Thomas Beach Alter is one of the best actors in Indian cinema. Born June 22, 1950, Tom Alter is an American actor of Indian descent. I know some interesting facts about Tom Alter, the great actor and playwright.
1. Tom Alter is the son of American missionaries of English, Scottish, and Swiss-German descent.
2. Tom Alter’s family originally lived in Lahore. After the ‘Partition of India’, his family moved to India. But his grandparents decided to stay in Pakistan.
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3. Rajesh Khanna starrer Aradhana prompted Tom Alter to turn to action. Tom Alter’s first break came in 1977 with ‘Saheb Bahadur’ starring Dev Anand. However, his first film was Ramanand Sagar’s Charas, released earlier in 1976.
4. During his acting career, he formed the group ‘Motley Productions’ with Naseeruddin Shah and Benjamin Gilani.
5. It is a little known fact that the first video interview with Sachin Tendulkar in 1988 was by Tom Alter.
6. In 2008, the country honored Tom Alter with the Padma Shri award for his outstanding contribution to the field of art and cinema.
He died of skin cancer in 2017. Parinda, Aashiqui, Sardar, Parveesh, Kranti, Vidhata, Karma, Tridev, Veer Sara and Bheja Fry are some of his popular films.