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{{Infobox person<br />
| name = Tanay Chheda<br />
| native_name = <br />
| image = Tanay Chheda (cropped).jpg<br />
| caption = Tanay Chheda in 2011<br />
| birth_name =Tanay Hemant Chheda<br />
| birth_date = {{birth based on age as of date|17|2014|2|27}}<ref name="Abramovitch Bushan 2014"/><br />
| birth_place = [[Mumbai]], Maharashtra, India<br />
| spouse = <br />
| occupation = Actor<br />
| children = <br />
| education= [[Choate Rosemary Hall]]<br />
| years_active = 2006–2011<br />
}}<br />
'''Tanay Hemant Chheda''' is an Indian actor who has appeared in [[Hindi]] films. He is best known for his child performances in the critically acclaimed films ''[[Taare Zameen Par]]'' (2007) and ''[[Slumdog Millionaire]]'' (2008), with the latter earning him the [[Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture]] and a nomination for Best Ensemble at the [[Black Reel Awards of 2008]].<br />
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==Early life==<br />
Chheda is a [[Gujaratis|Gujarati]] [[Jainism in Gujarat|Jain]] with roots in [[Mandvi]], [[Kutch]] who was born in [[Mumbai]], India, where he currently lives.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/ahmedabad/Young-Slumdog-hails-from-Kutch/articleshow/4039554.cms|title=Young 'Slumdog' hails from Kutch|first=Ankur|last=Jain|publisher=[[Times of India]]|location=[[Ahmedabad]]|date=28 January 2009|access-date=4 March 2018|archive-date=4 March 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180304174019/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/ahmedabad/Young-Slumdog-hails-from-Kutch/articleshow/4039554.cms|url-status=live}}</ref> He attended the [[Choate Rosemary Hall]] in Wallingford, Connecticut, US.<ref name="Abramovitch Bushan 2014">{{cite web | last=Abramovitch | first=Seth | last2=Bushan | first2=Nyay | title='Slumdog Millionaire' Kids Reunite, Five Years Later: How They're Doing | website=The Hollywood Reporter | date=27 February 2014 | url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/slumdog-millionaire-kids-reunite-five-683120 | accessdate=16 October 2016 | archive-date=19 October 2016 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161019023932/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/slumdog-millionaire-kids-reunite-five-683120 | url-status=live }}</ref><br />
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==Film career==<br />
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He was first seen in the movie ''[[Don: The Chase Begins Again|Don]]'' in 2006. He has the critically acclaimed ''[[Taare Zameen Par (Like Stars on Earth)]]'' in 2007 to his name and the award-sweeping ''[[Slumdog Millionaire]]'' in 2008.<br />
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In ''Don'', he played the role of Deepu, the son of Jasjit (played by [[Arjun Rampal]]) . In ''Taare Zameen Par'', he played the role of a handicapped child who is an extremely helpful and supportive friend to the protagonist Ishaan (played by [[Darsheel Safary]]). In ''Slumdog Millionaire'', Chheda played the role of [[Jamal Malik (character)|Jamal Malik]], in adolescence, for which he has won the [[Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture]] and received a nomination for Best Ensemble at the [[Black Reel Awards of 2008]].His last appearance in a feature length film was in a German film ''[[Lilly the Witch: The Journey to Mandolan|Hexe Lilli- Journey to Mandolan]]'' (2011).<br />
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==Filmography==<br />
{| border="2" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" style="margin: 1em 1em 1em 0; background: #f9f9f9; border: 1px #aaa solid; border-collapse: collapse" <br />
|- bgcolor="#B0C4DE"<br />
! Year<br />
! Title<br />
! Role<br />
! Notes<br />
|-<br />
|align="center"|2006<br />
| ''[[Don - The Chase Begins Again]]''<br />
| Deepu Ahuja<br />
| <br />
|-<br />
|align="center"|2007<br />
| ''[[Taare Zameen Par (Like Stars on Earth)]]''<br />
| Rajan Damodaran<br />
| <br />
|-<br />
|align="center"|2008<br />
| ''[[Slumdog Millionaire]]''<br />
| [[Jamal Malik (character)|Teenage Jamal Malik]] ||<br />
|-<br />
|-<br />
|align="center"|2010<br />
| ''[[My Name is Khan]]''<br />
| Younger Rizwan Khan<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
|align="center"|2011<br />
| ''[[Lilly the Witch: The Journey to Mandolan]]''<br />
| Musa<br />
| <br />
|}<br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
* {{IMDb name|2540053}}<br />
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[[Category:1990s births]]<br />
[[Category:Living people]]<br />
[[Category:21st-century Indian male child actors]]<br />
[[Category:Indian male film actors]]<br />
[[Category:Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture Screen Actors Guild Award winners]]<br />
[[Category:21st-century Indian male actors]]<br />
[[Category:Gujarati people]]<br />
[[Category:Kutchi people]]<br />
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