Jeevan (Hindi actor)

{{Short description|Indian actor (1915–1987)}}

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| birthname = Omkar Nath Dhar

| birth_date = {{Birth date|df=yes|1915|10|24}}

| birth_place = Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, British India

| death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|1987|6|10|1915|10|24}}

| death_place = Bombay, Maharashtra, India

| occupation = Actor

| children = Kiran Kumar, Bhushan Jeevan

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| yearsactive = 1935–1986

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Omkar Nath Dhar (24 October 1915 – 10 June 1987), better known by his stage name Jeevan, was an Indian actor. He played the role of Narad Muni in films of the 1950s, a total of 49 times.http://cineplot.com/jeevan-memories Memories of Jeevan{{cite book|last=Agnihotri|first=Ram Awatar|title=Artistes and their films of modern Hindi cinema: cultural and sociopolitical impact on society, 1931-1991|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lUsbAQAAIAAJ|access-date=10 July 2011|year=1992|publisher=Commonwealth Publishers|isbn=978-81-7169-180-7}} Later, he played the villain in popular Bollywood films of the 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s. His son Kiran Kumar (born Deepak Dhar) is also a film and television actor.{{cite news |title=In the limelight: Seasoned actor Kiran Kumar talks of the many shades of his career|url=http://www.hindu.com/mp/2008/11/13/stories/2008111350900400.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090309021747/http://www.hindu.com/mp/2008/11/13/stories/2008111350900400.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=9 March 2009 |work=The Hindu |date=13 Nov 2008 }}