Sid Makkar

Sid Makkar
Born	Siddharth Makkar Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Occupation	Actor
Years active	2006–present

Siddharth Makkar, popularly known as Sid Makkar, is an Indian actor who works in Hindi and English language films and television. ^[1]

Career

Sid began acting after studying at the University of Texas. 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 Sense8 Season 2 (Netflix) by the Wachowski's and the Australian film 'Save your Legs'.

Sid has played leading parts in Indian series like 'Spotlight', 'Six', and films like Hacked , Turning 30 and 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.

With his love for theatre, he has gravitated 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 Lillete Dubey and "Art" directed by Mahabanoo Mody Kotwal and Kaizaad Kotwal. ^[2]

Filmography

Films

Year	Title	Role	Language	Notes
2006	Offshore	Ajay Tiwari	English
2009	Luck by Chance	Sameer	Hindi
	Straight	Rajat	Hindi
2010	Dus Tola	Ravi	Hindi
2011	Turning 30	Rishabh Puri	Hindi
2012	The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel	Jay	English
	Talk to Me		English	Short film
	Save Your Legs!	Tusshar Rai	English
	Chaurahen		English
2015	The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel	Jay	English
2017	The Big Fat City	Puneet	Hindi
2020	Hacked	Om Kapoor	Hindi	[3]
2019	377 AbNormal	Keshav	Hindi	ZEE5 film [4]
2021	Corvid's Head	Harmesh	English, Hindi
2025	Saiyaara	Vinit Rawal	Hindi

Web series

Year	Title	Role	Platform	Notes
2017	Sense8	Ajay	Netflix	[5]
	Rain	Abhay	YouTube	[6]
	Spotlight	Romesh	VIU
2019	Made in Heaven	Bilal	Amazon Video
	Faceless		JioCinema
2020	State of Siege: 26/11	Sontosh Dutta	ZEE5	[7]
2021	Six	Kashish Sura	Disney + Hotstar	[8]
2022	Barun Rai and the House on the Cliff
2024	Raisinghani vs Raisinghani	Akshat Mehra	SonyLIV

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2006	Ghar Ki Lakshmi Betiyaan	Satyakam Kapadia	[9]
2007-2008	Mere Apne	Shankar	[10] [11]
2008	Kahaani Hamaaray Mahaabhaarat Ki	Arjuna
2014-2015	Dariba Diaries	Mirza Jaan Nawaz	[12] [13]
2015-2016	Lajwanti	Sunderlal Bharadwaj	[14] [15]
2016–2017	Ye Hai Mohabbatein	Vidyut	[16]
2022	Dhadkan Zindaggi Kii	Nikhil Sardesai	[17]

Theatre

Year	Title	Role(s)
2010	Zangoora	Zangoora
	Where did I Leave my Purdah	Vinay, Suhel and Dushyant
	Buddha	Prince Siddhartha / Gautama Buddha
	Lift Kara De	Goldy
	Art	Serge

References

1. "Sid Makkar: With the OTT boom, I am finally getting what I deserve - Times of India". The Times of India. 25 May 2021.
2. "In Bed With Sid Makkar: I wear perfume to bed, says the actor". Hindustan Times. 9 October 2021.
3. "Vikram Bhatt's 'Hacked' starring Hina Khan to release on February 7". Deccan Chronicle. 8 January 2020. Retrieved 8 January 2021.
4. "377 Ab Normal movie review: Indian LGBTQ community deserves a better film than this patchy, soulless affair". Firstpost. 26 March 2019. Retrieved 8 January 2021.
5. Rao, +Gayatri T. (30 May 2016). "Actor Sid Makkar Currently Handling a Handful of Projects". A Journalist Reveals. Retrieved 8 January 2021.
6. "Vikram Bhatt's Rain: Here's a look at the first episode of Sid Makkar, Priya Banerjee's web series". PINKVILLA. 22 June 2017. Retrieved 8 January 2021.
7. "ZEE5's State of Siege: 26/11 to uncover the untold stories of Mumbai attacks". Mumbai Live. 14 March 2020. Retrieved 8 January 2021.
8. "10 Things To Know About Web Series Six Starring Mandira Bedi". 27 May 2021.
9. "Once experimental shows start getting TRPs,producers will try out new concepts - Times of India". The Times of India. 15 October 2015. Retrieved 8 January 2021.
10. "Sizzler: Sid Makkar". India Today. 22 February 2008. Retrieved 8 January 2021.
11. "Sid is no more single! - Times of India". The Times of India. 26 December 2007. Retrieved 8 January 2021.
12. Coutinho, Natasha (15 December 2014). "With Dariba Diaries, Sid's on the case". DeccanChronicle. Retrieved 8 January 2021.
13. "Dariba Diaries series being telecast on Epic". The Indian Express. 19 December 2014. Retrieved 8 January 2021.
14. coutinho, natasha (18 October 2015). "We share a good chemistry: Sid Makkar". Deccan Chronicle. Retrieved 8 January 2021.
15. "'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.
16. "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.
17. "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.

External links

• Sid Makkar at IMDb