Shashank Arora

Shashank Arora
Born (1989-02-21) 21 February 1989
New Delhi, Delhi, India
Occupation Actor, Musician and Writer.
Years active 2012–present

Shashank Arora is an Indian actor, writer and musician. His feature films have competed at more than two hundred film festivals around the world including Cannes, Berlin, Toronto, Locarno, London, New York and the Sundance Film Festival.[1][2] He was nominated as best newcomer at the five major Indian film awards for his first feature film Titli.

Early life and education

Born Shashank 'Sunny' Arora on 21 February 1989 in New Delhi, Shashank was interested in music and theatre from a young age. After finishing high school in early 2006, he left for Montreal, Canada to study cinema and music. While there, he briefly joined a street theatre group formed by human rights activists. In 2008, he moved to Mumbai where he studied acting for two years, to pursue a career in film.[3][4]

Career

Shashank Arora first appeared as a supporting character in an indie feature film titled 'Myoho' (2012).

He then went on to play the title role in 'Titli'[5] (2014) which was a part of the Official Selection, Un Certain Regard at the 2014 Cannes International Film Festival.[6] He was also nominated at Filmfare and Stardust in the 'Best Debut' category for his role in Titli.

Post Titli, he completed work on his second film in late 2014, again in a title role, in the comedy Brahman Naman, which was a part of the Official Selection, World Cinema Dramatic Competition, at the 2016 Sundance Film Festival.

He has since finished work on 8 more feature films.

Actor's Filmography

Feature Films

FilmYearCharacterLanguage
Titli2015TitliHindi
Myoho2016Ranjit
The Song of Scorpions2016Muna
Rock On II2016Uday
Brahman Naman2016NamanEnglish
Lipstick Under My Burkha2017DhruvHindi
Manto2017Shad
Zoo2018Bicky
Moothon2018Salim[7]Malayalam

Short Films

Short Year
The Listener 2017
Letters 2018

TV Shows

ShowYearCharacter
Gangster Newton2018Newton
Made in Heaven2018Kabir

Awards and nominations

FilmYearAwardCategoryResult
Titli2016Stardust AwardsBest Debut ActorNominated[8]
Titli2016Producers Guild Film AwardsBest Debut ActorNominated[9]
Titli2016Filmfare AwardsBest Debut ActorNominated[10]
Titli2016Star Screen AwardsBest Debut ActorNominated[11]
Titli2016Zee Cine AwardsBest Debut ActorNominated

References

  1. ↑ "Shashank Arora feels comfortable doing multi-starrers". The Indian Express. 2016-11-10. Retrieved 2017-12-08.
  2. ↑ Ghosh, Sankhayan (2017-11-17). "Shashank Arora: Portrait of a young actor". livemint.com/. Retrieved 2017-12-08.
  3. ↑ Ghosh, Sankhayan (2017-11-17). "Shashank Arora: Portrait of a young actor". livemint.com/. Retrieved 2017-12-08.
  4. ↑ IMDb profile
  5. ↑ "Titli debutant Shashank Arora says he'll put good roles ahead of fame". Mail Online. Retrieved 2017-12-08.
  6. ↑ http://www.festival-cannes.fr/en/article/60533.html
  7. ↑ "Moothon: Bollywood actors Shashank Arora, Sobhita Dhulipala roped in for Nivin Pauly film". The Indian Express. 2017-06-02. Retrieved 2017-12-08.
  8. ↑ http://stardustawards.magnamags.com/nominees
  9. ↑ http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/movies/features/type/view/id/9444
  10. ↑ http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news/Nominations-for-the-61st-Britannia-Filmfare-Awards/articleshow/50542166.cms
  11. ↑ http://starscreenawards.hotstar.com/index.php/



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