Ali Merchant is an Indian

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, DJ and

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. Merchant has appeared in over 35 Television shows including Fiction and Non-fiction on all prime channels like ''

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, MTV, Star Plus, Life Ok,

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, Zee TV,

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''. He has also anchored Non-Fiction shows on Star Plus like ''Nachbaliye'' special episodes and as a Solo host for ''Gladrags Mega Model and Manhunt'' for 3 consecutive seasons on Channel V. He is also a musician having various official remixes on music labels like '' T-series,

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and Speed records''.

Career

At the age of 17, Merchant won the ''Mr. Bombay'' title. He has 2 albums in his credits in the start of his career such as Tabaahi on Speed Records and Kadak on Ali Merchant (independent channel) Merchant has appeared in over 35

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s, including fiction and non-fiction on all prime channels like ''

, MTV, Star Plus, Life Ok,

, Zee TV,

''. He has also anchored non-fiction shows on Star Plus like ''Nachbaliye'' special episodes and as a Solo host for ''Gladrags Mega Model and Manhunt'' for 3 consecutive seasons on Channel V. Ali has always been loved by his fans for his cool personality and spunky look.

Personal life

Merchant grew up in a Muslim household in

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. He was married to TV actress Sara Khan, in an Islamic wedding ceremony at '' Bigg Boss 4'' in 2010, but they divorced after two months in 2011. Close friends of the couple stated that the couple was paid for the marriage. The Colors channel denied that it had paid them for the marriage and called it their personal wish. After the divorce she called the marriage a nightmare. Merchant said in an episode of the reality show Sach Ka Saamna that he had married for publicity and that marrying Khan was the biggest mistake of his life.

Television

Albums

He has 2 albums each year : * Tabaahi on Speed Records * Kadak on Ali Merchant (independent channel) - Best trending DJ by Celeb M

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s 2019 Single remixes * Gulabo (

) * Aao Raja (

) * Bad Boys Mashup ( T-Series).

Events

* March 2020 : ⁃

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shared stage with

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and

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* Feb 2020 : ⁃ Bollyboom 2020 shared stage with

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. * Jan 2020 and Sept 2019 : ⁃ Headlined on 1 Night for India’s 1st 3Nights Luxury cruise festival at Jalesh cruises . * New Years eve 2020 ⁃ Performed for 3000

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Colonel, Major and Generals and their family members. * Nov 2019 ( Coca-Cola Arena - Dubai) ⁃ Opened the DaBang

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at Coca-Cola arena for '' Bollywood Actors like

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'' and others . * Aug/ Sept 2019 : ⁃ Ali Merchant Kadak album India Club Tour. (7cities) * June/ July / AuG 2019 : ⁃

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Arena : Shared stage with

for 5 cities * March 2019 : ⁃ Sunburn Holi : Shared stage with

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. ⁃ Headlined Bollyboom Holi 2019 * Sept/Oct 2018 : (India Tour) ⁃ Bollyboom Ali Merchant

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club tour ( 5 Cities) * May - October : (India tour w/ other artist) ⁃ Shared stage with

for 7 Cities * March 2018 : ⁃ Headlines Bollyboom

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(BKC - Grounds)

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Merchant, Ali Living people Male actors from Mumbai Indian male television actors Indian male soap opera actors Male actors in Hindi television 21st-century Indian male actors Bigg Boss (Hindi TV series) contestants 1984 births