Arjan Bajwa

Arjan Bajwa
Born (1979-09-03) 3 September 1979
Delhi, India
Occupation Actor
Years active 1998–present

Arjan S Bajwa (born 3 September 1979) is an Indian film actor known for his work in Hindi and Telugu cinema. Arjan initially started off with Telugu films. He then made his debut in Bollywood with director Mani Ratnam's critically acclaimed film, Guru, playing the antagonist opposite Abhishek Bachchan and Aishwarya Rai. Subsequently, he played the male lead in Madhur Bhandarkar’s Fashion with Priyanka Chopra. The film won him the Stardust Award for Breakthrough Performance while Fashion won several awards such as Filmfare, IIFA, Star Screen and Stardust Awards along with two National Awards. Bajwa also starred in the Telugu movie King along with Nagarjuna Akkineni and Trisha. He then appeared in another Telugu film Arundhati starring Anushka Shetty and Sonu Sood, which became the highest grossing Telugu film at its time of release.

He then appeared in Ajay Devgn's comedy film Son of Sardaar, where he was paired with Sonakshi Sinha. He also acted in Crook (2010) with Emraan Hashmi and Bobby Jasoos (2014) with Vidya Balan. He has appeared in the film Rustom starring Akshay Kumar, Ileana D'Cruz and Esha Gupta which was released in August 2016.

In addition to acting, he has hosted the Filmfare Awards (South) in the year 2007, the International Film Festival of India Goa closing ceremony in 2010 and 2014 and the Kabaddi World Cup opening ceremony in Jalandher. Bajwa also hosted the PTC Punjabi Film Awards in 2014 and 2016.

Early life and education

Born in New Delhi, Bajwa's father Swinderjeet Singh Bajwa was a former deputy Mayor of New Delhi from the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).[1] Bajwa holds a degree in architecture from Delhi and is a black belt in Taekwondo.[2][3]

Before entering films Bajwa was a successful model having walked the ramp for several big fashion designers.[4] His breakthrough on television started off with several commercials for brands like Lux, Veet, Fiat Palio, Godrej AC etc. These advertisements featured him alongside with some of the most prominent actresses of Bollywood such as Aishwariya Rai, Katrina Kaif and Preity Zinta.

Filmography

YearFilmRoleLanguageNotes
2001SampangiAbhishekTelugu
2002Nee Thodu KavaliVasuTelugu
Kanulu Musina NeevayeSagarTelugu
2003Premalo Pavani KalyanKalyanTelugu[5]
Woh Tera Naam ThaAkhtarHindi[6]
2005BhadraRajaTelugu[7]
2007GuruArzaan contractorHindi[8]
Summer 2007QateelHindi
2008FashionMaanav BhasinHindi
ArundhatiRahulTelugu
KingAjayTelugu
2009MitruduMadhuTelugu
2010Hide N SeekJaideep MahajanHindi
CrookSamarthHindi
2011Tell Me O KhudaJayHindi
LankaChoteHindi
2012Son Of SardaarBobbyHindi
2013AngulikaTelugu
Rambha Urvasi MenakaTamil
Telugu
Himmat Singh[9] Punjabi
2014Bobby JasoosLala/AliHindi
2016RustomVikram MakhijaHindi
2017ChitrangadaTelugu

References

  1. ↑ "The Tribune, Chandigarh, India - NCR stories". www.tribuneindia.com. Retrieved 2016-10-14.
  2. ↑ Garima Sharma, (15 June 2014). "Arjan Bajwa: A father is the hero in every man's life". Times of India.
  3. ↑ Soumitra Das, (2 Jan 2012). "Ajay Devgan's a big prankster: Arjan Bajwa". Times of India.
  4. ↑ "Arjan Bajwa walks the ramp". Mid Day. 22 Aug 2011.
  5. ↑ http://www.teluguwave.com/news_main.php?news=2197&cat=5
  6. ↑ "With a dream in his heart..." The Hindu. 25 December 2003. Retrieved 2016-06-25.
  7. ↑ "Ravi Teja Movies List". Chitramala. 2016-06-03. Retrieved 2016-10-14.
  8. ↑ "Rustom actor Arjan Bajwa says Bollywood is biased - watch EXCLUSIVE interview". Retrieved 2016-10-14.
  9. ↑ Punjab, Cine. "Arjan Bajwa in Baljit Singh Deo's Next - Cine Punjab". cinepunjab.com.
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