Shalin Bhanot

Shalin Bhanot (born 15 November 1983) is an Indian actor who works in Hindi television. He started his career as a contestant in Roadies 2 and has since acted in various serials and web shows. He participated in dance reality Nach Baliye 4 and emerged as the winner with his now ex-wife Dalljiet Kaur. He then participated in reality series Bigg Boss 16 where he finished as a finalist.^[2] In 2024, he participated in Khatron Ke Khiladi 14.

Shalin Bhanot
Bhanot in 2023
Born	(1983-11-15) 15 November 1983 (age 40)[1] Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh, India
Occupation	Actor
Years active	2004–present
Spouse	Dalljiet Kaur ​ ​ (m. 2009; div. 2015)​
Children	1

Early life

Bhanot was born to Sunita and Brijmohan Bhanot and hails from a business family based in Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh.^[3] He is an avid dancer and fitness enthusiast. ^[4]

Personal life

Bhanot married actress Dalljiet Kaur in 2009.^[5] In 2014, the couple had their first child, a boy, Jaydon.^[6] In 2015, Kaur filed for divorce and accused Bhanot of domestic violence.^[7] She claimed that he never even visited the doctor with her while she was pregnant. She stated that he accused her of trying to influence the doctors and didn't even want her to have a C-Section. Kaur added that Bhanot was violent towards her even in front of her parents from the start of their marriage.^[8] They got divorced in 2015 with Kaur having Jaydon's custody but Bhanot having visiting rights.^[9]

Career

Bhanot started his career in 2004 with reality show MTV Roadies 2 as contestant. He then seen played Akshay in Ayushmaan (2005). From 2005–06 he was seen playing Karan in Saat Phere: Saloni Ka Safar on Zee TV and as Mihir in Sanya. He then appeared as Agni in Kulvaddhu on Sony TV.^[10] He made a cameo appearance on Kaajjal and starred in Star Plus's Grihasti. In 2009, bhanot participated in StarPlus dance reality show Nach Baliye 4 along with his former wife Daljeet Kaur and emerged as the winner of the show.^[11] He has been trained by Hollywood acting coach Michelle Danner.^[12]

From October 2022 to February 2023, he was seen participating in Colors TV's reality show Bigg Boss 16,^[13] where he finished as a finalist at the fifth position.^[14] In February 2023, he was offered the male lead for Balaji Telefilms fiction show Bekaboo by Ekta Kapoor on the finale of Bigg Boss 16, which he accepted and went on to feature on the show. ^[15]

Filmography

Films

Year	Title	Role	Language	Ref.
2006	Pyare Mohan	Rohit	Hindi	[16]
2016	Love Ke Fundey	Aryan

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2004	MTV Roadies 2	Contestant
2005	Ayushmaan	Akshay
2005–2006	Saat Phere – Saloni Ka Safar	Karan
	Sanya	Mihir
2006–2007	Kulvaddhu	Agni
2007	Betiyaan Apni Yaa Paraaya Dhan	Veer Jadeja
	Kaajjal	Shivansh Kapoor
	Aahat	Mayank
2007–2008	Sangam	Madanlal
	Naaginn	Kanishk / Keshav
2007–2010	Air Hostess	Aryan
2008	Ssshhhh...Phir Koi Hai	Rajveer / Raj Malhotra
		Rohan / Sameer
	Saas v/s Bahu	Himself
	Dill Mill Gayye	Chirag
2008–2009	Grihasti	Manas Ahuja
	Nach Baliye 4	Contestant	Winner
2010	Do Hanson Ka Jodaa	Suryakamal
2011	Baat Hamari Pakki Hai	Rahul
	Beend Banoongaa Ghodi Chadhunga	Mihir
	Nachle Ve with Saroj Khan	Contestant
2012	Sajda Tere Pyaar Mein	Ranveer
2014	Yeh Hai Aashiqui	Rakshit
2014–2015	Box Cricket League 1	Himself
2015	SuperCops vs Supervillains	Dr. Shizal
2015–2016	Suryaputra Karn	Duryodhan
2017	Sher-e-Punjab: Maharaja Ranjit Singh	Maha Singh
2018	Laal Ishq	Prince / Niku
2019–2020	Ram Siya Ke Luv Kush	Ravan
2019	Naagin 4: Bhagya Ka Zehreela Khel	Keshav Goradia
2020	Fear Factor: Khatron Ke Khiladi 10	Himself	[17]
2022–2023	Bigg Boss 16	Contestant	5th place
2023	Bekaboo	Ranav / Pratham
2024	Bigg Boss 17	Guest
2024	Khatron Ke Khiladi 14	Contestant	4th place

