Arunoday Singh
Arunoday Singh is an Indian actor who appears primarily in Hindi films. His debut movie was "Sikandar" (2009). Singh has appeared in Rajshree Ojha's "Aisha" (2010), Sudhir Mishra's "Yeh Saali Zindagi" (2011), Pooja Bhatt's "Jism 2" (2012), David Dhawan's "Main Tera Hero" (2014), and Ashutosh Gowariker's "Mohenjo Daro" (2016). He was also the protagonist in the film "Buddha in a Traffic Jam" (2016), by Vivek Agnihotri, dealing with the issue of naxalism. He also starred as a supporting actor in the 2018 Abhinay Deo film "Blackmail." He also appeared in Ekta Kapoor produced  web series "Apaharan" (2018-present). Early and personal life. Singh is the grandson of Arjun Singh, an Indian politician who was the Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh, and son of Ajay Singh (Rahul bhaiya) leader of opposition in Madhya Pradesh State assembly. He is an alumnus of Brandeis University, having previously been educated at a boarding school in 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. 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. His second film was the ensemble romantic comedy-drama "Aisha" (2010), an adaptation of the novel "Emma" by Jane Austen directed by Rajshree Ojha, co-starring Sonam Kapoor, Abhay Deol, Ira Dubey, Cyrus Sahukar, Amrita Puri, Anand Tiwari and Lisa Haydon; he portrayed Dhruv Singh, a flirtatious playboy. 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 Konkana Sen Sharma Raima Sen, where he played the central character of a struggling film director. On December 13, 2016, he tied the knot with Lee Elton, who he met three years ago in Goa. Lee owns a cafe in Goa. In 2011, he acted alongside Irrfan Khan and Aditi Rao Hydari, another newcomer in Sudhir Mishra's "Yeh Saali Zindagi" (2011). His performance earned him a nomination for Best Actor in a Supporting Role at the 18th Screen Awards. He next appeared  in Jism 2 opposite Sunny Leone and Randeep Hooda. In 2014 he appeared in David Dhawan's comedy film "Main Tera Hero" opposite Varun Dhawan, Ileana D'Cruz and Nargis Fakhri; and the supernatural thriller film "Pizza". His next release was "Mr. X" as Dr. Steve Rhodes opposite Emraan Hashmi and Amyra Dastur. In 2016, Singh appeared in Ashutosh Gowariker's epic-adventure romance film "Mohenjo Daro (film)", alongside Hrithik Roshan and Pooja Hegde.