Sid Makkar

Siddharth Makkar popularly known as Sid Makkar is a Mumbai born and raised actor. He has worked extensively in film, television and on stage both in the Hindi and English language.

Sid Makkar
Born	Siddharth Makkar Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Nationality	Indian
Occupation	Actor
Years active	2006–present

Career

Sid started as an actor after studying at the University of Texas at Austin, U.S.A. He has worked in Indian, American, British and Australian films. His works include the very successful John Madden directed The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel with Judi Dench and Dev Patel, the cult favourite Sense8 Season 2 (Netflix) by the Wachowski's and the Australian film 'Save your Legs'.^[1]

Sid has played leading parts in Indian series like 'Spotlight', 'Six',^[2] and films like Hacked, Turning 30 and Zoya Akhtar's first film Luck by Chance. He played the protagonist, a detective in the 1850s, Mughal-era series 'Dariba Diaries' and received much acclaim.^[3]

With his love for theatre, he has gravitated towards playing the titular role in the hit Bollywood musical Zangoora. He essayed the role of Gautama Buddha in Lushin Dubey's Buddha and worked on other dramatic plays like 'Where did I Leave my Purdah' directed by Lillete Dubey and "Art" directed by Mahabanoo Mody Kotwal and Kaizaad Kotwal.

Sid is currently working on various projects and divides his time between Mumbai, Goa and London.^[4]

Filmography

Films

Year	Title	Role	Language	Country	Notes
2006	Offshore	Ajay Tiwari	English	America
2009	Luck by Chance	Sameer	Hindi	India
2009	Straight	Rajat	Hindi	India
2010	Dus Tola	Ravi	Hindi	India
2011	Turning 30	Rishabh Puri	Hindi	India
2012	The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel	Jay	English	United Kingdom
2012	Talk to Me		English	India	Short film
2012	Save Your Legs!	Tusshar Rai	English	Australia
2012	Chaurahen			Indian
2015	The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel	Jay	English	United Kingdom
2017	The Big Fat City	Puneet	Hindi	India
2020	Hacked	Om Kapoor	Hindi	Indian	[5][6][7]
2019	377 AbNormal	Keshav	Hindi	India	A ZEE5 Original film[8][9][10]
2021	Corvid's Head	Harmesh	English, Hindi	United Kingdom, India

Web series

Year	Title	Role	Platform	Notes
2017	Sense8	Ajay	Netflix	Season 2[11][12]
2017	Rain	Abhay	YouTube	[13]
2017	Spotlight	Romesh	VIU	[14][15]
2019	Made in Heaven	Bilal	Amazon Video
2019	Faceless		JioCinema	[16]
2020	State of Siege: 26/11	Sontosh Dutta	ZEE5	[17]
2021	Six	Kashish Sura	Disney + Hotstar	[18]
2022	Barun Rai and the House on the Cliff
2024	Raisinghani vs Raisinghani	Akshat Mehra	SonyLIV

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2006	Ghar Ki Lakshmi Betiyaan	Satyakam Kapadia	[19]
2007-2008	Mere Apne	Shankar	[20][21][22]
2008	Kahaani Hamaaray Mahaabhaarat Ki	Arjuna
2014-2015	Dariba Diaries	Mirza Jaan Nawaz	[23][24][3]
2015-2016	Lajwanti	Sunderlal Bharadwaj	[25][26]
2016–2017	Ye Hai Mohabbatein	Vidyut	[27][28]
2022	Dhadkan Zindaggi Kii	Nikhil Sardesai	[29]

Theatre

Title	Role
Zangoora	Zangoora
Where did I Leave my Purdah	Vinay, Suhel and Dushyant
Buddha	Prince Siddhartha / Gautama Buddha
Lift Kara De	Goldy
Art	Serge

