Happy Birthday Ranveer Singh: Here are some career highlights of the maverick star
From playing a young wedding planner in Band Baaja Baaraat to spitting his own rhymes as Gully Boy’s Murad, here are the top career highlights of actor Ranveer Singh
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Ranveer Singh was born in a Sindhi Punjabi family to entrepreneur Jagjit Singh Bhavnani and Anju BhavnaniRanveer Singh is a maternal nephew of actor Anil KapoorAfter finishing a bachelor's degree from Indiana University Bloomington, he returned to India to pursue a film careerRanveer made his Bollywood debut in Yash Raj Film’s Band Baaja Baaraat (2010).Ranveer played Bittoo Sharma, a Delhi University boy who starts a wedding planning business with Shruti (Anushka Sharma)Ranveer won the Filmfare Award for Best Male Debut for Band Baaja BaaraatHis second film, Ladies vs Ricky Bahl, was also directed by Maneesh Sharma and produced by YRFRanveer played a con artist and imposter in Vikramaditya Motwane’s period romance Lootera (2013)While he was initially unsure about the part, he gained confidence after a second reading with MotwaneRanveer’s look in Lootera was supposedly inspired by James Dean and Dev AnandRanveer was paired with Deepika Padukone for the first time in Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s Goliyon Ki Raasleela Ram-Leela (2014).Ranveer played a 70’s-era coal smuggler alongside Arjun Kapoor in Gunday (2014). The film also starred Priyanka ChopraRanveer had a cameo appearance in Finding Fanny (2014)Ranveer played a lapsing assassin in love with Parineeti Chopra in Kill Dill (2014). The film starred Govinda as his mentor and antagonist.In 2015, Ranveer teamed up with Zoya Akhtar for the multi-starrer dysfunctional comedy Dil Dhadakne DoRanveer played Maratha general Peshwa Baji Rao I in Bhansali’s Bajirao Mastani (2015). The film reunited him with Deepika and Priyanka.For his performance as Peshwa Baji Rao, Ranveer picked up a best actor award at the 61st Filmfare Awards.Ranveer starred opposite Vaani Kapoor in Aditya Chopra’s directorial comeback Befikre (2016).Ranveer's character Alauddin Khilji in Padmaavat was at the centre of a nationwide controversy in 2017-2018At the time, Ranveer had said he was “200% with the film and my director Sanjay Leela Bhansali.”Ranveer was widely praised for his performance as Khilji, winning six awardsRanveer married his long-time girlfriend actor Deepika Padukone in November 2018 in ItalyRanveer joined Rohit Shetty’s extended cop universe as Sangram Bhalerao in SimmbaSimmba became Ranveer's second highest-grossing release after PadmaavatIn 2019, Ranveer played an aspiring rapper from Dharavi in Zoya Akhtar’s Gully BoyRanveer rapped for all his tracks in the film, including the hot favourites Apna Time Aayega and Asli Hip HopRanveer launched his independent music label IncInk in 2019Ranveer essays former Indian cricket team captain Kapil Dev in Kabir Khan’s forthcoming ‘83.Ranveer’s also a part of Sooryavanshi, alongside Akshay Kumar and Ajay DevgnRanveer's next film with YRF, Jayeshbhai Jordaar, is about a Gujarati man fighting for gender rights