Arjan Bajwa

Arjan Bajwa
Bajwa in 2018
Born3 September 1979 (1979-09-03) (age 45)
Delhi, India
OccupationActor
Years active1998–present

Arjan Bajwa (born 3 September 1979) is an Indian actor known for his work in Hindi and Telugu films. He is credited as Deepak in Telugu films where he started his career.[1] He made a breakthrough in Bollywood with the critically acclaimed 2007 film Guru after debuting in the 2004 Hindi film Woh Tera Naam Tha. He played the male lead in 2008 film Fashion for which he received the Stardust Award for Breakthrough Performance.

Early life

Bajwa was born on 3 September 1979 in Delhi, India in a Jat Sikh family.[2][3][4] His father Swinderjeet Singh Bajwa was a former deputy Mayor of Delhi from the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).[5][6] Bajwa holds a degree in architecture from Delhi and is a black belt in Taekwondo.[7]

Before entering films Bajwa was a successful model having walked the ramp for several big fashion designers.[8] His breakthrough on television started off with several commercials for brands like Lux, Veet, Fiat Palio, Godrej AC etc. These advertisements featured him alongside some of the most prominent actresses of Bollywood such as Aishwariya Rai, Katrina Kaif and Preity Zinta.

Career

Bajwa made his Telugu debut with Sampangi (2001) and played the lead in a couple of Telugu films including Premalo Pavani Kalyan (2002).[9][10] After making his Hindi debut in Woh Tera Naam Tha, Bajwa's breakthrough role came in Bollywood with director Mani Ratnam's critically acclaimed film, Guru, playing the antagonist opposite Abhishek Bachchan and Aishwarya Rai. Subsequently, he played the male lead in Madhur Bhandarkar’s Fashion with Priyanka Chopra. The film won him the Stardust Award for Breakthrough Performance while Fashion won several awards such as Filmfare, IIFA, Star Screen and Stardust Awards along with two National Awards. Bajwa also starred in the Telugu movie King along with Nagarjuna Akkineni and Trisha. He then appeared in another Telugu film Arundhati starring Anushka Shetty and Sonu Sood, which became one of the highest grossing Telugu films at that time.

Bajwa then appeared in Ajay Devgn's action comedy film Son of Sardaar, where he was paired with Sonakshi Sinha. He also acted in the action thriller Crook (2010) with Emraan Hashmi and Bobby Jasoos (2014) with Vidya Balan. He has appeared in the film Rustom starring Akshay Kumar, Ileana D'Cruz and Esha Gupta which was released in August 2016. In 2019, he was seen in Sandeep Vanga's Kabir Singh where he played Shahid Kapoor's brother. He was initially hesitant to play the male lead's older brother, but accepted at the insistence of Vanga, for whom he was the only choice to play the character.[11]

In addition to acting, Bajwa has hosted the Filmfare Awards (South) in the year 2007, the International Film Festival of India Goa closing ceremony in 2010 and 2014 and the Kabaddi World Cup opening ceremony in Jalandher. Bajwa also hosted the PTC Punjabi Film Awards in 2014 and 2016.[citation needed]

Currently Bajwa has completed shoot for his upcoming murder mystery Second Chance alongside Myra Sareen, Tanishaa Mukerji and Iulia Vântur.[citation needed]

Filmography

Year Title Role Language Notes
2001 Sampangi Abhishek Telugu [12]
2002 Nee Thodu Kavali Vasu Telugu
Kanulu Musina Neevaye Sagar Telugu
2003 Premalo Pavani Kalyan Kalyan Telugu
Woh Tera Naam Tha Akhtar Hindi [13]
2005 Bhadra Raja Telugu [14]
2007 Guru Arzan Contractor Hindi [15]
Summer 2007 Qateel Hindi
2008 Fashion Maanav Bhasin Hindi
Arundhati Rahul Telugu
King Ajay Telugu
2009 Mitrudu Madhu Telugu
2010 Hide N Seek Jaideep Mahajan Hindi
Crook Samarth Hindi
2011 Tell Me O Khuda Jai Vishal Singh Hindi
Lanka Chhote Hindi
2012 Son Of Sardaar Bobby Hindi
2014 Bobby Jasoos Lala/Ali Hindi
2016 Rustom Vikram Makhija Hindi
2017 Chitrangada Raja Ravi Verma Telugu
2019 Kabir Singh Karan Rajdheer Singh Hindi [11]
Bigil Samar Tamil
TBA Demon Hunters TBA Post-production [16]

Television

Year Title Role Network Notes
2020 State Of Siege: 26/11 Colonel Kunal Sahota ZEE5
2022 Bestseller Tahir Wazir Amazon Prime Video

Discography

  • Ghar Aaja Sohneya Remix by Shazia Manzoor (1998) (cameo appearance)

References

  1. ^ Mulchandani, Amrita (4 September 2011). "Don't mind being called Deepak: Arjan Bajwa". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 5 December 2021. Retrieved 23 February 2022.
  2. ^ "Ex-डिप्टी मेयर का बेटा है ये एक्टर, एग्रीकल्चर की पढ़ाई कर ऐसे बना हीरो". Dainik Bhaskar (in Hindi). 3 September 2017. Retrieved 6 March 2019.
  3. ^ Joshi, Unnati (1 May 2022). "Arjan Bajwa: More than Dilli ki garmi, I like Dilli ki sardi". The Times of India. Retrieved 13 May 2022.
  4. ^ Sinha, Seema (24 October 2011). "I don't have too many presumptions: Arjan Bajwa". The Times of India. Retrieved 29 July 2022.
  5. ^ Garima Sharma (15 June 2014). "Arjan Bajwa: A father is the hero in every man's life". Times of India. Retrieved 19 April 2021.
  6. ^ Suryamurthy, R (28 May 2002). "'Defeat in MCD elections has shaken the BJP terribly'". Tribune. Retrieved 14 October 2016.
  7. ^ Das, Soumitra (2 January 2012). "Ajay Devgan a big prankster: Arjan Bajwa". The Times of India. Retrieved 13 May 2022.
  8. ^ "Arjan Bajwa walks the ramp". Mid-Day. 22 August 2011. Retrieved 7 January 2021.
  9. ^ Jeevi; Aditya. "Arjan Barjwa - Interview with Deepak". Idlebrain. Retrieved 23 October 2023.
  10. ^ Ogirala, Mohan Rao (3 April 2003). "Celebrating 100 days". The Times of India. Retrieved 23 October 2023.
  11. ^ a b "What made Arjan Bajwa take on 'Kabir Singh'?". The Times of India. 17 May 2019. Retrieved 18 May 2019.
  12. ^ Jafri, Syed Amin (30 July 2001). "Telugu film taken off following Muslim protests". Rediff.com. Retrieved 23 October 2023.
  13. ^ "Arjan Bajwa to star in web show Operation Terror: Black Tornado". Cinema Express. 17 October 2019. Retrieved 13 May 2022.
  14. ^ "Ravi Teja Movies List". Chitramala. 3 June 2016. Retrieved 14 October 2016.
  15. ^ Taneja, Parina (7 February 2022). "5 times Arjan Bajwa proved he can get into the skin of any character!". India TV News. Retrieved 14 March 2022.
  16. ^ Ramachandran, Naman; Frater, Patrick (15 April 2024). "Taiwan-India Action Comedy 'Demon Hunters' to Debut First Footage at Cannes Market (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety. Retrieved 16 April 2024.