Yogendra Tiku (born 25 July) is an Indian film, television and stage actor, born and brought up at

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. He has been successful in entertainment industries including theater plays, TV serials and Bollywood movies, like ''

No One Killed Jessica ''No One Killed Jessica'' is a 2011 Indian Hindi-language crime thriller film directed and written by Raj Kumar Gupta. It stars Vidya Balan and Rani Mukerji in lead roles, with Mohammed Zeeshan Ayyub and Myra Karn in supporting roles. The fi ...

'' (2011), ''

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'' (2014), ''

Neerja ''Neerja'' is a 2016 Indian Hindi-language biographical thriller film directed by Ram Madhvani and written by Saiwyn Quadras and Sanyuktha Chawla Shaikh. It was produced by Atul Kasbekar's company, Bling Unplugged, alongside Fox Star Studi ...

'', '' Parmanu: The Story of Pokhran'' etc.

Career

Tiku has been involved with theatre since childhood. His acting career began with the theatre group "Prayag Rang Manch" of Allahabad, and he then had roles in productions such as '' Bahut Bada Sawaal'', '' Panchi Aise Aate Hain'', '' Khamosh Adalat Jari Hai'', and '' Andher Nagri Chaupat Raja''. He then moved to Nairobi for eight years, acting in many Hindi, Punjabi and Gujarati plays. While in Nairobi he joined a professional English theatre group called Phoenix Players and with them acted in productions such as ''

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'', '' Moon On The Rainbow Shawl'' and '' The Noble Spaniard''. After coming back from Nairobi, He did plays like ''Omar Khayyam'', with DAT, and later plays like ''ILA'', ''Rang Bhoomi'' etc.

Music

He attended Gandharva Maha Vidyalaya of Ahmedabad and learned Indian classical music, under the guidance of a famous guru and singer Smt. Saroj Gundani. It added advantages to grow his career in singing. He had sung many jingles in Indian as well as in Swahili language. He also composed many jingles for various products.

Radio acting

Tiku is an "A" grade Drama Voice of All India Radio (AIR). He has acted in various plays broadcast by AIR, and continues to do so.

Modeling

He also did modeling for companies like Max New York Life Insurance,
has done add for retirement Maruti Suzuki, Tata Indicom Walky, Bharat Matrimony, Britannia Milk Products, Fortune Rice Bran Oil, Coca-Cola, Amazon etc. These TV commercials can be seen on YouTube.

Writer and director

Plays directed by Tiku include: *'' Pappa Ko Ho Gaya Pyar'' *'' Paisa Paisa Paisa'' *'' Shakuntala''... written and directed *''

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''... written and directed *''Beeswin Sadi Mein Kahin''... Written for AIR *''Gandhi''... Written for AIR

Filmography

Actor

*'' English August'' (1994) *''

Everybody Says I'm Fine! ''Everybody Says I'm Fine!'' is an Indian English language drama film, released on 12 September 2001 at the Toronto Film Festival. It marks the directorial debut of Indian actor Rahul Bose and the screen debut for actor Boman Irani. For his work ...

'' (2001) *''

'' (2011) *''

Losing Gemma ''Losing Gemma'' is a two-part British television thriller, based on the debut novel by Writer Katy Gardner. The screen adaptation was written by Robert Murphy, directed by Maurice Phillips and starred Jonas Armstrong, Alice Eve, Jason Flemyng ...

'' *''

Dabangg 2 ''Dabangg 2'' () is a 2012 Indian Hindi-language action comedy film co-produced with and directed by Arbaaz Khan in his directorial debut, who co-produced the film with Malaika Arora. Its story is set in Kanpur and written by Dilip Shukla. '' ...

'' *'' Bajatey Raho'' (2013) *''

'' (2014) *'' Ankhon Dekhi'' (2014) *''

'' (2016) *'' Fan''(2016) *

Brij Mohan Amar Rahe ''Brij Mohan Amar Rahe'' () is a 2018 Indian Hindi-language action comedy film directed by Nikhil Bhat. The film stars Arjun Mathur, Nidhi Singh, Sheetal Thakur, Manav Vij, Sunny Hinduja, Vijayant Kohli and Yogendra Tikku in key roles. Plot ...

( Netflix ) *'' Parmanu: The Story of Pokhran'' (2018) * Zoya Factor. (cameo ) * Chaman Bahar 2020 ( Netflix ) ; Television ● Rangbaz (Web series ) Zee5 ● Home Sweet Office (Web series on YouTube) *''Love Ka Hai Intezaar'' *'' Bas Itna Sa Khwab Hai'' *'' Shadow On The Sun'' *'' One Day In Bhopal''

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Tikku, Yogendra 1953 births Living people Male actors from Allahabad Indian male film actors Male actors in Hindi cinema Indian male stage actors Indian male television actors Indian male voice actors