Ranveer Singh

In January 2010, Ranveer Singh was called for an audition by Shanoo Sharma who is the head of the casting division of Yash Raj Films. The audition proved to be impressive and he was selected by Aditya Chopra to do the lead role in their film Band Baaja Baraat with Anushka Sharma. His role was of Bittoo Sharma the hero of the film as a typical Delhi boy. The film was a sleeper hit and Bittoo’s role that he played was praised as a perfect one for Ranveer. The film not only was a superhit but also did extremely well at the Box Office with an earning of approximately 214 million( US$3.2 million) and he won his first award of Best Male Debut at the 56th Filmfare Awards. Following Band Baaja Baraat, Ranveer Singh was signed for the film Ladies vs Ricky Bahl a romantic comedy film produced by Chopra. He plays the role of a conman who cons girls for a living. The film once again co-starred with Anushka Sharma and Parineeti Chopra, Dipannita Sharma and Aditi Sharma. The role was much of a character with different avatars in the film that kept the audience glued to the film and this film was once again a commercial success with an average earning of 370 million(US$ 5.5 million) Success comes his way from 2013 Ranveer Singh’s next film released was Lootera in 2013, directed by Vikramaditya Motwane co-starring Sonakshi Sinha. The film was critically acclaimed and left a lasting impression for his performance though the film did quite poorly at the box office. Following Lootera, he starred opposite Deepika Padukone in Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s blockbuster film Goliyon Ki Raasleela Ram-Leela, an adaptation of William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet. Bhansali was impressed seeing his acting in Band Baaja Baraat and had offered this role keeping him in mind. His role in the film was much appreciated and the film went on to perform well at the Box office as the film emerged as one of Ranveer Singh’s biggest commercial successes with a grossing revenue of 2.02 Billion (US 30 million). He received several nominations including that of a Best Actor Award as well. In 2014, Ranveer Singh starred as a Bengali Criminal in Gunday along with Arjun Kapoor, Priyanka Chopra and Irrfan Khan, a film by Ali Abbas Zafar. The film proved to be once again a success at the box office garnering 1 billion (US$ 15 million). In Kill Dil opposite Parineeti Chopra, Ranveer Singh acted as a gangster and was a crime drama film that did not do well and was an unsuccessful film that received a lot of negative reviews. Next was Zoya Akhtar’s ensemble comedy and family drama Dil Dhadakne Do in 2015 with Anil Kapoor Shefali Chaya, Anushka Sharma, and Priyanka Chopra. The film did fairly well through its role as a dysfunctional Punjabi boy and the role of the younger sibling to Priyanka Chopra in the film with a twist to comic timing. In the same year, Ranveer Singh once again collaborated with Sanjay Leela Bhansali for his film Bajirao Mastani opposite his lady love Deepika Padukone and Priyanka Chopra. In this film, he portrays the role of Bajirao for which he had to shave his head. In this film, Ranveer Singh is said to have acted with grace with the attire of a golfer lehnga clad. He won the Filmfare Award for Best Actor. In 2016, He once again appeared in Aditya Chopra’s romance film Before opposite Vani Kapoor. The film is about a Delhi boy set in Paris. The film opened to a positive response for his role as Dharam Gulati and Ranveer is currently working on a film once again with Sanjay Leela Bhansali for his forthcoming film Padmavati with Shahid Kapoor and Deepika Padukone.