Aditya Pancholi

Aditya Pancholi
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Born	1965 (age 59–60) Mumbai, India
Other names	Aditya Pancholi, Nirmal
Occupation	Film actor
Years active	1985–2004, 2010-present
Spouse(s)	Zarina Wahab (m. 1986)
Children	Sooraj Pancholi Sana Pancholi

Aditya Pancholi is an Indian film actor working in Hindi Cinema. Aditya first came to limelight for portraying the Rajput character Chhota Ghoda in the Mukul S. Anand multi-starrer Maha-Sangram. He again gave an award winning performance in the Mahesh Bhatt film Saathi and the Sanjay Gupta directed Aatish: Feel the Fire. His performance in Yes Boss, Khilona and the double role in Jung was also very well received. He has also proved his worth in many villainous roles as well, the recent being Bodyguard and Race 2.

His solo performance in Yaad Rakhegi Duniya which is the unofficial remake of Mani Ratnam's National Award Winning 1989 Telugu Film Geethanjali was brilliant. His solo performance in Sailaab, Naamcheen, Chor Aur Chaand was appreciated though films were average at the box office.

He got two nomination. In 1998 Nominated Filmfare Best Villain Award for Yes Boss and in 2011 Nominated Global Indian Film & TV Honours award for Best Villain in Striker. He is a tall actor with a height of 6'3" or (1.91 m).

He is currently working with ace director Sanjay Leela Bhansali in the period romance Bajirao Mastani, based on the love story between Peshwa Baji Rao I and his second wife Mastani. He is playing the role of Wazir.

Early life

He is the son of the filmmaker Rajan Pancholi and Aruna. He has one sister and two brothers. He was born as Nirmal Pancholi in Mumbai, India. He went to St. Joseph's high school in Juhu, Mumbai .

Career

1980s

Aditya Pancholi was spotted by a director when he was travelling in a local train for his charming good looks and personality . He was signed for six video films produced by Hiba . Hiba was owned by Nari Hira the owner of Stardust Magazine. Shahadat, (1985), Sone Ka Pinjra, (1986), Siyahi, (1986), Kalank Ka Tika, (1986), Afshar Ki Saali, (1986), Maryam Ki Beti, (1986). He made his Bollywood debut with Sasti Dulhan Mahenga Dulha, (1986).

But it was K.C.Bokadia's Kab Tak Chup Rahungi, (1988) along with Amala another debuntante from south which established him in Bollywood. He followed up with Mohabat Ka Paigham, (1989) along with Meenakshi Sheshdri and Pyaar Ka Toofan, but both the romantic films didn't help his career. He was paired with Superstar Amitabh Bacchan and Mithun Chakraborthy in Jaadugar, (1989) and Ladaai, (1989). The latter was an average grosser. The same year saw him with Veteran actor Raaj Kumar and Dev Anand in Desh Ki Dushman, (1989) and Lashkar, (1989).

1990s

Aditya Pancholi played a double role for the first time in Zakhmi Zameen, (1990) opposite Jaya Prada that of village Dafli wala Mangal and an inspector but it was Mukul S. Anand directed Maha sangram (1990), where he played the Rajput character Chota Ghoda which brought him to limelight in Bollywood as an actor. In the same year he starred with Madhuri Dixit in Sailaab, (1990). The same year he starred in Baap Numbri Beta Dus Numbri, (1990)' his first comedy film along with Shakti Kapoor and Kader Khan and it proved lucky as it was in the list of Top 10 films of that year. But he got his recognisation with Mahesh Bhatt directed Saathi (also known as The Companion) (1991), Yaad Rakhegi Duniya (1992), Aatish: Feel the Fire (1994), Khilona (1996), Hameshaa (1997), Yes Boss (1997),Military Raaj (1998) . He got his First Film Fare Nomination for Best Villain for Yes Boss and his role from young guy of 25 years to 40 years matured man in the Sanjay Gupta directed Hameshaa got him critical appreciation. His performance in the Sanjay Gupta directed Aatish: Feel the Fire was compared to Hollywood actor Al Pacchino and was well received by the masses and classes.His performance in the double role in Jung (1998) along with Mithun Chakraborthy and Ajay Devgan was also very well received.

