Siddhant Chaturvedi

Siddhant Chaturvedi (born 29 April 1993) is an Indian film actor. He starred as a teenage cricketer in the Prime Video web series Inside Edge from 2017 to 2019 and ventured into Bollywood films with the supporting role of a street rapper in the musical drama Gully Boy (2019). For the latter, he won the Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actor.

Early life
Chaturvedi was born on 29 April 1993 in Ballia, Uttar Pradesh and moved to Mumbai when he was five years old. His father is a chartered accountant and his mother is a homemaker. He attended Narsee Monjee College in Mumbai and initially aspired to be a chartered accountant (CA), while acting on stage as a hobby. While pursuing his CA articleship, he became disillusioned and took some time off, during which he participated in and won The Times of India Fresh Face Contest in 2013.

Early career and appreciative film debut (2016–19)
In 2016, Chaturvedi appeared in the web television sitcom Life Sahi Hai, about four male roommates. Next year, he began starring as Prashant Kanaujia, a teenage cricketer, in the Prime Video web series Inside Edge, which was inspired by the Indian Premier League. Reviewing the first season for Scroll.in, Devarsi Ghosh considered Chaturvedi and his co-star Tanuj Virwani to be the show's "two big acting discoveries". He later reprised his role for the second season in 2019.

At a success party of Inside Edge, filmmaker Zoya Akhtar, whose brother Farhan Akhtar produced the show, spotted and asked Chaturvedi to give audition for her next directorial Gully Boy (2019), which marked his film debut and proved to be his breakout role. Starring Ranveer Singh and Alia Bhatt, the film saw Chaturvedi play the supporting role of a street rapper named MC Sher, who fuels the ambitions of Singh's titular character. Jay Weissberg of Variety found Chaturvedi to be "impressive" in his part, and Rajeev Masand commended his "charming presence". At the annual Filmfare Awards ceremony, he was awarded with the Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actor in addition to a nomination for Best Male Debut.

Continued work in film (2020)
Chaturvedi has wrapped up Yash Raj Films's 2021 comedy Bunty Aur Babli 2 co-starring Rani Mukerji, Saif Ali Khan and Sharvari Wagh. He is currently busy in shooting of Shakun Batra's next untitled romantic drama, in which he plays lead role opposite Deepika Padukone and Ananya Panday. He has also signed the horror comedy film Phone Bhoot where he will be seen with Katrina Kaif and Ishaan Khatter.