Manjot Singh
| Manjot Singh | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Manjot Singh 7 July 1992 (age 24) Delhi, India |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 2008–present |
Manjot Singh (born 7 July 1992) is an Indian Bollywood actor, best known for his role in films like Oye Lucky! Lucky Oye!, Student Of The Year and Fukrey. He won Filmfare Critics Award for the Best Actor category for his performance in Oye Lucky! Lucky Oye!.
Early life
Manjot Singh was born in Delhi into a Sikh family. His mother is a house wife while his father is a business man. He completed his schooling from the Hillwoods Academy situated in New Delhi.
They went to Arvinder for an audition though Manjot had never acted before, even in school plays. After the audition the casting director of Dibakar Banerjee’s Oye Lucky! Lucky Oye! rejected Manjot Singh for the role of the boy who grows up to be master thief Lucky. However Dibakar Banerjee knew he had found his Lucky. "Even though the casting director wasn’t convinced, I just put my foot down," the director said.[1]
After being selected, Manjot went to Manali for a week-long acting workshop. He was asked to observe the way Abhay Deol walked, smiled and talked so that he could imitate that in his acting. He even wore a cheek pad so that his jaw would look as broad as Abhay Deol’s.[1] Manjot’s performance was well appreciated by the critics and he received the Filmfare Critics Award for the Best Actor category. Later Manjot participated in a reality show Fear Factor - Khatron Ke Khiladi Level 3 in 2010.
In the year 2012, Manjot starred in Udaan, directed by Vikramaditya Motwane. Despite receiving positive reviews this film was a box office failure. Next year in 2012, Manjot signed up for a Punjabi musical drama flick titled Pure Punjabi, directed by Munish Sharma, about four close friends in Punjab who had a strong passion for music. The very same year he played the character role of Dimpy in Karan Johar’s coming-of-age romantic comedy film, Student of the Year, starring Siddharth Malhotra, Alia Bhatt and Varun Dhawan in the lead roles.
In 2013 Manjot starred in Fukrey directed by Mrighdeep Singh Lamba starring Vishakha Singh, Richa Chadda, Priya Anand, Ali Fazal and Pulkit Samrat. Film was a Hit and Manjot's performance was hugely appreciated.
Filmography
| Year | Film | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | Oye Lucky! Lucky Oye! | Young Lovinder 'Lucky' Singh | Won Filmfare Critics Award |
| 2010 | Udaan | Maninder Singh | |
| 2012 | Pure Punjabi | Param | Punjabi Film |
| Student Of The Year | Dimpy | ||
| 2013 | Fukrey | Lali | |
| What the Fish | Pummy Singh Cameo | ||
| 2014 | Balwinder Singh Famous Ho Gaya | Cameo | |
| 2016 | Snafu | Sunny Singh | Post Production |
| 2016 | Azhar | Navjot Singh Sidhu | Post Production |
2017 Penalty Post Production
Television
Critics on Manjot in his debut
- Planet Bollywood: "Young Lucky (played marvellously by Manjot Singh)..." [2]
- Rediff.com: "...young Lucky (brilliantly played by Manjot Singh)..."[3]
- Reviewer Noyon Jyoti Parasara: "...Special mention is deserved by Manjot Singh, who plays the younger Lucky." [4]
- Khalid Mohammad: "And there’s Lucky, as a callow teenager (excellently played by Manjot Singh)..." [5]
References
- 1 2 Oye Lucky Indian Express, 22 February 2009.
- ↑ Oye Lucky! Lucky Oye! - movie review by Amodini Sharma - Planet Bollywood
- ↑ Review: Oye Lucky Lucky Oye
- ↑ Archived 16 February 2009 at the Wayback Machine.
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