Nitin Sahrawat

Nitin Sahrawat

Nitin Sahrawat at his engagement reception in Dehradun, 2013
Born (1981-08-13) 13 August 1981
Dehradun, Uttarakhand, India
Residence Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Occupation Model, actor
Years active 2002–present
Religion Hinduism
Spouse(s) Vaishnavi Dhanraj (2012–2016)(divorced)

Nitin Sahrawat (Hindi: नितिन सहरावत), (Born 13 August 1981), is an Indian television actor and a model. He is best known for his Indian and Pakistani TV Commercials and for his portrayal of Rajveer Singh Ahluwalia in Kitani Mohabbat Hai Season 2 which was telecast on Imagine TV. He is presently playing the character of Superstar Anand Kumar opposite Additi Gupta in ZEE TV's Qubool Hai.

Early life and education

Sahrawat was born in a family of academicians, with his mother being a professor and his father an attorney, and did his schooling from Brightlands School and St. Joseph's Academy, Dehradun. Subsequently he pursued Mechanical Engineering at Bapuji Institute of Engineering & Technology, Davangere, Karnataka. But he didn't finish his degree and left in second year of his degree and moved to Mumbai for pursuing his career in Modeling.

Career

Modelling

Nitin started his modelling career in 2002 with a print campaign for Standard Chartered and in the following years he went on to become one of the most visible faces on Indian Television,[1] with TV Commercials for brands including Tide,[2] Sunsilk, Pillsbury Company, Maruti 800,[3] Hyundai Santro,[4] LG Electronics, Hero MotoCorp, Ariel, Tropicana Products and Sunsilk. As a result of Indian economy opening up in 1990s (1990s in India) international brands started devising strategies of entering the lucrative Indian market. Nitin Sahrawat was the face of many such launches in India, including his commercial for Pedigree Petfoods,[5][6] Nokia N72 and Tetley.

In 2004 Samsung rolled out a big budget campaign to commemorate Indian cricket team's tour of Pakistan, which was one of the biggest sporting event of the Indian subcontinent as the two nations had resumed sporting ties after a long gap.[7][8] Sahrawat acted in this campaign which was named "Jeet Lo Dil" (Win Hearts).[9] As a result of this campaign he became popular in Pakistan too, and in spite of Pakistan Government's official ban on using Indian actors for Pakistani ad campaigns, he later went on to act in numerous Pakistani TV commercials.[10][11][12][13][14]

His TV Commercial for Indian Oil Corporation won the IDPA (Indian Documentary Producers' Association) and RAPA (Radio & TV Advertising Practitioners Association of India) Awards in 2005.[15][16][17] In 2010 Cannes Lions winner director duo Nic Osborne and Sune Maroni directed a Fiat Punto TV Commercial starring Nitin Sahrawat which went on to win numerous awards including Creative ABBY 2011 and Adfest 2011.[18][19][20][21] Other acclaimed directors who have often worked with Sahrawat include Pradeep Sarkar, Shantanu Bagchi, Oni Sen, Arjun Mukherjee, Manav Menon, Aniket Shirke, Prahlad Kakkar, Ram Madhvani, Abhinay Deo, V. K. Prakash, E. Nivas, Pankaj Parashar and Abhijit Chaudhuri (Dadu).

Acting

Sahrawat was signed up as the chief protagonist for two movies by Kushan Nandy's Sarvodaya Visuals but when the projects got delayed he accepted Balaji Telefilms's offer for season two of their popular show Kitani Mohabbat Hai. He enacted the character of Rajveer Singh Ahluwalia, a stoic police officer which was quite different from the amiable characters that he had usually portrayed in his TV Commercials.[22] Kitani Mohabbat Hai Season 2 ended in May 2011 with Rajveer getting shot while trying to save Arohi.[23]

In the first half of 2013 Nitin Sahrawat was seen in two other Balaji Telefilms shows, namely Savdhaan India and Parichay. In Parichay he played the role of a fictitious Bollywood superstar called Aman Kumar which was inspired by real life Bollywood superstar Salman Khan.[24] In the show Aman Kumar hires Kunal (played by Samir Soni ) to defend him in a DUI & Hit and run case which was based on Salman Khan's 2002 Bandra incident.[25]

In the latter half of 2013 Sahrawat signed up for the award winning show Bade Achhe Lagte Hain as the antagonist against the character of Ram Kapoor (played by Ram Kapoor).[26] In February 2014 Sahrawat started shooting for Star Plus's new show Ishq Kills which is directed by Vikram Bhatt.[27] In the latter half of the year Sahrawat started shooting for Saurabh Tewari's new show called Do Deewane Ek Shehar Me,[28] but this show was scrapped by the channel before its telecast.[29]

