Kumar Pallana

 ( 1918 Births ) 

Kumar Valavhadas Pallana (23 December 1918 – 10 October 2013) was an Indian Americans character actor. He performed on the Mickey Mouse Club as a plate spinning and juggling.

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Career 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.

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) Cosmic Cafe 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.

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Death Pallana died on 10 October 2013 at his home in California at age 94.

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Personal life

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.

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Filmography

Notes

Uncredited

Posthumous

Posthumous; Final film role

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External links

• Kumar Pallana interview

Categories: 1918 Births, 2013 Deaths, Male Actors From Indore, Indian Male Film Actors, 20th-century Indian Male Actors, 21st-century Indian Male Actors, Indian Male Comedians, Indian Male Stage Actors, Male Actors In Hindi Cinema, Indian Emigrants To The United States

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