Jaideep Ahlawat

Jaideep Ahlawat is an Indian actor who is known for his work in Hindi films. He is best known for his role Delhi Police Inspector Hathiram Chaudhary, in the Amazon Prime web series Paatal Lok (2020) for which he received several awards including a Filmfare OTT Award for Best Actor in a Drama Series. He has also been receiving accolades for his performance in the Netflix movie Jaane Jaan.
He went largely unnoticed until Gangs of Wasseypur (2012), wherein he played the character Shahid Khan. He also played the villain in the Hindi movie Commando: A One Man Army which was released in 2013. Since then, Ahlawat has acted in films such as Aatma (2013), Gabbar Is Back (2015) and Meeruthiya Gangsters (2015) as well as Vishwaroopam 2. His character of RAW agent Mir in the Alia Bhatt-starrer Raazi (2018) was much appreciated.
He got his widest recognition by playing Delhi Police Inspector Hathiram Chaudhary, the lead role in the Amazon Prime web series Paatal Lok (2020) in which he got first ever FILMFARE best actor male in Drama series. He rose to prominence in the role of Nawab (Musa's henchman) in the Bollywood film Raees, produced by Shah Rukh Khan, as Shahid Khan in Anurag Kashyap's Gangs of Wasseypur (2012), and as AK 74 in the movie Commando.
Early life and education
Jaideep was born in a jat family in Kharkara, Meham village in Rohtak district of Haryana state. He got his high school certificate from Govt. High School, Kharkara. He attended Jat College, Rohtak. After his graduation, Ahlawat did an MA in English from Maharshi Dayanand University in 2005. He completed his acting graduation from FTII in 2008, where Rajkummar Rao, Vijay Varma, and Sunny Hinduja were his acting mates.
Career
Jaideep did theatre at a young age but wanted to be an Indian Army officer. However, after not clearing his SSB interviews, multiple times, he ventured into acting. He used to do stage shows in Punjab and Haryana. He started to take acting seriously only after his graduation. He entered the film world the hard way, without any godfather. After completing his education in 2008, he headed to Mumbai to pursue his dreams to become an actor. He started his career in Bollywood.
He was first noticed in a negative character portrayal in Priyadarshan's Khatta Meetha (2010). In the same year he appeared in Aakrosh with Ajay Devgn. Thereafter he did more films including Anurag Kashyap's Gangs of Wasseypur (2012) and Kamal Haasan's Vishwaroopam (2012). Gangs of Wasseypur came as a turning point in Jaideep’s life, as its success helped him gain enough recognition in India. Jaideep then appeared in a Tamil spy thriller film Vishwaroopam with Haasan, which turned out to be a great success in the south in 2013. He appeared in a Hindi version of the same film called Vishwaroop, made in the same year, which gave him more recognition. Impressed by his acting skills and popularity, Haasan got him into the sequel Vishwaroopam 2 as well, which released in 2016.
He was also seen in the series Bard of Blood, and played a negative character in Bollywood film, Khaali Peeli, which was released in October 2020.
Filmography
Films
Web series
Awards and nominations
References
External links
Indian male film actors
Living people
People from Rohtak district
Film and Television Institute of India alumni
Male actors in Hindi cinema
Male actors from Haryana
Maharshi Dayanand University alumni
1980 births