Madhur Mittal

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Madhur Mittal
Born (1991-02-20) 20 February 1991 (age 33)
Agra, India
NationalityIndia
EducationBachelors in Advertising and Master of Acting through University of Mumbai
OccupationActor
Known for Slumdog Millionaire
Notable work Slumdog Millionaire , Million Dollar Arm
Awards Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture for Slumdog Millionaire

Madhur Mittal (born February 20, 1991) is an Indian actor. He is known for his character 'Tito' in the TV serial Shaka Laka Boom Boom and his performance as Salim Malik in the film Slumdog Millionaire , which won the Academy Award for Best Picture of 2008 and for which he won the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture.

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Early life and career

Madhur was born in Agra, India.

In 1997, Madhur won Boogie Woogie a popular reality-based dance show on television. Shortly after, his family moved to Mumbai where he joined AVM High for his schooling and Madhur forayed into acting and dancing on stage in charity shows, cultural events and film-award ceremonies. He traveled the world performing in over 950 stage shows. As a child actor he worked in well known Hindi films like One Two Ka Four , Kahin Pyaar Na Ho Jaaye , and more recently Say Salaam India . He has also acted in several TV shows including Shaka Laka Boom Boom, Kasauti Zindagi Ki , Jalwa, Chamatkar, Prithviraj Chauhan and Dastak. [1]

Madhur Mittal's role in Slumdog Millionaire has helped him to gain worldwide attention. To prepare himself for the role of Salim in Slumdog Millionaire after being cast he hung out with some of the ‘gangsters’ in Mira Road "to get into their heads". Director Danny Boyle gave him a series of the Godfather to watch as that had a crazy brother in it. Also, he had an accident which led him getting 12 stitches which helped with the rough look, he said. He had to grow his hair long, increase his skin tan and lose weight to act as Salim. [2]

In 2008 he was nominated for the Black Reel Awards of 2008 for Best Ensemble and in 2009, along with the entire cast of Slumdog Millionaire he won the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture at the 15th Screen Actors Guild Awards. He was also set to be present for the 66th Golden Globe Awards [3] and the 15th Screen Actors Guild Awards. [4]

Mittal plays Anwar Razdan in the second series of Kidnap and Ransom which aired on ITV1 from 23 February 2012. [5]

Most recently, he starred in the Disney film Million Dollar Arm as Dinesh Patel and received good reviews for his performance as the villain in Maatr (2017). [ citation needed ]

Mittal, in the year 2020, did a web series named High on the OTT platform MX Player and gained some good reviews for that role. [6]

Awards and honours

Won

Nominated

Filmography

Key
†Denotes films that have not yet been released
YearTitleRoleLanguageNotes
2000 Kahin Pyaar Na Ho Jaaye MichaelHindi
2001 One 2 Ka 4 MichealHindi
2007 Say Salaam India ShakeelHindi
2008 Slumdog Millionaire SalimEnglish
2014 Million Dollar Arm Dinesh Patel English
Hindi
2015 Pocket Gangsters Vicky RanawatHindi
2017 Maatr Apurva MalikHindi
2023 800 Muttiah Muralitharan Tamil [9]
2024 Maidaan Football PlayerHindi

Web series

YearTitleRoleNotes
2020 High JimmyOn MX Player
2021 Matsya Kaand Raju/Rajeshwar SinghOn MX Player

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
1992 Chamatkar
1996 Dastak
1997 Boogie Woogie himselfWinner of Boogie Woogie
2001 Kasauti Zindagi Ki
2002 Shaka Laka Boom Boom Tito
2012 Kidnap and Ransom Series 2Anwar Razdan
2012 Treasure Island Dick Johnson

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References

  1. ↑ "Madhur Mittal on Slumdog Millionaire and more - Part 1". Rediff.com NEWS". 20 January 2009. Retrieved 15 March 2009.
  2. ↑ Naomi Canton (13 January 2009). "Actor gets offers from Hollywood, Bollywood". Hindustan Times . Archived from the original on 27 April 2015. Retrieved 16 March 2009.
  3. ↑ "Madhur Mittal on Slumdog Millionaire and more - Part 5". Rediff.com NEWS". 20 January 2009. Retrieved 17 March 2009.
  4. ↑ Little big winners Archived 28 February 2009 at the Wayback Machine , India Today 20 February 2009. Retrieved 16 March 2009.
  5. ↑ "Kidnap and Ransom". TV Pixie . Retrieved 17 February 2012.[ permanent dead link ]
  6. ↑ "MX Player High Review". scroll.in . 7 October 2020. Retrieved 13 July 2021.
  7. ↑ "15th Annual SAG Awards, Recipients Announced!". 25 January 2009. Retrieved 25 February 2009.[ dead link ]
  8. ↑ "Cadillac, Slumdog & Bees are Triple Threats Black Reel Awards". Daily Express . 15 December 2008. Retrieved 23 February 2008.
  9. ↑ "'Slumdog Millionaire' fame Madhur to play Muralitharan in biopic '800'". DT Next. 17 April 2023. Retrieved 17 April 2023.
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