Nishant Singh Malkani
Malkani in 2020
Born (1987-09-01) 1 September 1987 (age 36)[1]
Dubai, United Arab Emirates[1]
OccupationActor
Years active2009–present

Nishant Singh Malkani (born 1 September 1987) is an Indian actor.[1][2]

Early life

Malkani was born on 1 September 1987 in Dubai.[1]

Career

Malkani's first television role was in Star One's romantic drama Miley Jab Hum Tum as Adhiraj Singh which he began in 2009. It wrapped up in 2010.[3] He portrayed Anukalp Gandhi in Ram Milaayi Jodi on Zee TV in 2010 but quit in 2011 to search for film work.[4]

Later, he debuted in Vikram Bhatt movie Horror Story[5] in 2013 and he was also seen in movies like Bezubaan Ishq, cute kameena, love training.

In 2017 Malkani debuted in web ; he played Raj in the web series Ragini MMS: Returns.[6]

He made a comeback to television in September 2018 portraying the lead Akshat Jindal in Zee TV's Guddan Tumse Na Ho Payega,[7] until he quit the series in 2020.[8] It is regarded as his best and most lovable performance ever in his career.[9]

In 2020, Malkani participated in the reality show Bigg Boss 14 as a contestant.[10] He survived for 5 weeks before getting evicted.[11]

In the media

Nishant Malkani was ranked 10th in the Times Of India's 20 Most Desirable Men on Television 2020.[12]

He was ranked at 44th position in Times of India's 50 Most Desirable Men of 2020.[13]

Filmography

Films

Year Title Role Notes
2013 Horror Story[14] Achint Debut movie
2015 Bezubaan Ishq[15] Swagat
Ishq Ne Krazy Kiya Re Aditya
2016 Cute Kameena[16] Bunty
2018 Love Training Rahul

Television

Year Title Role Notes Ref(s)
2009–2010 Miley Jab Hum Tum Adhiraj Singh [17]
2010–2011 Preet Se Bandhi Ye Dori Ram Milaayi Jodi Anukalp Gandhi [18]
2012 Humne Li Hai... Shapath Sameer [19]
2018–2020 Guddan Tumse Na Ho Payega Akshat Jindal [20]
2020 Bigg Boss 14 Contestant Evicted Day 31 [21]
2021–2022 Rakshabandhan... Rasal Apne Bhai Ki Dhal Umed Pratap Singh and Shivraj Umed Pratap Singh/Balwant Singh [22][23]
2022 Control Room ACP Ayushman sharma [24][25]
2023–present Pashmina – Dhaage Mohabbat Ke Raghav Kaul

Special appearances

Year Title Role Notes Ref(s)
2010 Sasural Genda Phool Raj Cameo [26]
2011 Pavitra Rishta Anukalp Crossover special
Pyaar Kii Ye Ek Kahani Himself Special dance performance with Sanaya Irani
2015 Swaragini - Jodein Rishton Ke Sur Dance performance
2017 Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa 9 To support Salman Yusuff Khan
2018 Kundali Bhagya Akshat Dance performance
2019 Yeh Teri Galiyan Crossover special
2021 Meet Himself Guest appearance [27]
2022 Kumkum Bhagya: Pyaar Wali Holi Dance performance [28]

Web series

Year Title Role Platform
2017–2018 Ragini MMS: Raj ALTBalaji and ZEE5
2022 Shubh Mangal Mein Dangal Vishwanath (Vishu) Hungama Play and MX Player

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Actor Nishant Singh Malkani celebrates his birthday with acid attack survivors in Lucknow". The Times of India. 1 September 2018.
  2. ^ "Bigg Boss 14 FULL Contestants List: From Nikki Tamboli To Shehzad Deol, Celebs Who Are Part Of Salman Khan's Show". 4 October 2020.
  3. ^ Ganguly, Ruman (24 October 2009). "Miley jab Nishant..." The Times of India. Retrieved 22 October 2013.
  4. ^ "First look: Horror Story". Filmfare. 13 August 2013. Retrieved 13 August 2013.
  5. ^ Bhowmik, Arijita (16 September 2013). "Box Office Collection: 'Grand Masti' Earns Over ₹40 Crore, Sidelines 'John Day' and 'Horror Story'". International Business Times. Retrieved 22 October 2013.
  6. ^ Adarsh, Taran (13 September 2013). "Horror Story (2013) Movie Review". Bollywood Hungama. Archived from the original on 9 July 2013. Retrieved 22 October 2013.
  7. ^ "Nishant Malkani on his career: After my first show, I struggled for 8 years to make my mark till I got Guddan Tumse Na Ho Payega". Times of India .
  8. ^ Kashyap, Nitisha (22 February 2012). "Nishant Malkani signs first Bollywood movie". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 23 October 2013. Retrieved 22 October 2013.
  9. ^ "Bigg Boss 14 contestant Nishant Singh Malkani: Television shows, photos and more". The Times of India. 3 October 2020.
  10. ^ "Nishant Singh Malkani to take part in Bigg Boss 14?". The Times of India. 23 August 2020.
  11. ^ "Bigg Boss 14 contestant Nishant Malkani: I said yes to BB14 because I will be sharing stage with Salman Khan". 4 October 2020.
  12. ^ "Meet The Times 20 Most Desirable Men on Television 2020". Times of India .
  13. ^ "The Times Most Desirable Man of 2020: Sushant Singh Rajput - Philosopher, dreamer, charmer". Times of India .
  14. ^ "'Horror Story' has horror from the first scene to the last: Bhatt". Times of India . Retrieved 25 August 2013.
  15. ^ "Bezubaan Ishq music combines melody and meaning". Times of India . Retrieved 17 June 2015.
  16. ^ "Nishant Malkani signs first Bollywood movie". Times of India.
  17. ^ "Miley jab hum tum". The Times of India.
  18. ^ "Zee TV brings new tale of love tangle, family bonds". Sify. Archived from the original on 27 July 2019. Retrieved 27 July 2019.
  19. ^ https://m.timesofindia.com/tv/news/hindi/Nishant-Malkani-in-Hum-Ne-Li-Hai-Shapath/etarticleshow/14769409.cms?bot=1
  20. ^ "Guddan Tumse Na Ho Payega team shoots for show's promo". 11 June 2020.
  21. ^ "Nishant Singh Malkani to take part in Bigg Boss 14". Times of India.
  22. ^ "Nishant Singh Malkani turn into a Rajasthani character for his show Rakshabandhan". Times of India .
  23. ^ "TV show Rakshabandhan to go in for a time leap, Nishant Singh Malkhani to play his own grown-up son". Times of India.
  24. ^ "Nishant Singh Malkani Is All Set To Play A Cop In His Upcoming Show Control Room". Filmibeat. Retrieved 2 June 2022.
  25. ^ "Nishant malkhani new show". The Times of India.
  26. ^ "Sasural genda phool".
  27. ^ "Shabir Ahluwalia, Sriti Jha on performing for Diwali special episode of 'Meet' - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 31 October 2021.
  28. ^ "TV Celebs Celebrate 'Pyaar Wali Holi' On The Sets Of 'Kumkum Bhagya'". ABP Live. 13 March 2022. Retrieved 15 March 2022.

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