Jaideep Ahlawat
Jaideep Ahlawat is an Indian actor best known for playing police inspector Hathiram Chaudhary, the lead role in the widely acclaimed Amazon Prime web series Paatal Lok (2020).[1]. He also appeared in the Bollywood film Raees produced by Shah Rukh Khan and Khatta Meetha,[2] produced by Akshay Kumar; he first rose to prominence in the role of Nawab (Musa's henchman) in Raees, Shahid Khan in Anurag Kashyap's Gangs of Wasseypur [3] (2012) and as AK 74 in the movie Commando.[4][5]
Jaideep Ahlawat | |
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Alma mater | Jat H. M. College Rohtak |
Occupation | Actor |
Years active | 2008–present |
Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) |
Early life and education
Jaideep was born in Kharkara village in Rohtak district of Haryana state. He attended Jat H.M. college in Rohtak. After completing Graduation Jaideep did MA in English from MDU,Rohtak in year 2005. He completed his acting graduation from FTII in 2008.[6]
Career
Jaideep did theatre at a young age but wanted to be an Indian Army officer. However, after not clearing his SSB interviews, multiple times, he ventured into acting. He used to do stage shows in Punjab and Haryana[7]. He started to take acting seriously only after his graduation. He entered the film-world the hard way, without any godfather.[8] In 2008, Ahlawat came to Mumbai. He was first noticed in a negative character in Priyadarshan's Khatta Meetha (2010). In the same year he appeared in Aakrosh with Ajay Devgn.[9] Thereafter he did more films including Anurag Kashyap's Gangs of Wasseypur (2012) and Kamal Hasan's Vishwaroopam (2012).[10][11] He was also seen in the series Bard of Blood.
He will be playing a negative character in an upcoming film, Khaali Peeli. [12]
Filmography
Films
Year | Film | Role | Notes |
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2008 | Narmeen | Guest Role | Short film[13] |
2010 | Aakrosh | Pappu Tiwari | |
Khatta Meetha | Sanjay Rana | ||
2011 | Chittagong | Anant Singh | |
Rockstar | Trilok (Special appearance) | ||
2012 | Gangs of Wasseypur | Shahid Khan | |
2013 | Vishwaroopam | Salim | Tamil film |
Vishwaroop | |||
Commando: A One Man Army | Amrit Kanwal (AK 74) | ||
Aatma - Feel it around you | Inspector Raza | ||
2015 | Gabbar is Back | CBI officer Kuldeep Pahwa | |
Meeruthiya Gangsters | Nikhil | ||
2017 | Journey of Bhangover | Gaffru | |
Raees | Nawab | ||
2018 | Bhawani Mandi Tesan | Dev Raj Sutra | |
Raazi | Khalid Mir | ||
Lust Stories | Sudhir | Anthology film | |
Vishwaroopam II | Salim | Tamil film | |
Vishwaroop II | |||
Hotel Milan | Goldie Kaushik | ||
Bhaiaji Superhit | Helicopter Mishra | ||
2020 | Baaghi 3 | IPL | |
Web series
Year | Title | Character | Network | Notes |
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2019 | Bard of Blood | Shehzad Tanveer | Netflix | |
2020 | Paatal Lok | Hathi Ram Chaudhary | Amazon Prime | |
References
- World, Republic. "'Its a great responsibility': Jaideep Ahlawat on playing lead role in 'Pataal Lok'". Republic World. Retrieved 16 May 2020.
- Magan, Srishti (21 May 2018). "8 Years In Bollywood & Finally Getting His Due, Jaideep Ahlawat Is an Actor We Want To See More of". ScoopWhoop. Archived from the original on 17 July 2019. Retrieved 17 July 2019.
- "Gangs Of Wasseypur changed my life: Jaideep Ahlawat - Times of India". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 29 July 2019. Retrieved 17 July 2019.
- "Why is Jaideep Ahlawat not visible in Vishwaroopam promos? - NDTV Movies".
- "Commando: Jaideep Ahlawat plays a baddie called AK74". News18. Archived from the original on 17 July 2019. Retrieved 17 July 2019.
- "Gangs Of Wasseypur changed my life: Jaideep Ahlawat - The Times of India".
- "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 23 May 2020. Retrieved 10 March 2020.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
- "'Humble & Honest". Daily Post India. 21 October 2015. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016.
- "Jaideep's Profile on Graftii.com". Archived from the original on 25 September 2012. Retrieved 1 October 2012.
- "'Vishwaroopam' explores faith: Jaideep Ahlawat". CNN-IBN. 3 October 2011. Archived from the original on 24 June 2012. Retrieved 22 June 2012.
- Hungama, Bollywood. "Gangs Of Wasseypur secures my standing in the industry - Jaideep Ahlawat - Latest Movie Features - Bollywood Hungama". Archived from the original on 1 July 2012. Retrieved 8 February 2013.
- "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 15 May 2020. Retrieved 15 May 2020.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
- "Short films are gaining recognition". www.mid-day.com. Archived from the original on 19 January 2010. Retrieved 9 February 2013.
External links
- Jaideep Ahlawat on IMDb
- Jaideep Ahlawat at Bollywood Hungama
- Jaideep Ahlawat biography at Koimoi