Ankur Bhatia (born February 1985) is an Indian actor and model. He grew up in Bhopal, India. He made his acting debut in 2010 in Payal Sethi'
Grant St. Shaving Co
which was produced by

Mira Nair Mira Nair (born 15 October 1957) is an Indian-American filmmaker based in New York City. Her production company, Mirabai Films, specializes in films for international audiences on Indian society, whether in the economic, social or cultural spher ...

. In 2012, he won the Best Actor Commendation Award at the

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Tisch School of the Arts The New York University Tisch School of the Arts (commonly referred to as Tisch) is the performing, cinematic and media arts school of New York University. Founded on August 17, 1965, Tisch is a training ground for artists, scholars of the a ...

Film Festival for Coconut Grove. In 2013, Ankur played a negative role in a

Bollywood Hindi cinema, popularly known as Bollywood and formerly as Bombay cinema, refers to the film industry based in Mumbai, engaged in production of motion pictures in Hindi language. The popular term Bollywood, is a portmanteau of "Bombay" (fo ...

/ Tollywood film ''

Zanjeer (2013 film) ''Zanjeer'' () is a 2013 Indian action film directed by Apoorva Lakhia. The film is shot simultaneously in Hindi and Telugu language, Telugu languages, the latter titled ''Thoofan'' (). A remake of the 1973 Hindi film Zanjeer (1973 film), of the ...

''/'' Toofan'', remake of '' Zanjeer.'' He appeared in Apoorva Lakhia's ''Haseena'', starring Shraddha Kapoor, which was released in the theatres on 18 August 2017. In 2020, he plays a pivotal role in Disney+ Hotstar show

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, starring

Sushmita Sen Sushmita Sen (born 19 November 1975) is an Indian actress, model and the winner of the Miss Universe 1994 pageant. She is the first Indian to win the Miss Universe pageant. She was previously crowned Femina Miss India 1994 at the age of 18. A ...

and directed by

Ram Madhvani Ram Madhvani is an Indian film director and producer known for his award-winning works in Hindi cinema, in the OTT space and in advertising. He is a-partner, director, and producer at Equinox Films, Ram Madhvani Films, and Equinox Virtual in p ...

Early life

Ankur Bhatia was born in Bhopal, India. He moved to United States to pursue a master's degree in Mathematics and worked as an Actuary for top tier consulting firms. He changed his path to Acting as he wanted to become an actor from a very young age. Ankur attended the

New York Film Academy New York Film Academy – School of Film and Acting (NYFA) is a private for-profit film school and acting school based in New York City, Los Angeles, and Miami. The New York Film Academy was founded in 1992 by Jerry Sherlock, a former film, ...

to learn Filmmaking and Acting.

Acting career

Ankur Bhatia's film debut came in 2010 in Payal Sethi's "''Grant St. Shaving Co''." which was produced by

. The film was selected in over 10 film festivals worldwide, including

Cannes Film Festival The Cannes Festival (; french: link=no, Festival de Cannes), until 2003 called the International Film Festival (') and known in English as the Cannes Film Festival, is an annual film festival held in Cannes, France, which previews new films o ...

Short film Corner in France and River to River. Florence Indian Film Festival in Italy. It won best film awards in River to River. Florence Indian Film Festival, Smalls Film Festival, London and Mexico International Film Festival, California. In 2012, he won the Best Actor Commendation Award at the

Film Festival for the movie "''Coconut Grove''", where he plays a funny, street-smart waiter. Ankur recently finished shooting for an untitled film based on insider trading, inspired by

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Scandal involving South Asian bankers and consultants in

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. The film also stars Poorna Jagannathan. In 2013, Ankur Bhatia played a negative role in a remake of 1973 Bollywood film ''Zanjeer'', directed by

Apoorva Lakhia Apoorva Lakhia is an Indian film director. Early life Lakhia was born and brought up in Ahmedabad, India. He was educated at the Lawrence School, Sanawar. He dropped out of a filmmaking course in New York University to assist Mira Nair on ''T ...

Hindi Hindi ( Devanāgarī: or , ), or more precisely Modern Standard Hindi (Devanagari: ), is an Indo-Aryan language spoken chiefly in the Hindi Belt region encompassing parts of northern, central, eastern, and western India. Hindi has been ...

and

Telugu Telugu may refer to: * Telugu language, a major Dravidian language of India *Telugu people, an ethno-linguistic group of India * Telugu script, used to write the Telugu language ** Telugu (Unicode block), a block of Telugu characters in Unicode S ...

. In 2016, he played the role of Baldev, husband of Dalbir Kaur, essayed by

Aishwarya Rai Bachchan Aishwarya Rai Bachchan ( Rai; born 1 November 1973) is an Indian actress who is primarily known for her work in Hindi and Tamil films. The winner of the Miss World 1994 pageant, she has established herself as one of the most popular celebriti ...

in ''Sarabjit'' directed by

Omung Kumar Omung Kumar Bhandula is an Indian film director, and production designer, known for his works in Hindi cinema. He had hosted one of the famous show Ek Minute on Zee TV 90s. He made his directorial debut with the 2014 biographical sports drama ''M ...

. In 2017, he played Shraddha Kapoor’s husband in

’s film '' Haseena.'' In 2020, he plays a pivotal role in Disney+ Hotstar show

alongside

directed by

Filmography

Films

Television

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Bhatia, Ankur Indian male film actors Indian male models American male film actors Living people Male actors from Bhopal University of Connecticut alumni 1982 births Indian emigrants to the United States American male actors of Indian descent People from Bhopal