Arunoday Singh

Arunoday Singh
Born	1983 (age 27–28) [1]
Occupation	actor
Years active	2009–present

Arunoday Singh (born 1983) is an Indian film actor. Arunodoy Singh debut movie was Sikandar (2009). He played the character of some Kashmiri Zahgeer Quadir in the movie Sikander. Arunoday Singh was last seen in Sudhir Mishra's Yeh Saali Zindagi (2011).

Personal life

Arunoday was born in Rajput family of Madhya Pradesh.He is the grandson of late Indian politician Arjun Singh ex Chief minister and union minister, his father Ajay Singh "Rahul" is a senior Congress leader from Madhya Pradesh state.

Early life and education

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]

Career

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).

Filmography

Year	Title	Role
2009	Sikandar	Zahageer Qadir
2010	Aisha	Dhruv Singh
2010	Mirch	Maanav
2011	Yeh Saali Zindagi	Kuldeep
2012	Heroine

References

1. ^ ^{a b} "No reservations". Indian Express. Jul 25 2009. http://www.indianexpress.com/news/No-reservations/493816. 
2. ^ ^{a b} "No plans to join politics: Arunoday". The Times of India. Aug 7, 2010. http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/bollywood/news-interviews/No-plans-to-join-politics-Arunoday/articleshow/6265981.cms. 
3. ^ ^{a b} "Arunoday all set". The Times of India. Jul 27, 2009. http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/4822148.cms. 
4. ^ "Mirch". Indian Express. Dec 10 2010. http://www.indianexpress.com/news/Mirch/722090/. 

• Source : filmycinema.com

External links

• Arunoday Singh at the Internet Movie Database