Irshad Panjatan

Irshad Panjatan born September 7 1931 in Hyderabad is an IndianGerman actor and mime Irshad Panjatan began his artistic career in India initially at the renowned Hindustani Theatre where he worked as both an actor and a director As early as the 1950s he specialized in the art of pantomimea discipline then scarcely known in Indiadrawing inspiration from figures such as Charlie Chaplin and Buster Keaton Panjatan is regarded as one of the most significant pioneers of modern pantomime in India and has performed internationally with solo programs since the 1960s Since the 1970s Panjatan has lived in Berlin where he ran a pantomime studio together with his wife Ingrid and gave numerous stage performances From the 1990s onward he appeared increasingly in German film and television productions He gained widespread public recognition in 2001 for his role as the Shoshone chief Listiger Lurch Cunning Newt in Michael Herbigs film Der Schuh des Manitu This was followed by roles in films such as Kebab Connection Free Rainer Dein Fernseher lügt and Iron Sky as well as guest appearances in television series including Tatort Der Bulle von Tölz Stubbe Von Fall zu Fall and Pastewka In 2022 he came out of retirement to appear in the film Träume sind wie wilde Tiger