Arunoday Singh

Arunoday Singh

Arunoday Singh (The Dog)

Born      17 February 1983 (age 32)

Rewa, Bhopal District, Madhya Pradesh

Occupation         Actor

Years active        2009–present

Height   6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)

Arunoday Singh (born 17 February 1983) is an Indian film actor. His debut movie was Sikandar (2009). Arunoday Singh was seen in Sudhir Mishra's Yeh Saali Zindagi (2011), Pooja Bhatt's Jism 2 (2012), and more recently in David Dhawan's Main Tera Hero(2014) and thriller film Pizza (2014).

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•             1 Personal life

•             2 Career

•             3 Filmography

•             4 References

•             5 External links

Personal life[edit]

Arunoday was born in February 17, 1983 in a Rajput family[1] based in Mendora village near Bhopal in Madhya Pradesh, India.[2] He is a grandson of Arjun Singh, an Indian politician who was the Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh when the deadly gas leak from the Union Carbide factory occurred.[3]

He is an alumnus of Brandeis University,[4] having previously been educated at a boarding school at Kodaikanal, where he performed in school plays. According to him, it was after watching actor Marlon Brando in On the Waterfront (1954) that he decided to become an actor. After his graduation, he did a few courses in the New York Film Academy, and thereafter enrolled in the Acting Studio in New York, during the period he also performed in plays.[5][6]

Career[edit]

After finishing his studies he started giving auditions, and finally made his debut with Sikandar (2009), directed by Piyush Jha, playing a Kashmiri freedom fighter.[6] His second film was Anil Kapoor's home production Aisha (2010), an adaptation of the novel, Emma by Jane Austen, with Sonam Kapoor.[4] Also in the same year, he appeared in Vinay Shukla's take on Gender and sexuality in Mirch through a collage of five stories, with Raima Sen and Konkana Sharma, where he played the central character of a struggling film director.[7]

In 2011, he acted alongside Irrfan Khan and Aditi Rao Hydari, another newcomer in Sudhir Mishra's Yeh Saali Zindagi (2011). His performance earned him a nomination for Best Actor in a Supporting Role at the 18th Screen Awards. He next appeared in Jism 2 opposite Sunny Leone and Randeep Hooda which sucked on screen. In 2014 he appeared in David Dhawan comedy film Main Tera Hero opposite Varun Dhawan,Ilena D'Cruz and Nargis Fakhri and supernatural triller film Pizza. His next released is Mr X as Dr. Steve Rhodes opposite Emraan Hasmi and Amyra Dastur.

He is touted out as "Tallest Actor in Bollywood".

Filmography[edit]

Year       Title       Role       Awards

2009       Sikandar

Zahageer Qadir

2010       Aisha

Dhruv Singh       

2010       Mirch

Maanav               

2011       Yeh Saali Zindagi

Kuldeep               Nominated Best Actor in a Supporting Role Screen Awards

2012       Jism 2

Ayaan Thakur   

2013       Ek Bura Aadmi

Munna Siddiqui               

2014       Main Tera Hero

Angad Negi        

2014       Pizza

Mr. Ghost          

2014       Ungli

Ricky     

2015       Mr. X

Dr. Steve Rhodes            

2016       Mohenjo Daro

                Filming