Aditya Pancholi | |
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 Pancholi in 2012 | |
| Born | Nirmal Pancholi (1965-09-12)12 September 1965 (age 59)[1] Bombay,Maharashtra, India |
| Education | St. Joseph's High School |
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| Years active | 1985–2020 |
| Works | Full list |
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| Children | 2 (includingSooraj Pancholi) |
| Relatives | Dalsukh Pancholi (uncle) Aditi Singh (niece) |
Aditya Pancholi (born 12 September 1965) is an Indian actor,producer andplayback singer working inHindi cinema.
Pancholi was born to Rajan Pancholi, the younger brother ofDalsukh Pancholi, the family being pioneers as directors-producers, having released the firstPunjabi film and having ownedPancholi Arts, the largest film studio in pre-partitionLahore.[2]
His sister is married to former actor Jainendra Pratap Singh, through whom his niece is actressAditi Singh.[3]
He was signed for a few television video films produced by Hiba, which was owned byStardust magazine ownerNari Hira. Pancholi made his acting debut withShahadat in 1985. In 1986, he did the television filmsSone Ka Pinjra,Siyahi,Kalank Ka Tika,Afshar Ki Saali andMaryam Ki Beti. Later that year, he ventured into mainstream Bollywood withSasti Dulhan Mahenga Dulha. During this time, he adopted the stage nameAditya Pancholi.
In 1987, Pancholi gave performances in two television movies:Abhishek andKhatarnaak Irade. InAbhishek, he portrayed a well-known businessman who used his father's wealth in enjoying leisure time and used a new costume to help depressed and troubled people. InKhatarnaak Irade, Pancholi played the role of a womanising lifeguard who got himself into trouble while falling in love with a married woman played byAnju Mahendru.
In 1995 he also starred in the TV seriesMahashakti inDD Metro opposite Juhi Chawla. This series was to be released in 1989 as a Vaada raha milan ka, but the film was released as a TV series on DD Metro.
In 2014 he starred in the television film (My Father Godfather), which was to be released in theatres, but was released on the World Wide Web and television.
Pancholi had his first prominentBollywood role with a supporting role inFeroz Khan'sDayavan (1988), oppositeVinod Khanna andMadhuri Dixit. He appeared inDharamyudh withSunil Dutt,Suresh Oberoi andShatrughan Sinha. Later that year, he collaborated withK.C. Bokadia inKab Tak Chup Rahungi, oppositeAmala. This was his first lead role in Bollywood and established him as a lead actor in the industry. His next release that year wasQatil, in which he starred oppositeSangeeta Bijlani. Pancholi portrayed a lawyer's son who resists the death penalty and imprisonment and proves himself guilty of the murder of a prostitute, but was trapped when a friend betrayed him by removing all of the evidence.
In 1989, Pancholi starred in the romanceMohabat Ka Paigham, oppositeMeenakshi Sheshadri. He had a major role inMukul S. Anand's multi-starrer action filmMaha Sangram, which featured anensemble cast of Vinod Khanna,Govinda and Madhuri Dixit. He also sang a few lines in the song "Dhak Dhak Dhak" withAlisha Chinai. He next starred in the comedy filmBaap Numbri Beta Dus Numbri, which became one of the highest-grossing films of the year.[4] He next starred opposite upcoming actress Madhuri Dixit inSailaab. Pancholi would close the year with a double-role inZakhmi Zameen, oppositeJaya Prada. His second role as an antagonist was in the sports action thrillerAwwal Number, oppositeDev Anand andAamir Khan. His other releases includedTaqdeer Ka Tamasha, Atishbaaz andVeeru Dada.
Pancholi began 1991 withNaamcheen, opposite Ekta Sohini, in which he played an unemployed young man who steps into the underworld to make money and becomes one of the wealthiest people of his city; but loses his family and friends in the race for wealth and decides to kill the two rival gangsters to rehabilitate their goons and surrenders to the police. His next major release wasVishnu-Devaa that saw him pair withSunny Deol,Neelam and Sangeeta Bijlani. The film was the seventeenth highest-grossing film of the year.[5] He paired withJeetendra to play one of the title roles inShiv Ram. Later that year, he collaborated with directorMahesh Bhatt inSaathi, oppositeMohsin Khan andVarsha Usgaonkar. He followed with a supporting role in the multi-starrerAkayla, oppositeKiran Juneja. The film featured an ensemble cast ofAmitabh Bachchan,Amrita Singh,Jackie Shroff and Meenakshi Sheshadri. It became the seventh-highest-grossing film of the year.[5] His last release of the year wasJeevan Daata, oppositeChunky Pandey,Kimi Katkar andSonu Walia.
