Inder Thakur
Inder Hiralal Thakur (1950 – 23 June 1985) was an Indian actor, fashion designer, and model who also worked as a purser on Air India. He married to Priya, and the two had a son, Vishal Kiran Thakur. Thakur won the 1985 International Fashion Designer award during the World Modeling Association convention in New York City in 1985.
Inder Thakur
- Born
- 1950
- Died
- 1985
- Nationality
- India · Dominion of India
- Occupation
- actor · fashion designer · model
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Inder Hiralal Thakur (1950 – 23 June 1985) was an Indian actor, fashion designer, and model who also worked as a purser on Air India. He married to Priya, and the two had a son, Vishal Kiran Thakur. Thakur won the 1985 International Fashion Designer award during the World Modeling Association convention in New York City in 1985.
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He died at age 35, along with Priya and their child, in the bombing of Air India Flight 182. He was the youngest son of actor Hiralal.
• Nadiya Ke Paar (1982 film) – Omkar (Elder brother of Chandan). • Chatpati (1983 film) – Chhote Thakur • Hero (1983) – Yuvraaj • Tulsi (1985) Movie – Ganesh Singh
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1950
Inder Thakur was born in 1950.
1985
Inder Thakur died in 1985.
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- 1.The victims of Air India Flight 182 remembered. CityNews. 2025-06-23.
- 2.Jiwa, Salim and Donald J. Hauka. Margin of Terror: A Reporter's 20-year Odyssey Covering the Tragedies of the Air India Bombing. Jaico Publishing House in arrangement with Key Porter Books, 2007. , 9788179927045. p. 112 (Search page, View #2). "The passengers were watching a Hindu movie with a special bonus-the flight purser was also a movie star. At age thirty-five, Inder Thakur was not only a successful screen actor, but a distinguished international model and fashion designer. [...]Thakur, a 13-year veteran of Air India, was today flying with his wife and child. Only the month before, the versatile purser had shown off his exclusive Indian designs at a convention of the World Modeling Association in New York. The smiling charmer had walked away with the award for the International Fashion Designer of the Year. The Magic Carpet, Air India's magazine, carried a picture of Thakur with WMA president Ruth Tolman."
- 3.Jha, Vikas Kumar (Vikāsa Kumāra Jhā) with Sangeeta Sinha. M c Cluskieganj (English translation from the original Hindi). Srishti Prakashan, 1999. p. 13. (See search page) "His sister died a long while ago, leaving just Priya as Mr. Brown's only kin. He was excessively fond of the girl. Priya married a film actor, Inder Thakur and they also had a child. But, Robin, in that terrible air crash of the Indian aircraft, Kanishka[...]"
- 4.Hum Aapke Hain Koun @ 20: Lesser Known Facts. The Times of India.
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