Siddhant Chaturvedi

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Siddhant Chaturvedi
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Chaturvedi in 2021
Born (1993-04-29) 29 April 1993 (age 31)
Ballia, Uttar Pradesh, India
Alma mater Mithibai College
OccupationActor
Years active2016–present

Siddhant Chaturvedi (born 29 April 1993) is an Indian actor who appears in Hindi films. He starred as a teenage cricketer in the Amazon Prime Video series Inside Edge from 2017 to 2019 and ventured into films with the supporting role of a street rapper in the musical drama Gully Boy (2019), which won him the Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actor. He has since starred in the romantic drama Gehraiyaan (2022) and the coming-of-age drama Kho Gaye Hum Kahan (2023).

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Early life

Chaturvedi was born on 29 April 1993 in Ballia, Uttar Pradesh and moved to Mumbai when he was five years old. [1] [2] [3] [4] His father is a chartered accountant and his mother is a homemaker. [4] He attended Mithibai College in Mumbai and initially aspired to be a chartered accountant (CA), while acting on-stage for his passion. While pursuing his CA articleship, he became disillusioned and took some time off, during which he participated in and won The Times of India 's Fresh Face Contest in 2013. [4] [5]

Career

2016–2019: Early work and breakthrough

In 2016, Chaturvedi appeared in the web television sitcom Life Sahi Hai , about four male roommates. [6] The following year, he began starring as Prashant Kanaujia, a teenage cricketer, in the Amazon Prime Video series Inside Edge , which was inspired by the Indian Premier League. [7] Reviewing the first season for Scroll.in, Devarsi Ghosh considered Chaturvedi and his co-star Tanuj Virwani to be the show's "two big acting discoveries". [8] He later reprised his role for the second season in 2019. [9]

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Chaturvedi in 2019

He auditioned for a small role in Brahmāstra: Part One – Shiva (2022) and got selected. However, following advice from his father, Chaturvedi refused to do the film. He was offered a three film contract by the film's producer Karan Johar of Dharma Productions, which he also refused, after which, he claimed that he was briefly blacklisted from the industry for refusing to do minor roles. [10] At a success party of Inside Edge, filmmaker Zoya Akhtar, whose brother Farhan Akhtar produced the show, spotted and asked Chaturvedi to audition for her next directorial Gully Boy (2019), which marked his film debut and proved to be his breakthrough role. [11] Starring Ranveer Singh and Alia Bhatt, the film saw Chaturvedi play the supporting role of a street rapper named MC Sher, who fuels the ambitions of Ranveer Singh's titular character. Jay Weissberg of Variety found Chaturvedi to be "impressive" in his part, and Rajeev Masand commended his "charming presence". [12] [13] At the annual Filmfare Awards ceremony, he was awarded with the Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actor in addition to a nomination for Best Male Debut. [14] [15]

2020–present: Career fluctuations

Chaturvedi next appeared in Yash Raj Films's Bunty Aur Babli 2 (2021), co-starring Rani Mukerji, Saif Ali Khan and Sharvari Wagh, a sequel to the crime comedy Bunty Aur Babli (2005). [16] It emerged as a critical and commercial failure. [17] He had a lead role in Shakun Batra's Gehraiyaan (2022), a drama about infidelity, co-starring Deepika Padukone and Ananya Panday. It was released on Amazon Prime Video. [18] Sukanya Verma of Rediff.com found his portrayal of a "tricky part" to be "compelling". [19] He then featured in the comedy horror film Phone Bhoot with Katrina Kaif and Ishaan Khatter. [20] Reviewers were generally unimpressed with the picture, [21] but Saibal Chatterjee of NDTV opined that Chaturvedi had played his "brash and quick-on-the-draw" character well. [22]

Chaturvedi then appeared alongside Panday and Adarsh Gourav in the coming-of-age drama Kho Gaye Hum Kahan (2023). In her review for Hindustan Times , Monika Rawal Kukreja described Chatruvedi as "effortless and natural" with a "strong screen presence". [23] In the following year, he had a starring role in the action film Yudhra . [24] Shubhra Gupta of The Indian Express considered it a downgrade after his work on Kho Gaye Hum Kahan, and the film emerged as a box-office bomb. [25] [26]

Malhotra will next co-star with Triptii Dimri in a remake of the Tamil drama film Pariyerum Perumal , titled Dhadak 2 , and with Jaya Bachchan and Wamiqa Gabbi in the comedy film Dil Ka Darwaaza Khol Na Darling. [27] [28]

In the media

Chaturvedi was ranked in The Times of India 's listing of the most desirable man at number 19 in 2019 and at number 15 in 2020. [29] [30] In 2022, he was ranked 24th in GQ India's "30 most influential young Indians" list. [31] In 2023, Forbes Asia featured him in their 30 Under 30 list. [32]

Filmography

Films

Key
†Denotes films that have not yet been released
YearTitleRoleNotesRef.
2019 Gully Boy Shrikant Bhosle / MC Sher [33]
2021 Bunty Aur Babli 2 Kunal Singh / Bunty [34]
2022 Gehraiyaan Zain Oberoi
Phone Bhoot Sherdil "Major" Shergill [35]
2023 Kho Gaye Hum Kahan Imaad Ali [36]
2024 Yudhra Yudhra [37]
2025 Dhadak 2 †Aakash RanaPost-production [38]
Dil Ka Darwaaza Khol Na Darling†TBAFilming [39]

Television

YearTitleRole
2016–2018 Life Sahi Hai Sahil Hooda
2017–2019 Inside Edge Prashant Kanaujia

Music videos

YearTitleSinger(s)LyricsMusicRef.
2024"Ittefaq"Himself, SaveraHimselfOAFF, Savera [40]

Awards and nominations

YearAwardCategoryWorkResultRef.
2019 Screen Awards Best Male Debut Gully Boy Won [41]
2020 Filmfare Awards Best Male Debut Nominated [42]
Best Supporting Actor Won [43]
Zee Cine Awards Best Male Debut Won [44]
2023 Bollywood Hungama Style Icons Most Stylish Trailblazer—Nominated [45]
Most Stylish Emerging Icon—Nominated
2024 Filmfare OTT Awards Best Actor in a Web Original Film (Male) Kho Gaye Hum Kahan Nominated [46]

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