Manjot Singh

For the cricketer, see Manjot Singh (cricketer).

Manjot Singh
Singh in March 2014
Born	7 July 1992 (1992-07-07) (age 33) New Delhi, India
Occupation	Actor
Years active	2008–present

Manjot Singh (born 7 July 1992) is an Indian Bollywood actor, best known for his role in films like Oye Lucky! Lucky Oye! , Student Of The Year and Fukrey . He won Filmfare Critics Award for Best Actor for his performance in Oye Lucky! Lucky Oye! . ^[1]

Early life and education

Manjot Singh was born in New Delhi into a Punjabi Sikh family. His mother is a housewife while his father is a businessman. He completed his schooling from the Hillwoods Academy, located in New Delhi.

Career

Manjot went to audition for the role of the lead character's younger self in Dibakar Banerjee's Oye Lucky! Lucky Oye! , though Singh had never acted before, even in school plays. After the audition, the casting director rejected Singh for the role. However, Dibakar Banerjee insisted on casting him, later saying "Even though the casting director wasn't convinced, I just put my foot down." ^[2] Oye Lucky! Lucky Oye! received positive critical acclaim and critics lauded Manjot for his role with Noyon Jyoti Parasara of Sanskriti Media stating, "...Special mention is deserved by Manjot Singh, who plays the younger Lucky" ^[3] and Khalid Mohammad appreciating his performance as a callow teenager ^[4] , among other publications. ^{[5] [6]}

After being selected, Singh went to Manali for a week-long acting workshop. He was asked to observe the way actor Abhay Deol walked, smiled and talked so that he could imitate that in his acting. He even wore a cheek pad so that his jaw would look as broad as Abhay Deol's. ^[2] Singh's performance was well appreciated by the critics and he received the Filmfare Critics Award for the Best Actor category.^{[ citation needed ]} Later, Manjot participated in the reality show Fear Factor - Khatron Ke Khiladi Level 3 in 2010.

In 2012, Singh starred in Udaan , directed by Vikramaditya Motwane. The film received positive reviews, and is considered a postmodern masterpiece. Later in 2012, Singh signed up for Punjabi musical drama Pure Punjabi , directed by Munish Sharma, about four close friends in Punjab who had a strong passion for music. In the same year, he played the character role of Dimpy in Karan Johar's coming-of-age romantic comedy film, Student of the Year , starring Siddharth Malhotra, Alia Bhatt and Varun Dhawan in the lead roles.

In 2013, Singh starred in Fukrey , directed by Mrighdeep Singh Lamba, starring Vishakha Singh, Richa Chadda, Priya Anand, Ali Fazal, Varun Sharma and Pulkit Samrat. The film was a sleeper hit and spawned two commercially successful sequels in 2017 and 2023 where he reprised his role as Lali. He also reprised his role as Lali in a cameo appearance in the 2022 film Phone Bhoot.

In 2019, Singh starred in Penalty directed by Shubham Singh, starring Kay Kay Menon, Shashank Arora, and Mohit Nain. ^[7] In the same year, he also starred in the film Dream Girl and made a cameo appearance reprising his role as Dimpy alongside Sahil Anand in Student of the Year 2 in 2019.

In 2024, he starred in his first lead role in the Neflix film Wild Wild Punjab, alongside Varun Sharma, Jassie Gill, Sunny Singh, Patralekha and Ishita Raj Sharma. The film received mixed reviews from critics, but also applauded the film for its humour. He continued to star in supporting roles in films like Vicky Vidya Ka Woh Wala Video and Param Sundari . He will also be starring in the 2025 film Kis Kisko Pyaar Karoon 2.

Filmography

Films

Key

†	Denotes films that have not yet been released

Year	Film	Role	Notes
2008	Oye Lucky! Lucky Oye!	Young Lovinder 'Lucky' Singh	Won Filmfare Critics Award
2010	Udaan	Maninder Singh
2012	Pure Punjabi	Param	Punjabi Film
	Student Of The Year	Dimpy
2013	Fukrey	Lali Halwai	[8]
	What the Fish	Pummy Singh Cameo
2014	Balwinder Singh Famous Ho Gaya	Cameo
2016	Snafu	Sunny Singh
	Zoya
	Azhar	Navjot Singh Sidhu
2017	Jab Harry Met Sejal	Sartaj	Deleted Scene
	The Zero Line
	Fukrey Returns	Lali Halwai
2018	Morjim	Sam
2019	Student of the Year 2	Commentator Dimpy	Cameo
	Penalty	Ishwerjot Singh Dhillon
	Dream Girl	Smiley Singh
2022	Phone Bhoot	Lali Halwai	Cameo
2023	Dream Girl 2	Smiley Singh
	Fukrey 3	Lali Halwai
2024	Wild Wild Punjab	Honey Singh	Netflix film [9]
	Vicky Vidya Ka Woh Wala Video	Lawyer
2025	Param Sundari	Jaggi
	Kis Kisko Pyaar Karoon 2 †	TBA	[10]

Television

Key

†	Denotes series that have not yet been released

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
2010	Khatron Ke Khiladi	Contestant	Reality show
2018	What's Your Status	Baljinder Singh		[11]
2018-2023	College Romance	Trippy	Web series	[12]
2019	Made in Heaven	Joginder Sethi
2020	Zindagi inShort	Amrik Singh
2021	Chutzpah	Rishi	Web series	[13]

References

1. "Manjot Singh's Journey to Stardom: How 'Oye Lucky! Lucky Oye!' Changed His Life Overnight". Outlook India. 25 November 2023. Archived from the original on 21 January 2025. Retrieved 21 January 2025.
2. Oye Lucky Archived 11 May 2020 at the Wayback Machine Indian Express, 22 February 2009.
3. Archived 16 February 2009 at the Wayback Machine
4. ^[ dead link ]
5. "Oye Lucky! Lucky Oye! - movie review by Amodini Sharma - Planet Bollywood". Archived from the original on 17 April 2009. Retrieved 19 March 2009.
6. "Review: Oye Lucky Lucky Oye". Archived from the original on 17 March 2009. Retrieved 18 March 2009.
7. "Penalty Movie: Review | Release Date | Songs | Music | Images | Official Trailers | Videos | Photos | News - Bollywood Hungama". Bollywood Hungama . Archived from the original on 21 June 2019. Retrieved 28 August 2019.
8. "Manjot Singh on how Fukrey's sleeper success changed his career trajectory: 'Life seedha audition se narration pe shift ho gayi'". The Indian Express. 24 January 2024. Archived from the original on 21 January 2025. Retrieved 21 January 2025.
9. "Wild Wild Punjab: Varun Sharma, Sunny Singh Starrer On Netflix Is A Laugh Riot". news.abplive.com. 10 July 2024. Retrieved 11 July 2024.
10. "Kis Kisko Pyaar Karoon 2: Kapil Sharma and team begin shoot in Mumbai". Bollywood Hungama. 25 January 2025. Retrieved 25 January 2024.
11. "Web series a great opportunity in showbiz: Manjot Singh". Business Standard India. Business Standard. 14 September 2018. Archived from the original on 4 December 2018. Retrieved 4 December 2018.
12. "College Romance - The Timeliners". The Viral Fever. Archived from the original on 4 December 2018. Retrieved 4 December 2018.
13. "Chutzpah Season 1 Web Series (2021) | Release Date, Review, Cast, Trailer, Watch Online at Sonyliv".

External links

• Manjot Singh at IMDb