Manish Prakash Chaudhari | |
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Born | Delhi, India | 20 April 1969
Other names | Manish Prakash |
Education | M. A. (English) |
Alma mater | University of Delhi |
Occupation | Actor |
Years active | 2013–present |
Spouse | Shruti Mishra |
Manish Prakash Chaudhari (born 20 April 1969) is an Indian actor [1] who is best known for his character of Sunil Puri in Rocket Singh: Salesman of the Year . He made his film debut in the 2003 Indian film Rules: Pyaar Ka Superhit Formula . He was also seen in the 2021 web-series Aarya . [2]
Chaudhari discovered his passion for acting as a 15-year-old school boy attending St. Paul's School, Darjeeling. [3] After school, while he was completing his B. A. Hons. (English) at Kirori Mal College, Delhi University, he joined the College Theatre Society. In 1995, Chaudhari left Delhi and went to Mumbai, looking for a career in Hindi cinema. Chaudhari was also seen in the web series Aarya as Shekhawat on Disney Plus Hotstar Bombay Begums , directed by Alankrita Shrivastava. Starring Pooja Bhatt, Amruta Subhash, Plabita Borthakur. [4]
Year | Movie | Role | Notes |
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2003 | Rules: Pyaar Ka Superhit Formula | Jogi | |
2005 | Socha Na Tha | Viren's Elder Brother | |
7 1/2 Phere: More Than a Wedding | Nimit Joshi | ||
2009 | Bachelor Party | Anand | |
Rocket Singh: Salesman of the Year | Sunil Puri | ||
2010 | Lafangey Parindey | Inspector K.K. Sethna | |
Band Baaja Baaraat | Sidhwani | ||
2011 | Stand By | John Williams | |
Lanka | Tyagi | ||
2012 | Blood Money | Dharmesh Zaveri / Rajan Zakaria | |
Jannat 2 | Mangal Singh Tomar | ||
Raaz 3 | Tara Dutt / Tara Dutt (evil spirit ghost) | ||
2013 | Maazii | Gulab Singh | |
Ankur Arora Murder Case | Defense Lawyer Rajeev Malini | ||
Mickey Virus | ACP Siddhanth Chauhan | ||
2015 | Bombay Velvet | Jimmy Mistry | |
Uvaa | Lawyer Pramod Mittal | ||
2016 | Zubaan | Gurucharan Sikand (Lion of Gurudaspur) | |
Sanam Teri Kasam | Saru's father | ||
Mohenjo Daro | the priest | [5] | |
2017 | Aby | G.K | Malayalam film |
Noor | Shekhar | ||
2018 | Satyameva Jayate | Commissioner Manish Shukla | |
Baazaar | Rana Dasgupta | ||
2019 | Bypass Road | Police Inspector | |
Batla House | Police Commissioner Jaivir | ||
2022 | The Ghost | Lala | Telugu film |
2023 | Gandeevadhari Arjuna | Vijay Dheeraj | |
2024 | Bade Miyan Chote Miyan | Gen. Shergill | |
2025 | The Legendary Untold Story of Vijay Salaskar | Senior Inspector Vijay Salaskar |
Year | Serial | Role | Notes |
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1987 | Kauwwa Chale Hans ki Chaal [6] | boy with guitar | Television film |
2010 | Powder | Usmaan Ali Malik | |
2014 | Everest | Brigadier Jagat Singh Rawat | |
2015 | Code Red Umeed | Dr. Prashant Bhaskar | |
2016–2017 | P.O.W. - Bandi Yuddh Ke | Major Vikram Singh | |
2018 | Yeh Pyaar Nahi Toh Kya Hai | Krishna Kanth "K.K." Reddy | |
2020 | Aarya | Shekhawat | |
2021 | Akkad Bakkad Rafu Chakkar | Gopal Tandon | |
Bombay Begums | Deepak Sanghvi | ||
2022 | Shoorveer | ||
2023 | Jaanbaaz Hindustan Ke | NIA Chief Mahira's Husband | |
Kohrra | Satwinder 'Steve' Dhillon |
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