Jaideep Ahlawat


Jaideep Ahlawat is an Indian actor best known for playing police inspector Hathiram Chaudhary, the lead role in the widely acclaimed Amazon Prime web series Paatal Lok.. He also appeared in the Bollywood film Raees produced by Shah Rukh Khan and Khatta Meetha, produced by Akshay Kumar; he first rose to prominence in the role of Nawab in Raees, Shahid Khan in Anurag Kashyap's Gangs of Wasseypur and as AK 74 in the movie .

Early life and education

Jaideep was born in Kharkara village in Rohtak district of Haryana state. He attended Jat H.M. college in Rohtak. After completing Graduation Jaideep did MA in English from MDU,Rohtak in year 2005. He completed his acting graduation from FTII in 2008.

Career

Jaideep did theatre at a young age but wanted to be an Indian Army officer. However, after not clearing his SSB interviews, multiple times, he ventured into acting. He used to do stage shows in Punjab and Haryana. He started to take acting seriously only after his graduation. He entered the film-world the hard way, without any godfather. In 2008, Ahlawat came to Mumbai.
He was first noticed in a negative character in Priyadarshan's Khatta Meetha. In the same year he appeared in Aakrosh with Ajay Devgn. Thereafter he did more films including Anurag Kashyap's Gangs of Wasseypur and Kamal Hasan's Vishwaroopam. He was also seen in the series Bard of Blood.
He will be playing a negative character in an upcoming film, Khaali Peeli.

Filmography

Films

Web series