Opinder was born on June 27th, 1927. Opinder's father was Avtar Hazari and his mother was Vidya Razdan. His paternal grandparents were Meghraj Hazari and Poshi; his maternal grandparents were Rooplal Razdan and Durgadevi (Durga) Dar. He had two brothers named Parduman and Rabindra. He was the second oldest of the three children. He died from a heart attack at the age of 68 on February 3rd, 1996 in Mumbai.