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Manjot Singh Born Manjot Singh
july 7, 1992
India, DelhiOccupation Actor Years active 2008-present Spouse bachelor Manjot Singh is a Indian Bollywood actor, most famous for his role in the film Oye Lucky! Lucky Oye! as the young Lucky.
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Childhood
Manjot Singh was born in a Sikh family. His father is a doctor and mother is in government service.
Debut
Manjot’s father came to know that Paramjot Singh and his team were in Delhi scouting for actors and asked his son if he wanted to try it out. They went to Arvinder for an audition though Manjot had never acted before, even in school plays. After the audition the casting director of Dibakar Banerjee’s Oye Lucky! Lucky Oye! rejected Manjot Singh for the role of the boy who grows up to be master thief Lucky. However Dibakar Banerjee knew he had found his Lucky. “Even though the casting director wasn’t convinced, I just put my foot down,” the director said.[1] After being selected, Manjot went to Manali for a week long acting workshop. He was asked to observe the way Abhay Deol walked, smiled and talked so that he could imitate that in his acting. He even wore a cheek pad so that his jaw would look as broad as Abhay Deol’s.[1]
Filmography
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- 2008- Oye Lucky! Lucky Oye!
- 2010- Udaan
Award
- 2009: Filmfare Critics Award for Best Actor: Oye Lucky! Lucky Oye!
Television
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- 2010- Fear Factor - Khatron Ke Khiladi Level 3
Critics on Manjot in his debut
- Planet Bollywood: "Young Lucky (played marvellously by Manjot Singh)..." [2]
- Rediff.com: "...young Lucky (brilliantly played by Manjot Singh)..."[3]
- Reviewer Noyon Jyoti Parasara: "...Special mention is deserved by Manjot Singh, who plays the younger Lucky." [4]
- Khalid Mohammad: "And there’s Lucky, as a callow teenager (excellently played by Manjot Singh)..." [5]
References
- ^ a b Oye Lucky Indian Express, 22 February 2009.
- ^ http://planetbollywood.com/displayReview.php?id=f121408091055
- ^ http://www.rediff.com/movies/2008/nov/28go-for-oye-lucky-lucky-aye.htm
- ^ http://www.aol.in/bollywood-story/oye-lucky-lucky-oye-movie-review/2008112801009019000001
- ^ http://www.hindustantimes.com/StoryPage/StoryPage.aspx?sectionName=HomePage&id=049abf1b-358b-4bf8-a968-dca5c8b41d02&&Headline=STRONGReview/STRONG:+EMOye+Lucky!+Lucky+Oye!/EM/
External links
1991–2000 Anupam Kher (1991) · no award (1992) · no award (1993) · Shahrukh Khan (1994) · no award (1995) · no award (1996) · no award (1997) · Anil Kapoor (1998) · Manoj Bajpai (1999) · Manoj Bajpai (2000)
2001–2010 Shahrukh Khan (2001) · Amitabh Bachchan (2002) · Ajay Devgn (2003) · Hrithik Roshan (2004) · Pankaj Kapoor (2005) · Amitabh Bachchan (2006) · Aamir Khan (2007) · Darsheel Safary (2008) · Manjot Singh (2009) · Ranbir Kapoor (2010) · Rishi Kapoor (2011)
Categories:- Living people
- People from Delhi
- Indian film actors
- Hindi film actors
- Filmfare Awards winners
- 1993 births
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