He started 1992 with the romance filmYaad Rakhegi Duniya, opposite debutantRukhsar Rehman. Pancholi portrayed a terminally ill man who falls in love with a girl, who herself suffers from a terminal illness. Also released in 1992 was the action movieSahebzaade withSanjay Dutt. His last release of the year was the multi-starrer action filmTahalka, oppositeDharmendra,Naseeruddin Shah. Pancholi portrays an army officer and is paired with Ekta Sohini. The film emerged as the fifth-highest-grossing film of the year.[6]
Pancholi turned producer for the first time in the 1993 romance action filmChor Aur Chaand and acted in the lead role oppositePooja Bhatt. In the same year he starred in the action filmMuqabla opposite Govinda, Karishma Kapoor, Shakti Kapoor andAsrani. His next release was the action filmGame, opposite Naseeruddin Shah,Rahul Roy and Sangeeta Bijlani. His only release of 1994 wasSanjay Gupta's multi-starrer action filmAatish: Feel the Fire, featuring an ensemble cast ofSanjay Dutt,Raveena Tandon,Karisma Kapoor andAtul Agnihotri.Aatish was one of the highest-grossing movies at the box office.[7]
He began 1995 with the lead role in the action filmSurakshaa, in which he was paired withSheeba with an ensemble cast ofSunil Shetty,Saif Ali Khan,Divya Dutta andMonica Bedi. In the same year he acted in the moviesRavan Raaj: A True Story andThe Gambler andRam Shastra with Jackie Shroff, Manisha Koirala andAnupam Kher. Pancholi reunited with Shetty and Khan for another multi-starrer lead role in the 1996 action filmEk Tha Raja, with Neelam,Pratibha Sinha and Indrani Banerjee. Later that year, Pancholi collaborated with South Indian directorT. Rama Rao inJung, portraying a double-role oppositeMithun Chakraborty,Ajay Devgan,Rambha andSujata Mehta. Pancholi played an innocent train driver who is wrongly punished for a murder that was committed by a look-alike gangster, which was a box office success. His next release of the year wasKhilona, oppositeAyub Khan and Monica Bedi. His other movies includedZordaar,Muqadama andMafia.
Pancholi switched to antagonistic and supporting roles as 1997 approached, starting withAziz Mirza's romantic comedyYes Boss, oppositeShah Rukh Khan andJuhi Chawla.Yes Boss was one of the highest-grossing movies of the year.[8] He earned a nomination for theFilmfare Award for Best Performance in a Negative Role. His next release wasHameshaa, opposite Saif Ali Khan andKajol, with Pancholi in a negative role.
During 1998 and 1999 he appeared in the moviesDevta,Zanjeer: The Chain (1998),Hafta Vasuli,Benaam, Aaya Toofan(1999). Pancholi paired with Sanjay Dutt andManisha Koirala to play the antagonist inBaaghi (2000). Later that year, he reunited with Sanjay Gupta to play a police inspector inJung, opposite Sanjay Dutt, Jackie Shroff, Raveena Tandon andShilpa Shetty. His last release of the year wasTarkieb, opposite Nana Patekar,Tabu and Shilpa Shetty. Long delayed movie Bhai no 1 withFarah (actress) his only release in 2001Bhagwaat Ek Jung withMithun Chakraborty.
In 2002, Pancholi had his next major release with a supporting role inVipul Amrutlal Shah's heist thrillerAankhen, which featured an ensemble cast of Amitabh Bachchan,Akshay Kumar,Arjun Rampal,Sushmita Sen andParesh Rawal. The film was one of the highest-grossing films of the year. His other releases of 2002 wereJaani Dushman: Ek Anokhi Kahani, Gautam Govinda andYeh Dil Aashiqanaa. In 2003 he appeared in a patriotic movieBorder Hindustan Ka, withFaisal Khan,Rajat Bedi,Akshaye Khanna andSudesh Berry. He made a cameo appearance inChalte Chalte.
Pancholi collaborated with Sanjay Gupta for the fifth time in the 2004 action thrillerMusafir, playing the main antagonist oppositeAnil Kapoor,Sameera Reddy,Mahesh Manjrekar,Koena Mitra, Shakti Kapoor and Sanjay Dutt. The movie received negative reviews, but Pancholi received positive reviews for his performance, with Taran Adarsh labelling his performance "first-rate".[9]
Pancholi had a comeback as the antagonist inChandan Arora's low-budget action filmStriker (2010). Pancholi restricted himself to antagonist and character roles, with films such asRush (2012),Hridayanath (2012),Mumbai Mirror (2013),Race 2 (2013),Jai Ho (2014),Dishkiyaoon (2014),Hero (2015) andBajirao Mastani (2015).
In 2016, after a decade-long trial, a local metropolitan court in Mumbai found Aditya Pancholi guilty of assaulting a business associate in a fit of rage in 2005, and sentenced him to a one-year imprisonment with a fine of Rs. 20,000/- (US$300). Pancholi has appealed against the judgment in a higher court.[10]
In 2019, actressKangana Ranaut, who had previously been in a relationship with him, filed a police complaint claiming that Pancholi had drugged, raped, assaulted and blackmailed her for sex repeatedly over a prolonged period starting in 2003.[11] She repeated these claims in an interview toAap ki Adalat onIndia TV and cited an incident of assault which had occurred in public. Eyewitnesses to the incident say that Pancholi stopped therickshaw in which Ranaut was travelling, compelled her to get out of the vehicle and slapped her face.[12] Pancholi stated in his defence that the accusations was false and as despicable as her entire relationship with him. He said that in fact, Ranaut had exploited him both financially and emotionally in a calculated manner and used his influence to secure a foothold for herself as an actress. The trial is yet to begin. Aditya Pancholi had earlier been accused of raping his ex-girlfriendPooja Bedi's 15-year-old maid during the time when he and Pooja were dating - he was later found guilty.[13][14]
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| 1998 | Filmfare Awards | Best Performance in a Negative Role | Yess Boss | Nominated |
| 1998 | Zee Cine Awards | Best Performance in a Negative Role | Nominated | |
| 2011 | GIF Award | Best Performance in a Negative Role | Striker | Nominated |
Aditya Pancholi is first-rate; his mean look getting well with his character.
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