Rajendra Jaspal was born on October 21, 1947 in the village of Jaspal Bangar in Ludhiana district to father Darsan Singh and mother Geeta. In the beginning, famous playwright Devinder Daman associated Jaspal with singing and theater. Jaspal quit his job at Patiala Bank in the sixties and started his acting career with Harpal Tiwana's drama group 'Punjab Kala Manch'. Apart from Manthan, Jaspal also acted in Syed Mirza Akhtar's film ‘Arvind Desai Ki Ajib Dastan’,and Dr Jagmail bhathuan’s Punjabi tally film ‘Amar-Preet’. Punjabi film actor Rajendra Jaspal, a classmate of Naseeruddin Shah and Om puri's 'NSD Delhi' and 'Film Institute Pune'. who played the roll of Samita Patil's husband in Bollywood filmmaker Shyam Benegal's film 'Manthan', walked out of the film industry in Mumbai after stabbing his friend Naseeruddin.Naseeruddin Shah, in his autobiography 'And Then One Day' written in English, recounts the bittersweet memories of Jaspal, saying that when Jaspal attacked him in Mumbai, he was saved by Om Puri. Dr jagmail bhathuan’s documentary film 'Yeh Yaad Mere Armano Ki' ( is based on the life tragedy of Punjabi film actor Rajendra Jaspal. Rajendra jaspal (talk) 03:23, 2 August 2020 (UTC)