar pallana
Kumar Valavhadas Pallana (23 December 1918 – 10 October 2013) was an Indian character actor and vaudevillian. He performed on the Mickey Mouse Club as a plate spinner and juggler.
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- Dearmke presents cooking with kumar featuring kumar pallana
- Kumar Pallanas Life Lessons
- Family
- Filmography
- References
Pallana owned an Indian restaurant, Cosmic Cup (now Cosmic Cafe) in Dallas, Texas which Wes Anderson and Owen Wilson frequented. Anderson cast Pallana in Bottle Rocket, Rushmore, The Royal Tenenbaums, and The Darjeeling Limited. He has also worked in the 2010 Bollywood movie Anjaana Anjaani and the acclaimed independent 2011 film Another Earth.
A short documentary named KUMAR:MKE, which focused on his connection to the Milwaukee film scene, was released in 2015.
He died on 10 October 2013 at his home in California, aged 94.
Kumar Pallana's Life Lessons
Family
Pallana's daughter Sandhya Pallana worked with him on The Terminal and other productions. His son Dipak Pallana is also an actor, who has appeared in such films as Bottle Rocket, Rushmore and The Royal Tenenbaums.