Pramod Moutho

Pramod Moutho (Pramod Sharma; born 7 May 1955) is an Indian film and television actor. He has appeared as a villain in number of noted Bollywood films, like Khalnayak (1993), Dilwale (1994), Raja Hindustani (1996), Mehndi (1998), Gadar (2001) and Jodhaa Akbar (2008) and over 120 other Hindi movies.

Born on 7 May 1955 in Kapurthala, East Punjab, India into a Punjabi Hindu Brahmin family as Pramod Sharma, Moutho started acting in stage plays while studying in NJSA Government College, Kapurthala. He, along with Lalit Behl, Satish Sharma, Ravi Deep and Harjeet Walia staged plays. As a college student, Pramod used to play Mouth Organ. That is how his friends gave him the name Moutho. He got his diploma from Department of Indian Theatre.

He started his career freelancing as a stage actor in Punjab and Delhi, where he worked for a few years.

He acted in a number of TV plays, telefilms and TV Serials including Supne Te Parchhaven, Buniyad and Bebasi. After working with National School of Drama Repertory Company, New Delhi for some time, he shifted to Mumbai to try his luck in films. He has acted in a number of films including Khalnayak and Raja Hindustani.