Nandish Sandhu

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Nandish Sandhu
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Nandish at the ITA Awards in 2018
Born
Nandish Singh Sandhu

(1981-12-25) 25 December 1981 (age 42)
OccupationActor
Years active2007–present
Spouse
(m. 2012;div. 2015)

Nandish Singh Sandhu (born 25 December 1981) is an Indian actor, who gained recognition while starring in Uttaran (2009-2012). He has also appeared in shows like Phir Subah Hogi (2012), Beintehaa (2013), Grahan (2021) and Jubilee (2023).

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Life and career

Sandhu started his career with modelling. [1] In 2007, he made his acting debut in the television show with Star Plus's Kasturi , where he played Raunak. [2] and afterwards he appeared in several TV shows, where he played supporting role and cameo role.

In 2009, His first major breakthrough and official debut occurred in TV with the role of Veer Singh Bundela opposite Tina Dutta in Colors TV's Uttaran . [3] It was his portrayal of Veer which garnered him household name and fame, earned widespread recognition and popularity, including several awards and nominations. Uttaran opened up newer international markets for Indian Television, The ratings of the show increased after his entry and his chemistry with Tina Datta was also highly applauded. [4] He quit the show in 2012, when the show took 18 years leap. [5]

In 2012, Sandhu featured in Zee TV's Phir Subah Hogi . [6] In 2014, Sandhu played Lawyer Rehaan in Colors TV's Beintehaa . [7] In 2015, he participated in Colors TV's stunt-action show Fear Factor: Khatron Ke Khiladi 6 which was hosted by director Rohit Shetty and reached the semifinals. [8] In the same year, he participated (along with his then-wife Rashami Desai) in the Star Plus's dance reality show Nach Baliye 7 emerging as runner-up. [9]

Sandhu married his Uttaran co-star Rashami Desai on 12 February 2012 in Dholpur. [10] In 2014, they announced their separation and they got divorced in 2015. [11] [12] [13]

He turn producer a short film in 2016 named Girl in Red, he also acted in it. It was directed by Saurabh Verma. Girl in Red is now also available on MX Player, the film holds an average rating of 6.3 out of 10 based on 15 reviews. Girl in red received mixed reviews by critics; Rahul of Film Companion says Saurabh Varma's short about a chain-smoking author battling a writer's block isn't a bad film. But often, this averageness is more disappointing because of what could have been. [14] Then again in 2017, he co-produced another short film named The Gift starring Gul Panag, Kushal Punjabi and Mandira Bedi in lead, it's available on the streaming app Sony LIV since it is released. [15]

In 2019, Sandhu was cast alongside Hrithik Roshan in Bollywood biopic movie Super 30 he played the role of Pranav Kumar, a brother of Anand Kumar. [16] The film was released to commercial success, but received mixed reviews. [17] He also starred in the 2019 movie Family of Thakurganj which was directed by Manoj Jha and written by Dilip Shukla. The film also starred Jimmy Shergill, Mahie Gill and Saurabh Shukla in key roles.

In 2021, Nandish played a supporting role in the Hotstar original series titled Grahan in the role of Kartik. The series starred Pawan Malhotra, Zoya Hussain, Wamiqa Gabbi and Anshumaan Pushkar in lead roles.[ citation needed ]

Filmography

Films

YearTitleRoleNotes
2012 Dabangg 2 GroomSpecial appearance in song "Dagabaaz Re"
2016 Girl in Red Aditya VermaShort film;
also producer
2017The Gift Short film;
producer only
2019 Super 30 Pranav Kumar
Family of Thakurganj Munnu

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
2007 Kasturi Raunak Singhaniya
Khwaish Yasir
Kayamath Saket
Comedy Circus Contestant
Ssshhhh...Phir Koi Hai RahulEpisode 23
2008ShivEpisodes 118 & 119
Hum Ladkiyan Rahul
2009–2012 Uttaran Veer Singh Bundela
2009 Laughter Ke Phatke Contestant
Raaz Pichhle Janam Ka
2010 Entertainment Ke Liye Kuch Bhi Karega
Kitchen Champion 4
2011 Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa 4 Guest Contestant
2011 Bigg Boss 5 Guest
2012 Phir Subah Hogi Thakur Aditya Singh
2013 Beintehaa Rehan Habeeb Khan
2014 Encounter Inspector Sartaj Quereshi
Welcome – Baazi Mehmaan Nawazi Ki 2 Contestant
Box Cricket League 1
2015 Fear Factor: Khatron Ke Khiladi 6
Nach Baliye 7
Darr Sabko Lagta Hai Rajinder/RajEpisodic role
2016 Box Cricket League 2 Contestant
BCL Gujarat
Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa 9 Wild card entrant; not selected
2021 Grahan Kartik Hotstar series
2022 Undekhi Samarth Sony Liv series
2023 Jubilee Jamshed Khan Amazon Prime Video series

Music videos

YearTitleArtist
2015"Teri Ek Hansee" Jubin Nautiyal
2020"Chale Aao"Rhiti

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