Siddharth Nigam

Siddharth Nigam
Born Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh, India
Residence Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Nationality Indian
Occupation Actor, Gymnast
Years active 2011–present

Siddharth Nigam is an Indian teen actor, who works in Indian television and films and is known for his roles in the film Dhoom 3 (2013) and historical drama television show Chakravartin Ashoka Samrat where he played young emperor Ashoka.[1]

Life and career

Nigam was born and brought up in Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh on c.2000.[2][3] He completed his tenth class studies at Khelgaon Public School, where he practiced for gymnastics.[2] Later he moved to Mumbai from Allahabad.[3] Nigam has won a gold medal in parallel bar and a silver medal in high bar at 58th National School Games, Pune .[4] He has an elder brother and his mother runs an NGO and a beauty parlour.[4][5]

Nigam began his career as a gymnast. He was selected on the national-level gymnastics, where he won a gold medal.[6] Then he started his acting career in 2011 by appearing in Bournvita advertisement.[6] After watching him in advertisement, the makers of film Dhoom 3 called him for an audition to play the younger version of Aamir Khan's character.[7] The film directed by Vijay Krishna Acharya, and it was released on 20 December 2013.[8] Taran Adarsh of the entertainment portal Bollywood Hungama reviewed, "Siddharth Nigam is a talent to watch out for. He's superb!"[9] Writing for India Today Suhani Singh said, "He lights up the screen with his self-assured performance and charming presence."[10]

After his successful debut in film, he entered on a small screen with the main lead in mythological drama series Maha Kumbh: Ek Rahasaya, Ek Kahani, where he played the pivotal role of young Rudra, born with extraordinary powers.[11] The show aired on 15 December 2014 on Life Ok television.[12][13]

In February 2015, Nigam played the pivotal role in the historical drama series Chakravartin Ashoka Samrat, in which he is playing along with an ensemble cast including Sameer Dharmadhikari, Pallavi Subhash, Manoj Joshi, Sumit Kaul, Ankita Sharma and Tunisha Sharma plays the lead role of young emperor Ashoka.[14][15] For his performance in the series, he received fame and critical acclaim, and won Zee Gold Award for Best Actor Debut - Male,Television Style Awards for Most Stylish Debut - Male,[16] Lions Gold Awards and Indian Telly Awards for Best Child Actor - male, Indian Television Academy Award 2015 for Desh Ka Ladla.[17][18] In 2016 he won Golden Petal Awards for Favourite Child Actor.

On 15 February 2015, Nigam appeared as a guest in special Mahashivratri episode on K9 Productions comedy/talk series Comedy Nights with Kapil.[19]

Filmography

Year Title Character
Films
2013 Dhoom 3 young Sahir / Samar[lower-alpha 1]
Television shows
2014 Maha Kumbh: Ek Rahasaya, Ek Kahani young Rudra
2015–16 Chakravartin Ashoka Samrat young emperor Ashoka/Agradoot[lower-alpha 2]
2016 Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa 9 Contestant

Awards and nominations

Year Recipient Category Nominated work Result
2015 Indian Television Academy Awards Most Promising Child Star
(Desh Ka Ladla)		 Chakravartin Ashoka Samrat Won[17][22]
2015 Zee Gold Awards Best Actor Debut - Male Chakravartin Ashoka Samrat Won[18]
2015 Lions Gold Awards Best Child Actor - Male Chakravartin Ashoka Samrat Won[23]
2015 Television Style Awards Most Stylish Debut Chakravartin Ashoka Samrat Won[16]
2015 Indian Telly Awards Best Child Actor(Male) Chakravartin Ashoka Samrat Won[24]
2016 Golden Petal Awards Favourite Child Actor Chakravartin Ashoka Samrat Won[25]

Notes

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Nigam played dual roles in the film.[20]
  2. ↑ Nigam played a single character who has two different names.[21]

