Jagjeet Sandhu is an Indian film actor and theatre artist who works in

Punjabi cinema Punjabi cinema, sometimes Metonymy, metonymously referred to as Pollywood or Punjwood is the Punjabi language, Punjabi-language film industry centered around the Indian state of Punjab, India, Punjab, and based in Amritsar and Mohali. The ci ...

. He started his career with biography film ''Rupinder Gandhi'' in 2015. Sandhu is best known for his role of "Bhola" in ''Rupinder Gandhi'' film series and "Romi Gill" in

Dakuaan Da Munda ''Dakuan Da Munda'' (English: The Bandits’ Son) is a 2018 Indian Punjabi biographical movie the novel of same title. The film plots life of former Kabaddi player Mintu Gurusaria from Gurusar Jodha village, Muktsar. The movie is directed by M ...

and his role as "Tarsem" in

Sufna ''Sufna'' () is a 2020 Indian Punjabi-language romantic drama film written and directed by Jagdeep Sidhu. Produced by Panj Paani Films, it stars Ammy Virk and Tania. The film chronicles the story of a young man who fall in love with the cotton ...

is considered his best role till date.

Early life

Sandhu was born in in the small village of Himmatgarh Chhanna, Fatehgarh district,

Punjab, India Punjab (; ) is a States and union territories of India, state in northern India. Forming part of the larger Punjab region of the Indian subcontinent, the state is bordered by the States and union territories of India, Indian states of Himachal ...

. He graduated with a degree of

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in Indian Theatre from

Panjab University Panjab University (PU) is a Collegiate university, collegiate public state university located in Chandigarh, Punjab. Funded through both Punjab, India, State and Government of India, Union governments, it is considered a state university (Indi ...

Chandigarh Chandigarh () is a planned city in India. Chandigarh is bordered by the state of Punjab to the west and the south, and by the state of Haryana to the east. It constitutes the bulk of the Chandigarh Capital Region or Greater Chandigarh, which al ...

Career

Sandhu made his debut in

in 2015, with a supporting role of character "Bhola" in ''Rupinder Gandhi - The Gangster..?''. After that he played the role of ''Speed'' in '' Qissa Panjab''. In 2020, Sandhu appeared in a romantic drama ''

'', by

Jagdeep Sidhu Jagdeep Sidhu is an Indian film director, writer, screenwriter and dialogue writer associated with Punjabi and Hindi cinema. He has been nominated for seven awards for categories "Best Screenplay", "Dialogue", and "Direction" PTC Punjabi Film A ...

. His performance was praised by critics. In 2020, he played the character of "Tope Singh" in the

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streaming series ''

Paatal Lok ''Paatal Lok'' () is an Indian Hindi-language crime thriller web television series on Amazon Prime Video, created by Sudip Sharma, who wrote the script along with Sagar Haveli, Hardik Mehta and Gunjit Chopra, and directed by Avinash Arun and Pr ...

''.

Filmography

Films

Web series

Personal life

He lives in Chandigarh. Currently he is doing theatre with 'The Centre of Music Performing Arts Natya Yatris' with

Neelam Mansingh Chowdhry Dr. Neelam Man Singh Chowdhry (born 14 April 1951) is a Chandigarh-based theatre artist who has worked around the world. She was awarded the 2003 Sangeet Natak Akademi Award in the Theatre Direction category. She was the recipient of the 2011 Pa ...

Awards and nominations

References

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Sandhu, jagjeet Living people Male actors from Punjab, India Male actors in Punjabi cinema 21st-century Indian male actors Year of birth missing (living people)