
Dinesh Thakur was a noted Indian theatre director, actor in theatre, television, and Hindi film, where most notably he appeared as one of the leads in Rajnigandha 1974 and directed by Basu Chatterjee, which won both Filmfare Best Movie Award and the Filmfare Critics Award for Best Movie. Dinesh Thakur was born in 1947 in Jaipur, Rajasthan, India. He was the founder-director of ANK productions, a Mumbai-based theatre company, established in 1976.
Though he mainly appeared in character roles in Hindi films, as a screenwriter and story writer, he is known for writing the story and screenplay of Ghar (1978), which won him the 1979 Filmfare Best Story Award.

Rajnigandha
1974 · as Navin

The Burning Train
1980 · as Usman Ali

Aastha: In the Prison of Spring
1997 · as Dinesh

Palay Khan
1986

Mere Apne
1971 · as Billoo

Karm
1977

Kalicharan
1976

Ghar
1978 · as Doctor Prashant

Meera
1979 · as Jaimal Rathod

Zaroorat
1972 · as Ashok

Anubhav
1971 · as Shashi Bhushan

Aamne Samne
1982 · as CBI Officer Ashfraf Khan

Zakhmi Rooh
1993

Minoo
1977

Madhu Malti
1978

Parinay
1974

Ek Saas Zindagi
1991