In 1978, he joined the theatre group of Gursharan bhaji as an artist and worked there for ten years. In 1988, Kewal Dhaliwal joined the National School of Drama. Then he came to Amritsar and founded Punjabi Theatre Group Manch Rangmanch.

Kewal Dhaliwal (born 7 October 1964) is a Punjabi playwright, theatre director and president of Punjab Sangeet Natak Akademi Chandigarh.An alumnus of the National School of Drama, Dhaliwal has been active in theater for more than thirty-five years.