# Alok Pandey

Alok Pandey (born 30 April 1989) is an Indian actor and model who is best known for playing MS Dhoni’s best friend in the former Indian Cricket Team captain’s biopic M.S. Dhoni: The Untold Story”, a negative role with John Abraham in Batla House and a major role in Lucknow Central. He performed packed role in a short film entitled “KKKK…KIRAN”. He has also played roles in films like PK, Prem Ratan Dhan Payo, Sanam Teri Kasam, Special Ops, One Day: Justice Delivered, etc.

## Early life

Pandey was born in a village named Dadoun, Shahjahanpur. During his college days, he went to watch a theater play . While watching this play, the idea of becoming an actor came into his mind.

## Career

Pandey joined the "Sanskriti Theater Group" in 2007. He learned acting tricks from his mentor Alok Saxena in this theater group. Later, he joined the "Bhartendu Natya Akademi" (BNA) (new name is "Bharatendu Academy of Dramatic Arts") in Gomti Nagar. He is a 2011 batch pass-out, got opened the BM Shah auditorium where he staged his first professional theater play. He performed several shows in Lucknow BNA. After that he got selected in Satyajit Ray Film and Television Institute in Kolkata. Here, he learned a lot from fellow actor Vipin Sharma. After a year, in December 2012, finally he came to Mumbai. Theater friend Manoj Sharma was already in Mumbai, so he sheltered Pandey. .He got a good role with Ravi Khemu's serial Hamarey Gaon Koi Ayega in the lead role of Gulam Nabi, in 2013which he was making for Doordarshan. Meanwhile, Pandey get a chance to do work with Anurag Kashyap's short film That Day After Everyday, opposite Radhika Apte. Then he got to work in Salman Khan's Prem Ratan Dhan Payo that assigned with Rajshri Productions directed by Sooraj Barjatya. During this film, casting director Vicky Sidana came in contact and because of that, Pandey later got to work in films like M. S. Dhoni: The Untold Story, Lucknow Central. He become famous after doing Bambai Meri Jaan

## Filmography

| Film/Series title | Role | Year |
| Chote Yadav (web series) | Babbal Banna | 2025 Coming Soon |
| Pakdam Pakdi (web series) | Awdesh Pandey | 2025, Coming Soon |
| The Pshychiatrist | Ethen Dsouza | 2025, Coming Soon |
| Haseen Dilruba 2 | Chiraunji Lal | 2024 |
| The Rapist Film | Hemant (directed by Aparna Sen) | Cooming Soon |
| Aazam | Vishal (Jimmy shergill's friend) | 2023 |
| Bambai Meri Jaan (web series) | Rahim (with Kay Kay Menon) | 2023 |
| Sehar | Vishal Kaul (Pankaj Kapur’s son) | NA |
| Hurdang | Gopal Singh (Vijay Verma's Brother) | 2022 |
| Special Ops (web series) | Pappu Haramzada (Auto driver) | 2020 |
| Batla House | Tufail Khan (negative role of a terrorist) | 2019 |
| Kkk... Kiran (short film) | Psycho Killer (lead role) | 2019 |
| Hum Chaar | Vikram Singh | 2019 |
| One Day: Justice Delivered | Afzal Ahmed | 2019 |
| Lucknow Central | Bunty (Farhan Akhtar's friend) | 2017 |
| M. S. Dhoni: The Untold Story | Chittu | 2016 |
| Sanam Teri Kasam | Watchman | 2015 |
| Prem Ratan Dhan Payo | Montu | 2015 |
| PK | TV Reporter (special appearance) | 2014 |
| Samvidhaan (TV serial) | Journalist | 2014 |
| That Day After Everyday | Goon | 2014 |

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