Dinyar Contractor is a comedian and an Indian stage actor. He also worked in Indian Bollywood industry. Basically he is Parsi by religion and works in Gujarati and Hindi theatre. It was his early childhood when he started working and finally in 1966 he started his professional career. He began his career on television by doing serials and dramas. That was the time when DD-2 channel was launched by Mumbai Doordarshan in Mumbai. The Gujarati program Aavo Mari Saathe was the first program which was aired at that time on DD-2 in which Dinyar Contractor performed and got acclaimed for his acts. This play became a launch pad for his acting career where he started getting offers from many producers and banners for small comic and humorous character roles.
Dinyar Contractor lives in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India. He is known for his blockbuster movies Baazigar (1993), Jhankaar Beats (2003) and Baadshah (1999). In Baadshah the short role of a casino manager by Dinyar Contractor is ever remembered. Despite the small role, his conversation with Johnny Liver and Shah Rukh KhanShah Rukh Khan or also known as SRK is a prominent >> Read More... was so hilarious that people still remember it today. His other movies include Khichdi: The Movie as Judge and 36 China Town.