Manjot Singh (born 7 July 1992) is an Indian Bollywood actor, best known for his role in films like ''

Oye Lucky! Lucky Oye! ''Oye Lucky! Lucky Oye! '' is a 2008 Indian comedy film starring Abhay Deol, Paresh Rawal, Neetu Chandra, Manu Rishi, Manjot Singh and Archana Puran Singh. It was directed by Dibakar Banerjee. The film won the National Film Award for Best Pop ...

'', ''

Student Of The Year ''Student of the Year'' is a 2012 Indian Hindi-language coming-of-age romantic comedy-drama film directed by Karan Johar, written by Rensil D'Silva and Niranjan Iyengar on the basis of an uncredited story by Johar, and produced by Hiroo Yash ...

'' and ''

Fukrey ''Fukrey'' () is a 2013 Indian Hindi-language comedy film, directed by Mrighdeep Singh Lamba, produced by Farhan Akhtar and Ritesh Sidhwani, and starring Pulkit Samrat, Manjot Singh, Varun Sharma, Ali Fazal, Priya Anand, Vishakha Singh, Pankaj ...

''. He won

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Critics Award for the Best Debut Actor category for his performance in ''

''. He completed his schooling from Hillwoods Academy.

Early life and education

Manjot Singh was born in

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into a Punjabi

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family. His mother is a housewife while his father is a businessman. He completed his schooling from the Hillwoods Academy, situated in

Career

He went to audition for

Dibakar Banerjee Dibakar Banerjee (born 21 June 1969) is an Indian film director, screenwriter, producer and advertisement-filmmaker known for his work in Hindi films. Banerjee started his career in advertising, being a feature filmmaker, he still continues t ...

's ''

'', though Singh had never acted before, even in school plays. After the audition, the casting director rejected Singh for the role of the boy who grows up to be master thief Lucky. However,

insisted on casting him, later saying "Even though the casting director wasn't convinced, I just put my foot down."Oye Lucky

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, 22 February 2009. Critics on Manjot in his debut * Planet Bollywood: "Young Lucky (played marvellously by Manjot Singh)..." *

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: "...young Lucky (brilliantly played by Manjot Singh)..." * Reviewer Noyon Jyoti Parasara: "...Special mention is deserved by Manjot Singh, who plays the younger Lucky." * Khalid Mohammad: "And there's Lucky, as a callow teenager (excellently played by Manjot Singh)..." After being selected, Singh went to Manali for a week-long acting workshop. He was asked to observe the way

Abhay Deol Abhay Singh Deol (born 15 March 1976) is an Indian actor and producer who is known for his work in Hindi films alongside one Kannada and one Tamil film. Born in the Deol family, he made his on-screen debut in 2005 with Imtiaz Ali's romantic c ...

walked, smiled and talked so that he could imitate that in his acting. He even wore a cheek pad so that his jaw would look as broad as

's. Singh's performance was well appreciated by the critics and he received the Filmfare Critics Award for the Best Actor category. Later, Manjot participated in the reality show '' Fear Factor - Khatron Ke Khiladi Level 3'' in 2010. In 2012, Singh starred in '' Udaan'', directed by

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. The film received positive reviews, and is considered a postmodern masterpiece. Later in 2012, Singh signed up for Punjabi musical drama ''

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'', directed by Munish Sharma, about four close friends in Punjab who had a strong passion for music. In the same year, he played the character role of Dimpy in

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's coming-of-age romantic comedy film, ''

Student of the Year ''Student of the Year'' is a 2012 Indian Hindi-language coming-of-age romantic comedy-drama film directed by Karan Johar, written by Rensil D'Silva and Niranjan Iyengar on the basis of an uncredited story by Johar, and produced by Hiroo Yash ...

'', starring

Siddharth Malhotra Sidharth Malhotra (; born 16 January 1985) is an Indian actor who works in Bollywood, Hindi films. He began his career as a fashion model, but left it to pursue an acting career. He made his acting debut with a minor role in the television ser ...

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and

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in the lead roles. In 2013, Singh starred in ''

'', directed by Mrighdeep Singh Lamba, starring

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Richa Chadda Richa Chadda (born 18 December 1986) is an Indian actress who works in Hindi films. After debuting in a small role in the comedy film ''Oye Lucky! Lucky Oye!'' (2008), Chadda's breakthrough came in 2012 with a supporting role in the noir gangs ...

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and

Pulkit Samrat Pulkit Samrat (born 29 December 1983) is an Indian actor who primarily works in Hindi films along with Hindi television. Samrat made his acting debut with '' Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi'' (2006) and made his film debut with ''Bittoo Boss'' ( ...

. In 2019, Singh Starred in

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directed by Shubham Singh, Starring

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, Mohit Nain.

Filmography

Films

Television

References

External links

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