Jaideep Ahlawat

Jaideep Ahlawat (born 8 February 1978) 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
Born (1978-02-08) 8 February 1978
Kharkara, Haryana, India
Alma materJat H. M. College Rohtak
OccupationActor
Years active2008–present
Height1.85 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.[6] He completed his acting graduation from FTII in 2008.[7][8]

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[9]. He started to take acting seriously only after his graduation. He entered the film-world the hard way, without any godfather.[10] 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.[8] Thereafter he did more films including Anurag Kashyap's Gangs of Wasseypur (2012) and Kamal Hasan's Vishwaroopam (2012).[11][12] He was also seen in the series Bard of Blood.

He will be playing a negative character in an upcoming film, Khaali Peeli. [13]

Filmography

Films
YearFilmRoleNotes
2008NarmeenGuest RoleShort film[14]
2010AakroshPappu Tiwari
Khatta MeethaSanjay Rana
2011ChittagongAnant Singh
RockstarTrilok (Special appearance)
2012Gangs of WasseypurShahid Khan
2013 VishwaroopamSalimTamil film
Vishwaroop
Commando: A One Man ArmyAmrit Kanwal (AK 74)
Aatma - Feel it around youInspector Raza
2015Gabbar is BackCBI officer Kuldeep Pahwa
Meeruthiya GangstersNikhil
2017Journey of BhangoverGaffru
RaeesNawab
2018Bhawani Mandi TesanDev Raj Sutra
RaaziKhalid Mir
Lust StoriesSudhir Anthology film
Vishwaroopam IISalimTamil film
Vishwaroop II
Hotel Milan Goldie Kaushik
Bhaiaji SuperhitHelicopter Mishra
2020Baaghi 3IPL

Web Series
YearTitleCharacterNetworkNotes
2019 Bard of BloodShehzad TanveerNetflix
2020Paatal LokHathi Ram ChaudharyAmazon Prime

References
  1. World, Republic. "'Its a great responsibility': Jaideep Ahlawat on playing lead role in 'Pataal Lok'". Republic World. Retrieved 16 May 2020.
  2. 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. Retrieved 17 July 2019.
  3. "Gangs Of Wasseypur changed my life: Jaideep Ahlawat - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 17 July 2019.
  4. "Why is Jaideep Ahlawat not visible in Vishwaroopam promos? - NDTV Movies".
  5. "Commando: Jaideep Ahlawat plays a baddie called AK74". News18. Retrieved 17 July 2019.
  6. "Jaideep Ahlawat's Biography, Age, Height, Web series, Movies". WebMobistar. 26 May 2020. Retrieved 27 May 2020.
  7. "Gangs Of Wasseypur changed my life: Jaideep Ahlawat - The Times of India".
  8. "Jaideep's Profile on Graftii.com". Archived from the original on 25 September 2012. Retrieved 1 October 2012.
  9. https://scroll.in/reel/876275/raazi-actor-jaideep-ahlawat-loves-playing-baddies-grey-characters-offer-so-much-colour
  10. "'Humble & Honest". Daily Post India. 21 October 2015. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016.
  11. "'Vishwaroopam' explores faith: Jaideep Ahlawat". CNN-IBN. 3 October 2011. Archived from the original on 24 June 2012. Retrieved 22 June 2012.
  12. 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.
  13. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt9680440/
  14. "Short films are gaining recognition". www.mid-day.com. Archived from the original on 19 January 2010. Retrieved 9 February 2013.



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