Nandish Sandhu
Nandish at the ITA Awards in 2018
Born
Nandish Singh Sandhu

(1981-12-25) 25 December 1981
OccupationActor
Years active2007–present
Spouse
(m. 2012; div. 2015)

Nandish Singh Sandhu (born 25 December 1981) is an Indian actor, who gained recognition while starring in Uttaran (2009-2012). He has also appeared in shows like Phir Subah Hogi (2012), Beintehaa (2013), Grahan (2021) and Jubilee (2023).

Life and career

Sandhu started his career with modelling.[1] In 2007, he made his acting debut in the television show with Star Plus's Kasturi, where he played Raunak.[2] and afterwards he appeared in several TV shows, where he played supporting role and cameo role.

In 2009, His first major breakthrough and official debut occurred in TV with the role of Veer Singh Bundela opposite Tina Dutta in Colors TV's Uttaran.[3] It was his portrayal of Veer which garnered him household name and fame, earned widespread recognition and popularity, including several awards and nominations. Uttaran opened up newer international markets for Indian Television, The ratings of the show increased after his entry and his chemistry with Tina Datta was also highly applauded.[4] He quit the show in 2012, when the show took 18 years leap.[5]

In 2012, Sandhu featured in Zee TV's Phir Subah Hogi.[6] In 2014, Sandhu played Lawyer Rehaan in Colors TV's Beintehaa.[7] In 2015, he participated in Colors TV's stunt-action show Fear Factor: Khatron Ke Khiladi 6 which was hosted by director Rohit Shetty and reached the semifinals.[8] In the same year, he participated (along with his then-wife Rashami Desai) in the Star Plus's dance reality show Nach Baliye 7 emerging as runner-up.[9]

Sandhu married his Uttaran co-star Rashami Desai on 12 February 2012 in Dholpur.[10] In 2014, they announced their separation and they got divorced in 2015.[11][12][13]

He turn producer a short film in 2016 named Girl in Red, he also acted in it. It was directed by Saurabh Verma. Girl in Red is now also available on MX Player, the film holds an average rating of 6.3 out of 10 based on 15 reviews. Girl in red received mixed reviews by critics; Rahul of Film Companion says Saurabh Varma's short about a chain-smoking author battling a writer's block isn't a bad film. But often, this averageness is more disappointing because of what could have been.[14] Then again in 2017, he co-produced another short film named The Gift starring Gul Panag, Kushal Punjabi and Mandira Bedi in lead, it's available on the streaming app Sony LIV since it is released.[15]

In 2019, Sandhu was cast alongside Hrithik Roshan in Bollywood biopic movie Super 30 he played the role of Pranav Kumar, a brother of Anand Kumar.[16] The film was released to commercial success, but received mixed reviews.[17] He also starred in the 2019 movie Family of Thakurganj which was directed by Manoj Jha and written by Dilip Shukla. The film also starred Jimmy Shergill, Mahie Gill and Saurabh Shukla in key roles.

In 2021, Nandish played a supporting role in the Hotstar original series titled Grahan in the role of Kartik. The series starred Pawan Malhotra, Zoya Hussain, Wamiqa Gabbi and Anshumaan Pushkar in lead roles.[18]

Filmography

Films

Year Title Role Notes
2012 Dabangg 2 Groom Special appearance in song "Dagabaaz Re"
2016 Girl in Red Aditya Verma Short film;
also producer
2017 The Gift Short film;
producer only
2019 Super 30 Pranav Kumar
Family of Thakurganj Munnu

Television

Year Title Role Notes
2007 Kasturi Raunak Singhaniya
Khwaish Yasir
Kayamath Saket
Comedy Circus Contestant
Ssshhhh...Phir Koi Hai Rahul Episode 23
2008 Shiv Episodes 118 & 119
Hum Ladkiyan Rahul
2009–2012 Uttaran Veer Singh Bundela
2009 Laughter Ke Phatke Contestant
Raaz Pichhle Janam Ka
2010 Entertainment Ke Liye Kuch Bhi Karega
Kitchen Champion
2011 Bigg Boss 5 Guest
2012 Phir Subah Hogi Thakur Aditya Singh
2013 Beintehaa Rehan Habeeb Khan
2014 Encounter Inspector Sartaj Quereshi
Welcome – Baazi Mehmaan Nawazi Ki Contestant
Box Cricket League 1
2015 Fear Factor: Khatron Ke Khiladi 6
Nach Baliye 7
Darr Sabko Lagta Hai Rajinder/Raj Episodic role
2016 Box Cricket League 2 Contestant
BCL Gujarat
2021 Grahan Kartik Hotstar series
2022 Undekhi Samarth Sony Liv series
2023 Jubilee Jamshed Khan Amazon Prime Video series

Music videos

Year Title Artist
2015 "Teri Ek Hansee" Jubin Nautiyal
2020 "Chale Aao" Rhiti

References

  1. It feels good to be married: Nandish Sandhu – Times of India Archived 2 December 2013 at the Wayback Machine. Articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com (2 March 2012). Retrieved on 2016-02-14.
  2. I can't play an older character on TV: Nandish Sandhu – Times of India Archived 2 December 2013 at the Wayback Machine. Articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com (28 July 2012). Retrieved on 2016-02-14.
  3. "Happy Birthday Nandish Singh Sandhu: From Uttaran to Super 30, check out his journey from TV to Bollywood". PINKVILLA. 25 December 2019.
  4. "2 TRP Channels". dokumen.tips.
  5. Team, Tellychakkar. "Nandish and Rashmi did not want to be a part of the leap, says producer Rupali Guha". Tellychakkar.com.
  6. Team (23 July 2012). "Nandish Sandhu replaces Anuj Sachdeva in Phir Subah Hogi". Tellychakkar.
  7. "Nandish Sandhu will be seen in Beintehaa in the role of a lawyer". www.tvkiduniya.com.
  8. "Nandish Sandhu to enter 'Khatron Ke Khiladi...'". 28 November 2014 via Business Standard.
  9. TNN by Saloni Bhatia (21 May 2015). "Nandish Sandhu and Rashami Desai in Nach Baliye 7". Times of India.
  10. "It feels good to be married: Nandish Sandhu - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 18 November 2020.
  11. "TV actors Rashami Desai, Nandish Sandhu file for divorce". Hindustantimes.com. 30 December 2015. Retrieved 8 July 2016.
  12. HT correspondent (5 March 2020). "Rashami Desai says she was depressed during her divorce with Nandish Sandhu". Hindustan Times.
  13. India Today Web desk. "Mutual Consent, not affair lead to the decision". India Today.
  14. Rahul (19 December 2016). "Girl in Red Short film review by Film Companion". Film Companion. Archived from the original on 9 July 2021.
  15. "Sony to move its video streaming service SonyLIV to a fee-based model". 11 September 2015. Archived from the original on 3 September 2015. Retrieved 31 August 2015.
  16. "Nandish Sandhu thanks Hrithik Roshan for Super 30". India Today.
  17. "Super 30 brothers:Hrithik Roshan and Nandish Sandhu". Telegraph. 21 August 2019.
  18. "Meet Ranjan Chandel, director of new Hotstar original web series Grahan - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 4 July 2021.
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