Arfi Lamba

Arfi Lamba
Cast of 'Fugly' at Lakme Fashion Week 2014
Born	Moga, Punjab
Occupation	Film Actor
Years active	2008–present

Arfi Lamba is an Indian-born actor, philosopher, producer, entertainer, and humanist who has appeared in films, television shows, theatre productions, TV commercials, and print adverts. His acting debut on screen came in 2008 in the film Slumdog millionaire. Recently he acted in a action-comedy film Singh Is Bliing, directed by Prabhu Deva and co-starring Akshay Kumar, Amy Jackson, Lara Dutta and Kay Kay Menon.^[1]

Early life and education

Born in Punjab, India, he attended Thapar University, former Institute of Engineering and Technology, where he pursued a Bachelor of Science in Engineering. Before becoming an actor, he worked as an engineer at Engineers India Limited, Delhi and was a part of process designed for refineries.

In 2008, he moved to Mumbai and received his performing arts training from Shri Dinesh Thakur, Mahabano Modi Kotwal and Vinod Nahri of the Ank Theatre Group. In order to further polish his acting skills, he attended acting and casting workshops in Berlin, Cannes and Mumbai; and also learnt different dance forms such as Hip-hop and Bollywood. During the 33rd Cairo International Film Festival he was honored for being a part of the award winning film Slumdog Millionaire along with Irrfan Khan and Anil Kapoor.

Acting Career

After realising he wants to be an actor, Lamba gained national exposure when he began acting professionally on the stage. One of his first substantial roles was in the acclaimed musical play Anjor Kaya, a debut production of Prarambh Performing Arts.^[2] He garnered recognition for his performances in highly praised Indo-Pakistan partition drama Jis Lahore Nai Dekhya, social satirical play Chabi, and murder mystery play Tere Pyar Mein.^[3]

In addition to stage roles, Lamba appeared in short films including ‘Shunyata’ (2007) and ‘A Perfect Murder’ (2007) and Rohan Sabharwal’s film ‘Shades of Grey’, critically acclaimed in London and other short film festival circuits. He played one of the lead roles in the romantic film Prague (in which he portrayed Chandan Roy Sanyal’s alter ego), which received critical acclaim but did not do well at the box office. Lamba played a pivotal role in Kabir Sadanand’s action-comedy film Fugly. His television performance credits include AXN television’s Man’s World episode featuring What men want; and Star Plus’ Prithvi Raj Chauhan - historical costume Drama about a brave Indian prince. He has had appearances in award-winning National College student’s film ‘An Open road with a dead end’,^[4] and corporate film for Proctor and Gamble.

With his athletic personality, and fresh appeal, the actor bagged modeling assignments to walk the ramp for Pantaloons Fashion Brand, Shopper’s Stop mall, and Balaji Telefilms. He has featured in TV commercials including for Polo Mint, Good Milk, 9X Channel, Bathroom singer, TLC television commercial, Live TV Network, Karaoke Brand With Priti Jhangiani.

Throughout his career, the actor has been featured on several print media outlets including Lancel, Paris, Air Sahara inhouse magazine, Donear Suitings, Calander for Escotel, Woman’s Era Editorial Shoot, Hercules Health drink, and CMS Computer Education.

Lamba along with Katharina Suckale, is the owner and promoter of Bombay Berlin Film Production (BBFP), a one of its kind Indo-European Film Production house. Their debut feature ‘LOEV’, a love saga between two men, made its world premiere in a prestigious Tallinn International Film Festival and competed for the ‘Best Debut Feature’ and ‘Best Debut Film’ awards in November 2015. The film has already sold 5 territories and is looking for a well promoted and publicized release in India.

Lamba was on the jury of 22nd Cairo International Children’s film festival this year. During his recent trip to Europe, he got signed on by a boutique talent management company, Empire Agency, representing him for the rest of the world except India. For India, he is represented by Viniyard Films.

Filmography

Year	Title	Role
2015	Singh Is Bliing	Pappy
2014	Fugly	Aditya (fattu)
2012	Prague[5]	Arfi
2008	Slumdog Millionaire	Actor

Theater

Year	Title	Role
2009	Anjor Kaaya	Actor/Theatre
2005-2006	Chabi	Actor/Theatre
2005-2006	Jis Lahore Nahin Vekheya	Actor/Theatre
2005-2006	Tere Pyar Me	Actor/Theatre

References

1. tribuneindia.com "tribuneindialifestyle.com", 2015-09-01
2. "In the city". indiatoday.intoday.in. Retrieved 2016-03-17.
3. "Arfi Lamba". www.arfilamba.com. Retrieved 2016-03-17.
4. "Arfi Lamba". www.arfilamba.com. Retrieved 2016-03-17.
5. Noble, Will (14 September 2011). "Around Town: The personality of Prague Indian psycho-thriller depicts Czech capital as a character". The Prague Post. Retrieved 4 June 2012.