Siddharth Malhotra

Siddharth Malhotra at 58th Idea Filmfare Awards

Siddharth Malhotra (born 16 January 1985) is an Indian film actor and model who made his acting debut in Karan Johar's award winning Student of The Year. 

Early life

Sidharth Malhotra was born on January 16, 1985 to Rimma Malhotra, a housewife and Sunil Malhotra who was a captain in Merchant Navy. His parents come from a Punjabi origin. He was born and brought up in Delhi.

Career

Modelling

Siddharth Malhotra started his career as a ramp model during his college days. He has been associated with brands like NIIT, Colour Plus & Pantaloon. He has walked the ramp for designers like Manish Malhotra and Rohit Bal. He has modeled even in Paris and Dubai. Malhotra was seen in Roberto Cavalli’s advertisement campaigns and also on the covers of several magazines like RedBook, Gladrags and Men’s Health. 

Debut & Breakthrough (2012)

In 2012, Malhotra made his debut in Karan Johar's Student of The Year  along with Varun Dhawan and Alia Bhatt. His performance was appreciated by film critics, such Taran Adarsh from Bollywood Hungama. stating, "Both Sidharth and Varun are excessively talented, supremely confident and hardly look like first-time actors. Photogenic, charming and self-assured, it's tough to say who's better, Sidharth or Varun? Both shine in their respective roles, both enact their parts with gusto. Sidharth is terrific , while Varun is a talent one can't help but marvel at. In fact, all three, Siddharth, Varun and Alia, are here to stay!"  film critic Rajeev Masand from CNN-IBN wrote, "The debutants, in turn, put their best foot forward: Sidharth Malhotra is earnest and has a pleasing presence".

 film critic Roshni Devi commented, "With three big debut

Malhotra and his Student of the Year co-stars Alia Bhatt and Varun Dhawan

antes in the movie, it is a bit difficult to pick and choose, but my vote goes for Sidharth Malhotra as Abhimanyu. He’s the sweet charming boy who steals your heart with his sighs".

 Raedita Tandan from Filmfare wrote, "Among the performances, Sidharth, Varun and Alia do their best not to seem like newcomers and they emerge triumphant. Sidharth’s restraint is impressive. The three make confident debuts". film critic Anupama Chopra from Hindustan Times commented, "Critically, the leading men, Varun and Sidharth, work. They don't instantly set the screen on fire like Hrithik Roshan or Ranbir Kapoor did in their first films. But they grow on you. Karan puts a heavy burden on them. They are the backbone of this film, but they pull it off. If you have patience and a taste for the overblown, check them out".  'Student Of The Year' is doing fantastic at box office within first three days of its release with collections in the vicinity of 32 crores.

Malhotra has also been signed for a non-exclusive two film deal with Ekta Kapoor's production house, Balaji Motion Pictures. Sidharth Malhotra will be paired opposite Parineeti Chopra in the film Hasee Toh Phasee, to be co-produced by Dharma Productions and Phantom Films. The movie will be directed by debutant director, Vinil Mathew. Siddharth has also bagged Mohit Suri'sThe Villain which is to be produced by Balaji Motion Pictures. Malhotra will begin shooting for the film post Hasee Toh Phasee.

Filmography

Year	Film	Role	Notes
2012	Student of The Year	Abhimanyu Singh	Released
2014	Hasee Toh Phasee	Nikhil Bhardwaj	Released
2014	Ek Villain	Guru	Released
2015	Brothers	Monty Fernandez	Released
2016	Kapoor & Sons	Arjun Kapoor	Released
2016	Baar Baar Dekho	Jai Verma	Released
2017	A Gentleman	Gaurav Rishi	Released
2017	Ittefaq	Vikram Sethi	Released
2018	Aiyaary	Jai Bakshi	Released
2019	Jabariya Jodi	Abhay Singh	Released
2019	Marjaavan	Raghu	Released
2021	Shershaah

Award

Year	Organisation	Award	Film	Result
2012	Filmfare Awards	Best Male Debut	Student of The Year	Nominated
2012	Colors Screen Awards	Best Male Debut	Student of The Year	Nominated
2012	Zee Cine Awards	Best Male Debut	Student of The Year	Nominated
2013	Stardust Awards	Best Male Debut	Student of The Year	Won