References

1. "Sid Makkar". IMDb.
2. "Sid Makkar: With the OTT boom, I am finally getting what I deserve - Times of India". The Times of India. 25 May 2021.
3. "Dariba Diaries". 24 November 2014 – via IMDb.
4. "In Bed With Sid Makkar: I wear perfume to bed, says the actor". Hindustan Times. 9 October 2021.
5. "Vikram Bhatt on having signing Hina Khan as lead actor of Hacked". Outlookindia.com. Retrieved 8 January 2021.
6. "Vikram Bhatt's 'Hacked' starring Hina Khan to release on February 7". Deccan Chronicle. 8 January 2020. Retrieved 8 January 2021.
7. "Sid Makkar joins Hina Khan in Vikram Bhatt's Hacked". Tellychakkar.com. Retrieved 8 January 2021.
8. "377 Ab Normal review: Shashank Arora shines in the Faruk Kabir film". The Indian Express. 22 March 2019. Retrieved 8 January 2021.
9. "Review of Zee5's 377 AB Normal – a half-hearted attempt to dramatize the historic SC ruling". IWMBuzz. 30 March 2019. Retrieved 8 January 2021.
10. "377 Ab Normal movie review: Indian LGBTQ community deserves a better film than this patchy, soulless affair". Firstpost. 26 March 2019. Retrieved 8 January 2021.
11. Rao, +Gayatri T. (30 May 2016). "Actor Sid Makkar Currently Handling a Handful of Projects". A Journalist Reveals. Retrieved 8 January 2021.
12. "'I won't settle for the generic friend role'". Tribuneindia News Service. Retrieved 8 January 2021.
13. "Vikram Bhatt's Rain: Here's a look at the first episode of Sid Makkar, Priya Banerjee's web series". PINKVILLA. 22 June 2017. Retrieved 8 January 2021.
14. Dixit, Prachi (29 April 2017). "Exclusive Interview..वो SUPER स्टार घर पर बैठा है..मैं काम कर रहा हूं..." Filmibeat.com (in Hindi). Retrieved 8 January 2021.
15. "Tridha Choudhury is all set to make her comeback - Times of India". The Times of India. 24 January 2017. Retrieved 8 January 2021.
16. Rajesh, Author: Srividya (2 January 2019). "Sid Makkar and Purvi Mundada, leads of Vikram Bhatt's series, Faceless". IWMBuzz. Retrieved 8 January 2021. {{cite web}}: |first= has generic name (help)
17. "ZEE5's State of Siege: 26/11 to uncover the untold stories of Mumbai attacks". Mumbai Live. 14 March 2020. Retrieved 8 January 2021.
18. "10 Things To Know About Web Series Six Starring Mandira Bedi". 27 May 2021.
19. "Once experimental shows start getting TRPs,producers will try out new concepts - Times of India". The Times of India. 15 October 2015. Retrieved 8 January 2021.
20. "I want to be like Shankar: Sid Makkar". Tellychakkar.com. Retrieved 8 January 2021.
21. "Sizzler: Sid Makkar". India Today. 22 February 2008. Retrieved 8 January 2021.
22. "Sid is no more single! - Times of India". The Times of India. 26 December 2007. Retrieved 8 January 2021.
23. Coutinho, Natasha (15 December 2014). "With Dariba Diaries, Sid's on the case". DeccanChronicle. Retrieved 8 January 2021.
24. "Dariba Diaries series being telecast on Epic". The Indian Express. 19 December 2014. Retrieved 8 January 2021.
25. coutinho, natasha (18 October 2015). "We share a good chemistry: Sid Makkar". Deccan Chronicle. Retrieved 8 January 2021.
26. "'Lajwanti' is a proper story with a finite end: Sid Makkar on his new show based on partition". The Indian Express. 23 September 2015. Retrieved 8 January 2021.
27. "Ye Hai Mohabbatein: This actor will play the new man in Ishita's life - Times of India". The Times of India. 9 November 2016. Retrieved 8 January 2021.
28. "Yeh Hai Mohabbatein: This is how New Man will come in Ishita's life". news.abplive.com. 11 November 2016. Retrieved 8 January 2021.
29. "Exclusive! I will play a feminist in Dhadkan and I identify with this character: Sid Makkar - Times of India". The Times of India. 14 December 2021.

External links

• Sid Makkar at IMDb