Nikhil Dwivedi

Nikhil Dwivedi (born 25 November 1978) is an Indian actor. He has appeared in five films, making his debut with My Name is Anthony Gonsalves for which he was nominated for the Filmfare Best Male Debut award.

Early life
Nikhil Dwivedi was born in a middle-class family in Kanpur. He worked for American Express Bank and worked for AEB before moving on to work for a consumer electronics shop. However, he gave up all of this to pursue acting in films. -

Film career
His first major role was as the title role in My Name is Anthony Gonsalves in 2008, which was directed by E. Niwas and co-produced by Shahrukh Khan's Red Chillies production house. He went on to secure the role of Lakshman in Mani Ratnam's Raavan that also starred Abhishek Bachchan and Aishwarya Rai-Bachchan. His third film was Shor in the City, where he played the role of Ramesh alongside Tusshar Kapoor in the Balaji Telefilms production. Dwivedi's fourth venture "Hate Story" directed by Vivek Agnihotri has been hailed as a flop. His fifth film wasTamanchey in which he co-starred with Richa Chadda. He went on to produce the 2018 film Veere Di Wedding. In 2019 he produced the hit Dabangg 3 with Salman Khan.

Personal life
Dwivedi married model and actress Gauri Pandit in early 2011 at a small ceremony.