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Paintal is an Indian surname. "Paintal" (Gotra) is sub-surname of Ahluwalias amongst Sikhs. Persons having this surname include:
- Paintal (comedian), an Indian comedian
- Autar Singh Paintal (1925–2004), an Indian scientist
- Gufi Paintal, an Indian actor
- Hiten Paintal (1978-), an Indian actor
- Priti Paintal (1960-), an Indian composer, performer, music producer and promoter who lives and works in England
Kanwarjit Paintal, better known as Paintal, born in a Sikh family, started off as an Indian comic actor and moved on to teaching the art of acting. He has extensively worked not only in numerous movies but also television.
He was born in a village now district named tarn taran which is near amritsar, Punjab, He lived his early life with his family members in Sadar Bazaar, Delhi. Paintal learnt acting at the Film and Television Institute of India and in 2008 was the Head of the Acting Department of FTII. He came to Bombay (now Mumbai) in 1969. His brother Gufi Paintal played Shakuni in Mahabharat (TV Series). His son, Hiten Paintal, is also an actor, who worked in movies such as Dil Maange More (2004) and Bachna Ae Haseeno (2008).