Sidharth Malhotra

Sidharth Malhotra is a Bollywood actor who made his debut with Karan Johar's Student Of The Year, co-starring newcomers Alia Bhatt and Varun Dhawan. However, before starting his acting career, Malhotra was a successful model. After a brief modeling stint, he, along with Varun Dhawan, assisted director Karan Johar on My Name Is Khan in 2010, which is when he was spotted by Johar who then offered him a role in Student Of The Year. He is best remembered for his work in Ek Villain and Hasee Toh Phasee.

The actor has been called The Most Beautiful Man by Vogue magazine in 2014, and also made it to Times of India's list of Most Desirable Men two consecutive times. Apart from acting, Malhotra is also an active PETA activist and spreads awareness about dogs.

EARLY LIFE


Sidharth Malhotra is a Bollywood actor who made his debut with Karan Johar's Student Of The Year, co-starring newcomers Alia Bhatt and Varun Dhawan. However, before starting his acting career, Malhotra was a successful model. After a brief modeling stint, he, along with Varun Dhawan, assisted director Karan Johar on My Name Is Khan in 2010, which is when he was spotted by Johar who then offered him a role in Student Of The Year. He is best remembered for his work in Ek Villain and Hasee Toh Phasee.

The actor has been called The Most Beautiful Man by Vogue magazine in 2014, and also made it to Times of India's list of Most Desirable Men two consecutive times. Apart from acting, Malhotra is also an active PETA activist and spreads awareness about dogs.

EARLY LIFE
Sidharth Malhotra was born to a Punjabi family 16th January 1985, in Delhi. His father, Sunil, is a former Indian Merchant Navy employee, while his mother, Rimma, is a housewife. He also has an elder brother, Harshad Malhotra, who works in the banking industry. Sidharth completed his schooling from Delhi's Don Bosco School and Birla Vidya Niketan, and later went on to pursue his higher studies from Bhagat Singh College. During his college days, Malhotra started taking up modeling assignments into order to earn some extra money. Soon, he was spotted by a model coordinator after which he took up modeling as a full-time career. The actor won the Mr. Gujarat pageant in 2007, he was the second runner up in the Gladrags Mega-model and Manhunt 2007, and was also declared Gladrags Face of the Year 2009.

After winning few beauty pageants, Sidharth started modeling for big brands and has walked the ramp for famous designers including Roberto Cavalli. He traveled to a lot to places including New York, Milan and Paris to walk at various fashion shows. He received a few movie offers, and one of his contracts was with Adlabs for a project headed by director Anubhav Sinha, however, the film was shelved.

PERSONAL LIFE

Sidharth was in a relationship with a South African model Natalie till he was shooting for his first film, after which the couple broke-up. He then dated Izabelle Leite, a Brazilian model. The actor is allegedly in a relationship with his Student Of The Year co-star Alia Bhatt.