In 2015 Sahrawat was signed up for two shows of 4 Lions Films, namely Qubool Hai and Adhuri Kahaani Hamari (TV series). In Qubool Hai he portrayed the part of Bollywood superstar Anand Kumar while in Adhuri Kahaani Hamari (TV series) he was seen as Chote Raja Lakshman Dev and was paired opposite Shubhangi Atre Poorey.[30][31] In September Sahrawat was seen in a special episode of Code Red, in which he played the character of a psychopathic killer. This episode was based on truck driver M. Jaishankar and his killing spree in southern India.[32]

Personal life

Nitin Sahrawat was married to Indian Television actress Vaishnavi Dhanraj. The two first met on the set of Nitin's show Kitani Mohabbat Hai Season 2. After a courtship of two years Nitin and Vaishnavi got married in Shantikunj, Haridwar according to Vedic Rituals on 23 December 2012.[33] The reception in Mumbai was attended by their co actors including Meghna Malik, Kritika Kamra, Karan Kundra, Simran Kaur, Sadiya Siddiqui, Dayanand Shetty, Khalid Siddiqui and Hrishikesh Pandey.[34] The two stayed in Mumbai with their Labrador Retriever named Thor.[35]

In March 2014 Nitin and Vaishnavi were the guests for the launch episode of NDTV's The Getaway in which the two were given a Hyundai Elantra which they then drove down to Kamshet. The theme of the episode being adventure,the couple then paraglided off the challenging Shelar's Site. This episode was shot at their Lokhandwala Complex home and also featured their pet.[36]

Sahrawat and Dhanraj filed for legal separation in July 2015 and were divorced in January 2016, opting for a mutual and amicable divorce in Bandra family court. Incompatibility and emotional disconnect was cited as the reason for the end of the marriage.[37]

Social Causes

Nitin has contributed to various social causes in the form of his Public Service Films. These include causes like Family Planning in India,[38] Public Safety[39] and World Heart Federation.[40]

