Jass Bhatia (born Jaskaran Singh Bhatia on 29 June 1988) is an Indian

actor An actor or actress is a person who portrays a character in a performance. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditional medium of the theatre or in modern media such as film, radio, and television. The analogous Greek term is (), li ...

and

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. He began his career by working in several

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and print ads. He made his

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 ...

debut with a supporting role in the Indian

romantic drama film Romance films or movies involve romantic love stories recorded in visual media for broadcast in theatres or on television that focus on passion (emotion), passion, emotion, and the affectionate romantic involvement of the main characters. Typica ...

'' Mausam'' in 2011. He followed it with a role in the less successful film ''

I Don't Luv U ''I Don't Luv U'' is a 2013 Indian Hindi-language romantic drama film, starring Ruslaan Mumtaz and Chetna Pande in the lead roles. The film is produced by Dr. Anil Kumar Sharma and written and directed by Amit Kasaria under the banner of Amrap ...

''. In 2013, the Indian biographical sports drama film ''

Bhaag Milkha Bhaag ''Bhaag Milkha Bhaag'' () is a 2013 Hindi-language biographical sports drama film directed by Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra from a script written by Prasoon Joshi. The story is based on the life of Milkha Singh, an Indian athlete and Olympian who was ...

'' directed by

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proved to be his first commercially successful film in 5 years. In 2014, Bhatia portrayed Parineeti Chopra's friend named "Chimsy" in

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's Indian crime drama film ''

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''. In the television circuit, Jass featured as Happy in '' Rab Se Sona Ishq'' and played the character Bakshish in '' Firangi Bahu''.

Early life and family

Jass was born on 29 June 1988 in

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, to businessman Gurpal Bhatia and Pinky Bhatia. His elder brother Gagan Bhatia is a

commercial pilot A commercial pilot licence (CPL) is a type of pilot licence that permits the holder to act as a pilot of an aircraft and be paid for their work. Different licenses are issued for the major aircraft categories: airplanes, airships, balloons, glid ...

with

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. Bhatia's family moved to

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in 1991. He studied at

Guru Nanak Public School Guru Nanak Public School is an English medium co-educational public school in Pitam Pura, Delhi. The school was founded as a nursery school in 1975 under the patronage of Sri Guru Singh Sabha, Punjabi Bagh, and by 1998 had expanded to an enrollm ...

. Bhatia comes from a non-film background and is the first one in his family to be a part of Bollywood. Bhatia uses his grandmother's first name "Jass" as his screen name.

Career

Before starting his career as an actor Jass worked in several TV commercials and advertisements, including Alto K10 and

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political party) in 2009. He started his career as a model and participated in ''Singh and Kaur of the Year'' in 2007. In 2011 Jass played his first supporting role as Kartar, a young

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man in

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'' Mausam'', opposite Aditi Sharma. The film received a mixed response from critics. He also acted in movies like ''

'' (2013), ''

'' (2013) and ''

'' (2014). His television career began with '' Rab Se Sona Ishq'' in 2012 on

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, followed by '' Firangi Bahu'' in 2013 on

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. As of July 2015, he has completed work on Dreamspark Movies' '' DNA of Love'', a film described as a "thriller love story", in which he will appear as Jass. The film will release next year on Valentine's Day.

Filmography

Television

References

I don't Luv U MovieJass Bhatia had to chop off his hair for his role in his next filmNettv4u Profile
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External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Bhatia, Jass Indian male film actors Male actors in Hindi cinema Living people Indian male television actors Indian Sikhs Male actors from Mumbai 1988 births Indian male soap opera actors 20th-century Indian male actors 21st-century Indian male actors