Akhil Iyer

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Akhil Iyer
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Born (1987-10-03) 3 October 1987 (age 35)
Occupationactor
Years active2013–present
SpouseShriya Narayan

Akhil Iyer is an Indian actor appearing in Bollywood films and TV commercials. He played the role of Rohit Rao in the Hindi HIT - The first case, also starring Rajkumar rao and Sanya Malhotra . [1] He made his Bollywood debut in Lekar Hum Deewana Dil (2014) in a supporting role. [2]

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Early life

Born in October 1987, Akhil grew up in Bangalore, Ram Iyer, is an orthopaedic surgeon while his mother, Asha Iyer, is a gynaecologist. Akhil has one brother. Akhil did his schooling at St. Joseph's Boys' High School, Bangalore where he played cricket at the zonal level. Akhil went on to finish his education in computer science engineering from P.E.S. Institute of Technology, Bangalore South Campus (formerly known as PES School of Engineering, Bangalore) [3] [4]

Career

Akhil started his career in Bollywood with the film Lekar Hum Deewana Dil playing the role of Mahesh for which he received critical praise. [5] [6] While he was based out of Bangalore, Akhil pursued his passion for acting with theatre groups like Dramanon & Artists Repertoire Theatre up til 2011. He then moved to Chennai where he signed Iruvar Ondranal and Nijama Nizhala.. [7] In 2013, Akhil made the move to Mumbai after signing Lekar Hum Deewana Dil. [8]

Filmography

YearFilmRoleLanguageNotes
2014 Lekar Hum Deewana Dil MaheshHindi
2015 Iruvar Ondranal Tamil
2016Nijama NizhalaTamil
2020 The Forgotten Army SridharHindiseries
2022 HIT: The First Case Rohit RaoHindi

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