Nishant Singh Malkani

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Nishant Singh Malkani
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Malkani in 2020
Born (1987-09-01) 1 September 1987 (age 37) [1]
Dubai, United Arab Emirates [1]
OccupationActor
Years active2009–present

Nishant Singh Malkani (born 1 September 1987) is an Indian television actor and model. [1] He began his acting career in 2009 with "Miley Jab Hum Tum" portraying the character of Adhiraj Singh. [2] He is well-known for his roles as Akshat Jindal in "Guddan Tumse Na Ho Payega" and Anukalp Gandhi in "Preet Se Bandhi Ye Dori Ram Milaayi Jodi". In 2020, he participated as a contestant in Bigg Boss 14. [3]

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Early life

Malkani was born on 1 September 1987 in Dubai. He comes from a Sindhi family. He went to Laxman Public School in New Delhi for his early education. Later, he graduated from Shaheed Bhagat Singh College and then completed his MBA from Kolkata. [1]

Career

Malkani's first television role was in Star One's romantic drama Miley Jab Hum Tum as Adhiraj Singh which he began in 2009. It wrapped up in 2010. [4] He portrayed Anukalp Gandhi in Ram Milaayi Jodi on Zee TV in 2010 but quit in 2011 to search for film work. [5]

Later, he made his debut in the Vikram Bhatt film "Horror Story" in 2013. He also appeared in other films such as "Bezubaan Ishq," "Cute Kameena," and "Love Training". [6]

In 2017, Malkani made his debut in web series, portraying the character Raj in "Ragini MMS: Returns". [7]

He made a comeback to television in September 2018 portraying the lead Akshat Jindal in Zee TV's Guddan Tumse Na Ho Payega , [8] until he quit the series in 2020. [9] It is regarded as his best and most lovable performance ever in his career. [10]

In 2020, Malkani participated in the reality show Bigg Boss 14 as a contestant. [11] He survived for 5 weeks before getting evicted. [12]

In the media

Nishant Malkani was ranked 10th in the Times Of India's 20 Most Desirable Men on Television 2020. [13]

He was ranked at 44th position in Times of India's 50 Most Desirable Men of 2020. [14]

Filmography

Films

YearTitleRoleNotesRef(s)
2013 Horror Story AchintDebut movie [15]
2015 Bezubaan Ishq Swagat [16]
2016Cute KameenaBunty [17]

Television

YearTitleRoleNotesRef(s)
2009–2010 Miley Jab Hum Tum Adhiraj Singh [2]
2010–2011 Preet Se Bandhi Ye Dori Ram Milaayi Jodi Anukalp Gandhi [18]
2012 Hum Ne Li Hai... Shapath Sameer [19]
2018–2020 Guddan Tumse Na Ho Payega Akshat Jindal [20]
2020 Bigg Boss 14 ContestantEvicted Day 31 [21]
2021–2022 Rakshabandhan... Rasal Apne Bhai Ki Dhal Umed Pratap Singh and Shivraj Umed Pratap Singh/Balwant Singh [22] [23]
2022 Control Room ACP Ayushman sharma [24] [25]
2023–2024 Pashmina – Dhaage Mohabbat Ke Raghav Kaul

Special appearances

YearTitleRoleNotesRef(s)
2010 Sasural Genda Phool RajCameo [26]
2011 Pavitra Rishta AnukalpCrossover special
Pyaar Kii Ye Ek Kahani HimselfSpecial dance performance with Sanaya Irani
2015 Swaragini - Jodein Rishton Ke Sur Dance performance
2017 Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa 9 To support Salman Yusuff Khan
2018 Kundali Bhagya AkshatDance performance
2019 Yeh Teri Galiyan Crossover special
2021 Meet HimselfGuest appearance [27]
2022 Kumkum Bhagya: Pyaar Wali Holi Dance performance [28]

Web series

YearTitleRolePlatform
2017–2018 Ragini MMS: Raj ALTBalaji and ZEE5
2022Shubh Mangal Mein DangalVishwanath (Vishu) Hungama Play and MX Player
2023JohriNeeraj Bodi Atrangii

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