Advertising Campaigns

Year Brand Medium Production House Language Notes
2002 Standard Chartered Print English
State Bank of India TV Commercial Whodunit Films Hindi
2003 Merrill Lynch Print & Outdoor English
Hindustan Petroleum Print English
Tetley TV Commercial Reel Company Bengali Bangladeshi TV Commercial
Goli ke Hamjoli TV Commercial Black Magic Hindi
Shanti Hair Oil TV Commercial Trends Ad Films Hindi Director: V. K. Prakash
Pedigree Petfoods TV Commercial Classic Films English Director: Minto Singh
BSL suitings TV Commercial Reel Company English
Kotak Mahindra Bank Print English
2004 Wipro Santoor Cream TV Commercial Nebula Films Hindi
Indian Oil Corporation TV Commercial Ramesh Deo Productions Hindi Director: Abhinay Deo
Citibank Print English
Samsung AC TV Commercial & Print Equas English
Tide (brand) TV Commercial Ramesh Deo Productions Hindi
Kenstar TV Commercial Red Ice English Director: E. Nivas
Sunsilk TV Commercial Equinox Hindi Director: Ram Madhvani
TVS Motor Company TV Commercial Whodunit Films Hindi
Veedol TV Commercial Maaza Films Hindi Director: Pankaj Parashar
J.M.Mutual Fund TV Commercial Ajay Bahl Productions Hindi Director: Ajay Bahl
ICICI Bank Print English
Thomas Cook Group Print English
Tata Marina Print English
2005 Maruti 800 TV Commercial Looking Glass Hindi
McDowell's No.1 TV Commercial Black Magic Films Hindi Director: Abhijit Chaudhuri
Nestlé TV Commercial Genesis Films Urdu Director: Prahlad Kakkar Pakistani TV Commercial
LG Electronics TV TV Commercial MAD Films English
Eureka Forbes TV Commercial Illusion Films Hindi
Hero MotoCorp CD Deluxe TV Commercial Foot Candles Films Hindi Director: Manav Menon
Ring Guard TV Commercial Illusion Films Hindi
Odonil TV Commercial Working I Hindi
Ariel (detergent) TV Commercial Saatchi & Saatchi Hindi
Tide (brand) TV Commercial Code Red Films Hindi
Hindustan Petroleum TV Commercial Cine Assist English
ICICI Prudential TV Commercial Red Ice Films Hindi
Shakthi Masala TV Commercial & Print TWC Films Tamil Director: B Babushankar
Afterbath Freshness Cream TV Commercial Illusion Films Hindi
Life Insurance Corporation of India Print English
2006 Nokia N72 TV Commercial One Films Hindi, English
Tata Group Credit Card Print English
Vinay Corp Print English
Life Insurance Corporation of India Housing Loan Print English
2007 Bank of Maharashtra TV Commercial & Print K film Company Hindi Director: Arjun Mukherjee
Future Bazar TV Commercial R.M. Creations Hindi
World Heart Day Saffola TV Commercial Rising Sun English Director: Aniket Shirke
Borosoft TV Commercial Rising Sun Hindi Director: Aniket Shirke
Vivel TV Commercial Footcandle Films Hindi Director: Manav Menon
Pidilite Rangeela TV Commercial Monkey Business Hindi
VGN Developers Print English
Organon International Print English
Fidelity Investments Print English
Reliance Industries Print Hindi
Britannia Industries Good Day Print English
Emmay HR Print English
Pepsodent Print English
Unit Trust of India Print English
Brooke Bond Red Label Print English
2008 Built Matrix TV Commercial CNBC Hindi
Tropicana Products TV Commercial Illusion English Director: Shantanu Bagchi
Pillsbury Company TV Commercial Cine Assist Hindi Director: Arjun Mukherjee
Disney TV Commercial Thumb Nail Films English
Radio City F.M Print English
Benign Print English
Dainik Bhaskar Print English
2009 LG Electronics AC TV Commercial Ramesh Deo Productions Hindi
Hyundai Motor Company Santro Xing TV Commercial Illusion English Director: Oni Sen
Dabur Honitus TV Commercial Ravi Deshpande Films Hindi
HSBC Print English
Dabur Pudin Hara Print English
2010 Fiat Punto TV Commercial Bang Bang films Hindi Director: Nic Osborne and Sune Maroni
Crompton Greaves TV Commercial R.M Creations Hindi
IMN TV Commercial English
Telenor TV Commercial Haris Qadeer Urdu Director: Ahsan Rahim. Pakistani TV Commercial
2011 Nestle Milkpak TV Commercial Haris Qadeer Urdu Pakistani TV Commercial
Citibank Personal Loans Print English
ICICI Bank Business Loans Print English
2012 Freedom 5 TV Commercial Illumination Films Hindi Director: Shantanu Bagchi Public Service
Marico Saffola TV Commercial Apocalypso Filmworks Hindi Director: Pradeep Sarkar
Ensure TV Commercial Milestone Films English
Brite Maximum Power TV Commercial Haris Qadeer Urdu Director: Ahsan Rahim. Pakistani TV Commercial
Zigo Mobile Phones TV Commercial Udara Palliyaguruge Sinhale Sri Lankan TV Commercial
2013 ITC Limited Sunfeast Yippee TV Commercial Apocalypso Filmworks Hindi Director: Pradeep Sarkar
Dhatri Hair Oil TV Commercial Lights On Hindi Director: Jismon Joy
India Infoline TV Commercial Opticus Films Hindi
2014 Bayer TV Commercial Dreamcatchers Hindi
Cinthol TV Commercial MAD films Hindi Director: Francois Merlet
Muthoot Finance TVC & Print Apocalypso Filmworks Director: Pradeep Sarkar

Television

Year Serial Role Co-star Production House Channel
2010 Kitani Mohabbat Hai Season 2 Rajveer Singh Ahluwalia Parul Gulati Balaji Telefilms Imagine TV
2013 Savdhaan India Pawan Jaya Bhattacharya Balaji Telefilms Life OK
2013 Parichay Superstar Aman Kumar Balaji Telefilms Colors (TV channel)
2013 Bade Achhe Lagte Hain Rajeev Shubhavi K. Balaji Telefilms Sony TV
2014 Ishq Kills Avishek Kiran Thapar Rowdy Rascals Productions Star Plus
2014 Do Deewane Ek Shehar Me Kishore Ashlesha_Sawant Tequila Shots Sony
2015 Savdhaan India Suresh Life OK
2015 Code Red Amar Radhika Menon Lost Boy Productions Colors (TV channel)
2015 Code Red Jaishankar Lost Boy Productions Colors (TV channel)
2015 Qubool Hai Anand Kumar/Naseer Khan Additi Gupta 4 Lions Films Zee TV
2015 Adhuri Kahaani Hamari (TV series) Chote Raja Shubhangi Atre Poorey 4 Lions Films &TV

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