Kabir Duhan Singh (born 8 September 1986 in Gohana,

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) is an Indian actor, who appears in

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, and

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language films. After making his debut in the Telugu film '' Jil'' (2015), Kabir has carved out a career as an antagonist in Tollywood. He has also appeared in ''

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''.

Personal life

Kabir Duhan Singh is a

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Kabir Singh to play Tamannaah's big brother in his B’wood debut

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, 11 July 2019.

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of Duhan clan. Born and brought up in

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, he moved to Mumbai in 2011 and took up modelling as a career. He took up many a Fashion Week assignment and participated in international shows. His foray into acting was with a

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film starring

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which was subsequently shelved.

Career

Born and brought up in Gohana, Kabir Duhan Singh moved to

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in 2011 and took up modelling as a career. He took up many a Fashion Week assignments and participated in international work as a part of his occupation. His first foray into acting was a part of a Hindi film project starring

, but the film was subsequently shelved. Eager to make a career in films, he became a stage actor and then successfully auditioned to be a part of the Telugu film '' Jil'' (2015), whose makers had been looking for an antagonist with a North Indian background. The film subsequently won him positive reviews, while his follow up in ''

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'' (2015) was equally appreciated. In order to maintain the high quality of his acting roles, Kabir chose to carefully analyse his characters before committing to roles and turned down other ventures which would have seen him portray the protagonist as well as a role in ''

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'' (2015). The actor then made his debut in Tamil films by portraying a villain in Siva's revenge drama ''

Vedalam ''Vedalam'' () is a 2015 Indian Tamil-language action film written and directed by Siva. It stars Ajith Kumar, Lakshmi Menon and Shruti Hassan while Ashwin Kakumanu, Rahul Dev, Thambi Ramaiah, Kabir Duhan Singh, and Soori play supporting rol ...

'' (2015), which had

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in the lead role. Following the success of his initial films, Kabir began working on several Telugu films at the same time including ''

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'' and ''

'', and was reported to be the "busiest baddie in Southern filmdom".

Filmography

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Singh, Kabir Duhan Living people 1986 births 21st-century Indian male actors Male actors in Telugu cinema Male actors in Kannada cinema People from Faridabad Male actors from Haryana Indian Sikhs