Born:
August 24, 1981
Birthplace: Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India
Trivia:
Was born in a Kshatriya family in Varanasi. His father is a famous mathematician. Played Basketball in the National level for Sub Junior and Mini level. Is CPMT qualified and topper in his medical College. Has done his Masters in Ayurveda from Nagpur. Is a licensed medical practitioner with an MD (Doctor of Medicine) in Ayurveda. His hobbies include Playing Basketball, Listening to Music and Watching movies. Was an assistant director in the film Viruddh (2005) starring Amitabh Bachchan and John Abraham. Is famous for the role Danish Khan in Gangs of Wasseypur (Part I and II) His initial days in the film industry were tough. He was often penniless and had to sleep on an empty stomach. Has worked in Tamil, Marathi and Bengali films. Has appeared in numerous TV commercials. Had to train like a real boxer for the film, Mukkabaaz (2018). Had to sell his furniture, television set and many other household items to get boxing training at a boxing training centre in Patiala where he was trained among many other international boxers. During training, he broke numerous ribs and got bruises over his eyes.