He also produced his only film Chor Aur Chaand (1993) which flopped at the box office in spite of critical acclaim and great music.

2000s

He started the year with the Sanjay Gupta directed Jung (2000) where he played the role of angry inspector Khan along with Sanjay Dutt and Jackie Shroff. In the same year he again appeared with Sanjay Dutt and Manisha Koirala in Baaghi (2000) and with Nana Patekar in Tarkieb (2000) and did a cameo in the Mithun Starrer Jodidar (2000). In the following year he had a single release in Baghawat – Ek Jung (2001) again with Mithun Chakraborthy. But his special role as Inspector in Amitabh and Akshay starrerAankhen (2002) was well appreciated.In the same year he did two more films Jaani Dushman: Ek Anokhi Kahani (2002) and Yeh Dil Aashiqanaa (2002). In 2003 he played the Patriotic Ranbir Singh in Border Hindustan Ka (2003) and a cameo in the Sharukh Khan Rani starrer Chalte Chalte (2002) as a hostile business man. Sanjay Gupta directed Musafir (2004) where he played Inspector Tiger was his last film after which he took a break for five long years from Bollywood.

2010s

Aditya made his comeback as Jaleel Jalebi a strong negative character in the Chandan Arora directed Striker (2010) which got him positive response critically. He was also nominated in Global Indian Film & TV Honours award for Best Villain for his role.

After the successful Aatish: Feel the Fire and the average Hameshaa he colloborated with Sippy Films in Dum Maro Dum (2011)directed by Rohan Sippy.In the same year he was seen in a special appearance in the Salman Khan starrer Bodyguard (2011) as Vikrant.

He paid his tribute to media tycoon Nari Hira in the Emran Hashmi starrer Rush (2012) where he played the role of Roger Khanna but the film flopped. He made his Bengali debut with Idiot (2012).

He started 2013 with Mumbai Mirror which in spite of the critical appreciation and good performance by all could not do well at the box office. But Race 2 (2012) was a major hit at the box office. In fact it was the first 1 billion film of the year.

He is making his debut in Telugu this year against the southern star Venkatesh as the main antogonist in Shadow.

In 2014 he was seen in Salman Khan's Jai Ho and Shilpa Shetty's production Dishkiyaoon.

Currently Aditya is busy with three projects.Apart from Lakhon Hai Yahan Dilwale, Aditya has two movies in the pipeline, Sanjay Leela Bhansali's "Bajirao Mastani" and Salman Khan's production venture "Hero".

