Balraj Sahni (1 May 1913 – 13 April 1973) was a noted Indian film and stage actor, who is best known for Dharti Ke Lal (1946), Do Bigha Zameen (1953), Kabuliwala (1961). Waqt (1965) and Garam Hawa (1973). Balraj Sahni Educated Background Sahni went from his native Rawalpindi , Pakistan to study at Lahore University , Punjab, British India. He completed his master's degree in English Literature from Lahore and then went back to Rawalpindi and joined his family business. He also held a Bachelor's degree in Hindi, followed by a Masters in English from Punjab University . Soon after he married Damayanti Sahni. Balrah Sahni with brother Bhishm Sahni Shanti Niketan Days In the late 1930s, Sahni and his wife left Rawalpindi to join Tagore 's Visva-Bharati University in Shantiniketan in Bengal as an English and Hindi teacher. It is here that their son, Parikshit Sahni was born, when his wife Damayanti was doing her bachelor's degree. He also went ...