Tanay Chheda

Tanay Hemant Chheda is an Indian actor. He is best known for his child performances in the critically acclaimed films Taare Zameen Par (2007) and Slumdog Millionaire (2008), with the latter earning him the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture and a nomination for Best Ensemble at the Black Reel Awards of 2008.

Tanay Chheda
Tanay Chheda in 2011
Born
Tanay Hemant Chheda

1996/1997 (age 23–24)[1]
Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
EducationChoate Rosemary Hall
OccupationActor
Years active2006–present

Early life

Chheda is a Gujarati Jain with roots in Mandvi, Kutch who was born in Mumbai, India, where he currently lives.[2] He attended the prestigious Choate Rosemary Hall in Wallingford, Connecticut, US.[1]

Film career

He was first seen in the movie Don in 2006. He has the critically acclaimed Taare Zameen Par (Like Stars on Earth) in 2007 to his name and the award-sweeping Slumdog Millionaire in 2008.

In Don, he played the role of Deepu, the son of Jasjit (played by Arjun Rampal) . In Taare Zameen Par, he played the role of a handicapped child who is an extremely helpful and supportive friend to the protagonist Ishaan (played by Darsheel Safary). In Slumdog Millionaire, Chheda played the role of Jamal Malik, in adolescence, for which he has won the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture and received a nomination for Best Ensemble at the Black Reel Awards of 2008. He portrayed the young Rizwan Khan, an autistic child, in Shah Rukh Khan's film, My Name Is Khan. He was nominated for the best child actor in Star Screen Awards for My Name Is Khan.

His last appearance in a feature length film was in a German film Hexe Lilli- Journey to Mandolan (2011).

Filmography
Year Title Film/Television Role Other notes
2006 Don - The Chase Begins Again Film Deepu Ahuja The son of Jasjit Ahuja (Arjun Rampal)
2007 Taare Zameen Par (Like Stars on Earth) Film Rajan Damodaran A handicapped child who is a friend and classmate of the protagonist Ishaan Nandkishore Awasthi (Darsheel Safary) at New Era High School
2008 Slumdog Millionaire Film Teenage Jamal Malik Played the role of Jamal Malik, in adolescence
2010 My Name Is Khan Film Young Rizwan Khan Played the role of Rizwan Khan in childhood – nominated for 17th Star Screen Awards as Best Child Artiste
2011 Lilly the Witch: The Journey to Mandolan Film Musa Lilly's accomplice

References
  1. Abramovitch, Seth; Bushan, Nyay (27 February 2014). "'Slumdog Millionaire' Kids Reunite, Five Years Later: How They're Doing". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 16 October 2016.
  2. Jain, Ankur (28 January 2009). "Young 'Slumdog' hails from Kutch". Ahmedabad: Times of India.
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