Omkar Das Manikpuri is an Indian stage and film actor, native of Brindanagarm, currently residing in Bhilai, Chhattisgarh, who has been a member of folktheatre doyen Habib Tanvirs, the Naya Theatre company for several years. He made his Hindi film debut as a male lead in Aamir Khan productions Peepli Live .
Omkar Das Manikpuri was born and brought up in village near Bhilai in Durg district, Chhattisgarh, where he studied till fifth grade in school, when the death of his father forced him to join a village folktheatre troupe, Mandali. He shifted to Brindanagar in Bhilai in 1981.
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