References

  1. ↑ "Siddharth Nigam aka Ashoka finalised; Yuvika Chaudhary approached for Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa".
  2. 1 2 "Meet junior Aamir Khan of 'Dhoom 3'". The Indian Express. 2013-12-31. Retrieved 2015-10-16.
  3. 1 2 "Siddharth Nigam: I feel I resemble Emperor Ashoka". The Times of India. 2015-02-04. Retrieved 2015-10-16.
  4. 1 2 Lipika Varma (13 October 2015). "An Olympic medal is all I want, says Siddharth Nigam". Deccan Chronicle. Retrieved 2015-10-16.
  5. ↑ "Television stars share their special Mother's Day messages". Deccan Chronicle. 2015-05-09. Retrieved 2015-10-16.
  6. 1 2 Lakshmi, K. (18 October 2015). "No sabhas? Well, there is always television". The Hindu. Retrieved 29 October 2015.
  7. ↑ Varma, Lipika (11 October 2015). "An Olympic medalis all I want: Siddharth Nigam". The Asian Age. Retrieved 29 October 2015.
  8. ↑ Subhash K Jha (27 December 2013). "Meet the young Aamir Khan in Dhoom 3". Rediff.com. Retrieved 29 October 2015.
  9. ↑ Adarsh, Taran (20 December 2013). "Dhoom 3". Bollywood Hungama. Retrieved 29 October 2015.
  10. ↑ Singh, Suhani (20 December 2013). "Movie review: Dhoom 3 on par with Hollywood's action flicks". India Today. Retrieved 29 October 2015.
  11. ↑ "Lost & found". The Tribune (Chandigarh). 2014-12-15. Retrieved 2015-10-16.
  12. ↑ Natasha Coutinho (2014-11-25). "Young Siddharth Nigam is fearless". Deccan Chronicle. Retrieved 2015-10-16.
  13. ↑ ""I am sure it will be a game-changer," says Gautam Rode about ' Maha Kumbh'". Deccan Chronicle. 2014-12-14. Retrieved 2015-10-16.
  14. ↑ "Siddharth Nigam, Sumit Kaul and Pallavi Subhash roped in for Ashoka". The Indian Express. 2014-12-19. Retrieved 2015-10-16.
  15. ↑ Srabanti Chakrabarti (1 March 2015). "Simulating regality". Deccan Herald. Retrieved 2015-10-16.
  16. 1 2 "Siddharth Nigam receives the 'Most Stylish Debut'". The Times of India. 2015-03-23. Retrieved 2015-10-16.
  17. 1 2 Prarthna Sarkar (2015-09-07). "ITA Awards 2015 Complete Winners List: Karan Patel, Shakti Arora, Radhika Madan, Anita Hassanandani and Others Win Big". International Business Times. Retrieved 2015-10-16.
  18. 1 2 Prarthna Sarkar (2015-06-22). "Zee Gold Awards 2015 Highlights, Complete Winners' List: 'Yeh Hai Mohabbatein' Bags Most Honours; Karan-Divyanka's Romance Steals the Show". International Business Times. Retrieved 2015-10-16.
  19. ↑ Anu James (2015-02-13). "'Comedy Nights with Kapil': Colors TV Celebs Grace Special Mahashivratri Episode". International Business Times. Retrieved 2015-10-16.
  20. ↑ "Twinkle twinkle little star". The Tribune (Chandigarh). 2015-06-03. Retrieved 2015-10-16.
  21. ↑ "Chakravartin Ashoka Samrat Serial Episode On Colors". The Times of India. Retrieved 30 October 2015.
  22. ↑ "The Indian Television Academy Awards 2015 winners". The Indian Television Academy Awards. 2015-09-06. Retrieved 2015-10-19.
  23. ↑ "22nd Lions Gold Awards: Naagin Adaa Khan, Mona Iqbal Bag Awards List Pic". filmibeat.com.
  24. ↑ "Indian Telly Awards 2015: Karan Patel, Kapil Sharma winners". Times of India.
  25. ↑ "Golden Petal Awards 2016 winners: Varun Kapoor, Helly Shah, Mouni Roy, Sudha Chandran take home trophies". International Business Times.
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