Arjan Bajwa

Arjan Bajwa (born 3 September 1979) is an Indian actor known for his work in Hindi and Telugu films. He is credited as Deepak in Telugu films where he started his career.^[1] He debuted with the Telugu film Sampangi (2001) and extended to Hindi cinema with Woh Tera Naam Tha (2004), both in leading role. Bajwa next played supporting roles in Bhadra (2005), Guru (2007), Fashion and King (both 2008).^[2]

Arjan Bajwa
Bajwa in 2018
Born	3 September 1979 (1979-09-03) (age 45) Delhi, India
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1998–present

Early life

Bajwa was born on 3 September 1979 in Delhi, India in a Jat Sikh family.^[3][4][5] His father Swinderjeet Singh Bajwa was a former deputy Mayor of Delhi from the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).^[6][7] Bajwa holds a degree in architecture from Delhi and is a black belt in Taekwondo.^[8]

Before entering films Bajwa was a successful model having walked the ramp for several big fashion designers.^[9]

Career

Bajwa made his Telugu debut with Sampangi (2001) and played the lead in a couple of Telugu films including Premalo Pavani Kalyan (2002).^[10][11] After making his Hindi debut in Woh Tera Naam Tha, Bajwa's breakthrough role came in Hindi cinema, with director Mani Ratnam's critically acclaimed film, Guru.^[12] Subsequently, he played the male lead in Madhur Bhandarkar’s Fashion. Bajwa also starred in the Telugu movies King and Arundhati.^[13]

Bajwa then appeared in Ajay Devgn's action comedy film Son of Sardaar, where he played Sonakshi Sinha's boyfriend.^[14] He also acted in the action thriller Crook (2010) and Bobby Jasoos (2014).^[15][16] He has appeared in the film Rustom (2016). In 2019, he was seen in Sandeep Vanga's Kabir Singh where he played Shahid Kapoor's brother. He was initially hesitant to play the male lead's older brother, but accepted at the insistence of Vanga, for whom he was the only choice to play the character.^[17]

In 2023, Bajwa shot a song for his unreleased film Lucky One Gets a Second Chance alongside Myra Sareen, Tanishaa Mukerji and Iulia Vântur.^[18]

Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Language	Notes	Ref.
2001	Sampangi	Abhishek	Telugu		[19]
2002	Nee Thodu Kavali	Vasu			[20]
	Kanulu Musina Neevaye	Sagar			[21]
2003	Premalo Pavani Kalyan	Kalyan			[22]
2004	Woh Tera Naam Tha	Akhtar	Hindi		[23]
2005	Bhadra	Raja	Telugu		[24]
2007	Guru	Arzan Contractor	Hindi		[25]
	Summer 2007	Qateel			[26]
2008	Fashion	Maanav Bhasin		Nominated–Stardust Award for Breakthrough Performance – Male	[2][27]
	Arundhati	Rahul	Telugu		[13]
	King	Ajay			[13]
2009	Mitrudu	Madhu			[28]
2010	Hide N Seek	Jaideep Mahajan	Hindi		[29]
	Crook	Samarth			[15]
2011	Tell Me O Kkhuda	Jai Vishal Singh			[30]
	Lanka	Chhote			[31]
2012	Son Of Sardaar	Bobby			[14]
2013	Himmat Singh - The King of the Ring	Himmat Singh	Punjabi		[32][33]
2014	Bobby Jasoos	Lala/Ali	Hindi		[16]
2016	Rustom	Vikram Makhija			[34]
2017	Chitrangada	Raja Ravi Varma	Telugu		[35]
2019	Kabir Singh	Karan Rajdheer Singh	Hindi		[17]
	Bigil	Samar	Tamil		[36]
TBA	Demon Hunters	TBA	English	Post-production	[37]

Television

Year	Title	Role	Network	Ref.
2020	State Of Siege: 26/11	Colonel Kunal Sahota	ZEE5	[38]
2022	Bestseller	Tahir Wazir	Amazon Prime Video	[39]

Discography

• Ghar Aaja Sohneya Remix by Shazia Manzoor (1998) (cameo appearance)^[40]