Filmography

Key

Denotes films that have not yet been released

Year	Film	Role
2015	Bajirao Mastani
2015	Hero	Pasha
2014	Bloody D	TBA
2014	Dishkiyaoon	Nawab Khan
2014	Jai Ho	Dilip kadam
2013	Race 2	GodFather Anza
2013	Mumbai Mirror
2013	Shadow
2012	Idiot
2012	Rush	Roger Khanna
2011	Bodyguard	Vikrant Special Appearance
2011	Dum Maaro Dum	Biscuit
2010	Striker	Jaleel Jalebi
2004	Nirhaua Riksawala	Nirhaua
2004	Musafir	Inspector Tiger (as Aditya Panscholi)
2003	Border Hindustan Ka	Ranbir Singh
2003	Chalte Chalte	Hostile businessman
2002	Jaani Dushman: Ek Anokhi Kahani	Ashok Kejriwal
2002	Aankhen	Police Inspector (as Aditya Panscholi)
2002	Yeh Dil Aashiqanaa	Akhmash Jalaal
2001	Baghawat – Ek Jung
2000	Tarkieb	Mohan Multani
2000	Jung	Inspector Khan
2000	Baaghi	Vikram
1999	Aaya Toofan	Noor Mohammed Azaad
1999	Benaam
1998	Military Raaj
1998	Dand Nayak
1998	Hafta Vasuli	Salim
1998	Zanjeer
1997	Jodidar	Forest Officer
1997	Yes Boss	Siddharth Chaudhary
1997	Hameshaa	Yash Vardhan
1996	Khilona	Rajkumar
1996	Zordaar	Shiva/Tony
1996	Muqadama	Inspector Manoj Saigal
1996	Mafia	Inspector Bhagat Singh
1996	Jung
1996	Ek Tha Raja	Raj/Raj Dogra
1995	Ram Shastra	Inspector Kavi
1995	Ravan Raaj: A True Story
1995	Gambler	Inspector Shiva
1995	Surakshaa	Suraj/Maharaj Vijay
1994	Aatish: Feel the Fire	Nawab
1993	Chor Aur Chaand	Suraj "Surya"
1993	Bomb Blast
1993	Muqabla	Traffic Constable Deepak
1993	Game	raja
1993	Tahqiqaat	Peter
1992	Tahalka	Capt. Rakesh
1992	Sahebzaade	Rahul
1992	Yaad Rakhegi Duniya	Vicky Anand
1991	Jeevan Daata	Vishnu
1991	Akayla	Ajay
1991	Saathi	Suraj
1991	Shiv Ram
1991	Dushman Devta	Suraj
1991	Paap Ki Aandhi	CBI Inspector Vikrant
1991	Vishnu-Devaa	Insp. Devaa Prasad
1991	Hafta Bandh
1991	Naamcheen	Rajan
1991	Laal Paree	Shankar
1990	Awaragardi
1990	Sailaab	Krishna/Rajiv
1990	Baap Numbri Beta Dus Numbri	Anil/Ravi
1990	Maha Sangram	Suraj 'Chhota' Godha
1990	Taqdeer Ka Tamasha	Inspector Suryapratap
1990	Awwal Number	Ranvir Singh (Ronny)
1990	Gunahon Ka Devta	Sunny Khanna
1990	Pyaar Ka Toofan	Shyamu
1990	Veeru Dada	Amit G. Anand
1990	Zakhmi Zameen	Mangal/Raju/Inspector Vijay
1989	Ladaai	Amar D. Sharma
1989	Desh Ke Dushman	Umesh S. Gupta
1989	Lashkar	Amar
1989	Jaadugar	Shankar Narayan
1989	Kahan Hai Kanoon
1989	Mohabat Ka Paigham	Naeem
1988	Maalamaal	Chander Oberoi
1988	Dayavan	Assistant Commissioner of Police
1988	Dharamyudh	Thakur Vijay Singh
1988	Khoon Bahaa Ganga Mein
1988	Qatil	Kumar S. Sinha
1988	Kab Tak Chup Rahungi	Gopal
1987	Khatarnaak Irade	Sandeep / Pradeep
1987	Naqli Chehra (TV Movie)	(Guest Appearance)
1987	Abhishek (TV Movie)	Arun Salgaonkar / Abhishek
1986	Sasti Dulhan Mahenga Dulha	Anil (As Nirmal)
1986	Maryam Ki Beti
1986	Afshar Ki Saali
1986	Kalank Ka Tika	(video)
1986	Shingora (TV Movie)
1986	Siyahi	(video)
1986	Sone Ka Pinjra	(video)
1985	Shahadat

Awards and nominations

Year	Award show	Award	Film	Won
1998	Filmfare Award	Filmfare Best Villain Award	Yes Boss	No
2011	Global Indian Film & TV Honours awards	Best Villain	Striker.	No

See also

• Pancholi

External links

• Aditya Pancholi at the Internet Movie Database

• Aditya Pancholi – Biography
• Venkatesh’s Shadow Movie New Update. timesofap.com, 14 July 2012