Web series

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2023	Inspector Avinash	Inspector Baljit Singh	OTT Debut

References

1. "Shalin Bhanot Birthday Special: All You Need To Know About the Bigg Boss 16 Contestant". News18. 15 November 2022. Archived from the original on 25 December 2022. Retrieved 23 December 2022.
2. "Bigg Boss 16 Finale: Shalin Bhanot comes on 5th position, gets evicted from the show". Timesofindia. Archived from the original on 6 March 2024. Retrieved 12 February 2023.
3. "Meet Bigg Boss 16 contestant Shalin Bhanot". Indiaexpress. Archived from the original on 14 October 2022. Retrieved 22 October 2019.
4. "Exclusive: When top doctors told Shalin that he will never be able to dance, he went onto win the dance reality show, says Brijmohan Bhanot". Midday. Archived from the original on 2 April 2023. Retrieved 22 October 2019.
5. "Iss Pyaar Ko Kya Naam Doon's Daljiet Kaur got secretly engaged to Australia-based producer: Reports". www.timesnownews.com. Archived from the original on 15 March 2018. Retrieved 22 October 2019.
6. "Shalin and I are trying to be cordial because of our son Jayden: Dalljiet Kaur". The Indian Express. 14 October 2022. Archived from the original on 13 November 2022. Retrieved 13 November 2022.
7. "Daljeet Kaur alleges actor-husband Shaleen Bhanot tried to strangle her". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 23 September 2020. Retrieved 19 February 2023.
8. "Looking back at Shalin Bhanot's controversial marriage to ex-Bigg Boss contestant Daljiet Kaur". Zoom TV. Archived from the original on 19 February 2023. Retrieved 19 February 2023.
9. "Upset Dalljiet Kaur says ex-husband Shalin Bhanot 'shouldn't make mockery of our past on TV'". India Today. Archived from the original on 13 November 2022. Retrieved 13 November 2022.
10. "Shaleen Bhanot to play baddie". mid-day. 3 July 2014. Archived from the original on 22 October 2019. Retrieved 22 October 2019.
11. "Shaleen Bhanot and Daljeet Kaur win Nach Baliye 4 - Hindustan Times". Archived from the original on 25 January 2013. Retrieved 3 May 2012.
12. "Shaleen Bhanot gears up for a stint in Hollywood - Times of India". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 10 April 2018. Retrieved 22 October 2019.
13. "Meet Bigg Boss 16 contestant Shalin Bhanot". The Indian Express. 1 October 2022. Archived from the original on 14 October 2022. Retrieved 2 October 2022.
14. "Shalin Bhanot become first finalist to be eliminated from Bigg Boss 16". India Today. Archived from the original on 18 March 2023. Retrieved 13 February 2023.
15. "Bigg Boss 16 Finale: Producer Ekta Kapoor offers Shalin Bhanot her upcoming show Beqaboo as lead". India Today. Archived from the original on 2 April 2023. Retrieved 13 February 2023.
16. atul.chhabra (21 August 2018). "दिलजीत दोसांझ की 'फिल्लौरी' से इंस्पायर होगा टीवी शो 'लाल इश्क' में शालीन भनोट का लुक". Dainik Bhaskar (in Hindi). Archived from the original on 22 October 2019. Retrieved 22 October 2019.
17. "Khatron Ke Khiladi 10: Kunwar Amar, Abhishek Verma & Shaleen Banot To Participate In Rohit Shetty's Show?". ABP Live. 30 August 2019. Archived from the original on 17 July 2020. Retrieved 20 July 2020.

External links

• Shalin Bhanot at Bollywood Hungama
• Shalin Bhanot at IMDb
• Shalin Bhanot on Instagram