| Arunoday Singh | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1983 (age 28–29) [1] |
| Occupation | actor |
| Years active | 2009–present |
Arunoday Singh (born 1983) is an Indian film actor. His debut movie was Sikandar (2009). He played the character of a Kashmiri named Zahgeer Quadir in the movie Sikander. Arunoday Singh was last seen in Sudhir Mishra's Yeh Saali Zindagi (2011).
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Arunoday was born in Rajput family of Madhya Pradesh, India. He is the grandson of late Indian politician, Arjun Singh, former Chief minister and union minister, his father, Ajay Singh "Rahul" is a senior Congress leader from Madhya Pradesh state.
He is an alumnus of Brandeis University. [2] He did his schooling at a boarding school at Kodaikanal, where he performed in school plays. According to him, it was after watching actor Marlon Brando in On the Waterfront (1954) that he decided to become an actor. After his graduation, he did a few courses in the New York Film Academy, and thereafter enrolled in the Acting Studio in New York, during the period he also performed in plays.[3][1]
After finishing his studies he started giving auditions, and finally made his debut with Sikandar (2009), directed by Piyush Jha, playing a Kashmiri terrorist.[3]His second film was Anil Kapoor's home production Aisha (2010), an adaptation of the novel, Emma by Jane Austen, with Sonam Kapoor.[2] Also in the same year, he appeared in 'Vinay Shukla's take on Gender and sexuality in Mirch through a collage of five stories, with Raima Sen and Konkana Sen Sharma, where he played the central character of a struggling film director.[4]
In 2011, he acted along side Irrfan Khan and Aditi Rao Hydari, another newcomer in Sudhir Mishra's Yeh Saali Zindagi (2011).
| Year | Title | Role |
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| 2009 | Sikandar | Zahageer Qadir |
| 2010 | Aisha | Dhruv Singh |
| 2010 | Mirch | Maanav |
| 2011 | Yeh Saali Zindagi | Kuldeep |
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