Ujjwal Chopra

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Ujjwal Chopra
NationalityIndian
OccupationActor
Years active2005–present

Ujjawal Chopra is an Indian Bollywood and television actor. [1] [2] [3] He played the character of Gora Singh in Sanjay Leela Bhansali's Padmaavat , [4] [5] and as Solanki in Special 26 . [6]

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Career

Chopra is an Indian actor who is best known for his appearances in multiple television serials and commercial Hindi movies. He is considered as a famous face in television advertising commercials. During his initial modelling days, he appeared in a lot of advertisement campaigns for some of the most reputed organisations and brands. In 2003, he was seen in the famous movie ‘Waisa Bhi Hota Hai Part 2’ (2003), which was a sequel of the movie of the same name. He was seen in different movies playing a wide variety of roles. His works are Hijack (2008) Love Khichdi (2009), Bittoo Boss (2012), Maximum (2012) & Special 26 (2013). [7]

Filmography

Films

YearFilmRoleNotes
2005 Sehar Inspector Sayyed
2008 Hijack
2009 Love Khichdi Vikas Sharma
2013 Special 26 Solanki
2013 Bittoo Boss
2017 Rangoon
2017 Take Off Yosuf Malayalam film
2018 Padmaavat Gora Singh
2019 Uri: The Surgical Strike Shahid Khan
2022 Gajab Thai Gayo! RaghuramGujarati film
2023 Sam Bahadur Brij Mohan Kaul
2024 Ayalaan Scientist at Aryan IndustriesTamil film

Television

YearSerialRoleChannel
2005 Time Bomb 9/11 Raw Agent Zee TV
2006-2008Aek Chabhi Hai Padoss MeinMushtaq Ali Star Plus
2010Ring Wrong RingAjay Sony SAB
2015 Taarak Mehta Ka Ooltah Chashmah Ranjeet/Vishwajeet Nayak Sony SAB
Crime Patrol Senior Inspector Sony Entertainment Television India

Web series

YearTitleRolePlatformNotes
2019 Rangbaaz Harjiram ZEE5 Original Season 2 [8]

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