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Sid Makkar is a Mumbai born and raised actor. He has worked extensively in film, television and on stage both in the Hindi and English language.

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Sid Makkar
Born
Siddhartha Makkar

Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Nationality Indian
Occupation Actor

Career

Sid started as an actor after studying at the University of Texas at Austin, U.S.A. He has worked in Indian, American, British and Australian films. His works include the very successful John Madden directed 'The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel' with Judi Dench and Dev Patel, the cult favourite 'Sense 8' Season 2 (Netflix) by the Wachowski's and the Australian film 'Save your Legs'. [1]

Sid has played leading parts in Indian series like 'Spotlight', 'Six', [2] and films like 'Hacked' and 'Turning 30' and been part of Zoya Akhtar's first film 'Luck by Chance'. He played the protagonist, a detective in the 1850s, Mughal era series 'Dariba Diaries' and received much acclaim. [3]

His love towards theatre has gravitated him towards playing the titular role in the hit Bollywood musical 'Zangoora'. He essayed the role of Gautama Buddha in Lushin Dubey's "Buddha"and worked on other dramatic plays like 'Where did I Leave my Purdah' directed by Lillette Dubey and "Art" directed by Mahabanoo Mody Kotwal and Kaizaad Kotwal.

Sid is currently working on various projects and divides his time between Mumbai, Goa and London. [4]

Filmography

Films

YearTitleRoleLanguageCountryNotes
2006OffshoreAjay TiwariEnglishAmerica
2009 Luck by Chance SameerHindiIndia
2009 Straight RajatHindiIndia
2010 Dus Tola RaviHindiIndia
2011 Turning 30 Rishabh PuriHindiIndia
2012 The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel JayEnglishUnited Kingdom
2012Talk to MeEnglishIndiaShort film
2012 Save Your Legs! Tusshar RaiEnglishAustralia
2012 Chaurahen Indian
2015 The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel JayEnglishUnited Kingdom
2017The Big Fat CityPuneetHindiIndia
2020 Hacked Om KapoorHindiIndian [5] [6] [7]
2019377 AbNormalKeshavHindiIndiaA ZEE5 Original film [8] [9] [10]
2021Corvid's HeadHarmeshEnglish, HindiUnited Kingdom, India

Web series

YearTitleRolePlatformNotes
2017 Sense8 Ajay Netflix Season 2 [11] [12]
2017RainAbhay YouTube [13]
2017 Spotlight Romesh VIU [14] [15]
2019 Made in Heaven Bilal Amazon Video
2019Faceless JioCinema [16]
2020State of Siege: 26/11Sontosh Dutta ZEE5 [17]
2021SixKashish Sura Disney + Hotstar [18]
2022Barun Rai and the House on the Cliff

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
2006 Ghar Ki Lakshmi Betiyaan Satyakam Kapadia [19]
2007-2008Mere ApneShankar [20] [21] [22]
2008 Kahaani Hamaaray Mahaabhaarat Ki Arjuna
2014-2015 Dariba Diaries Mirza Jaan Nawaz [23] [24]

[3]

2015-2016 Lajwanti Sunderlal Bharadwaj [25] [26]
2016–2017 Ye Hai Mohabbatein Vidyut [27] [28]
2022 Dhadkan Zindaggi Kii Nikhil Sardesai [29]

Theatre

TitleRole
Zangoora Zangoora
Where did I Leave my Purdah Vinay, Suhel and Dushyant
Buddha Prince Siddhartha / Gautama Buddha
Lift Kara De Goldy
Art Serge

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  2. ↑ "Sid Makkar: With the OTT boom, I am finally getting what I deserve - Times of India". The Times of India. 25 May 2021.
  3. 1 2 "Dariba Diaries". 24 November 2014 – via IMDb.
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  5. ↑ "Vikram Bhatt on having signing Hina Khan as lead actor of Hacked". Outlookindia.com. Retrieved 8 January 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
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  26. ↑ "'Lajwanti' is a proper story with a finite end: Sid Makkar on his new show based on partition". The Indian Express. 23 September 2015. Retrieved 8 January 2021.
  27. ↑ "Ye Hai Mohabbatein: This actor will play the new man in Ishita's life - Times of India". The Times of India. 9 November 2016. Retrieved 8 January 2021.
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  29. ↑ "Exclusive! I will play a feminist in Dhadkan and I identify with this character: Sid Makkar - Times of India". The Times of India. 14 December 2021.


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