Ishwak Singh

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Ishwak Singh
Born
New Delhi, India
OccupationActor
Years active2013–present

Ishwak Singh is an Indian actor who appears in Hindi cinema.[1] He made his screen debut with Raanjhanaa (2013) in a small role. From then onwards he was seen in supporting roles in films like Aligarh (2015), Tamasha (2015), Tum Bin II (2016), Veere Di Wedding (2018) and Malaal (2019). He rose to prominence in 2020 with a supporting role in Amazon Prime Video original web series Paatal Lok, which was one of the best web series of 2020. For the latter, he was nominated in the Filmfare OTT Awards for Best Supporting Actor in a Drama Series. The following year, he played a supporting role in Amazon Prime Video original film Unpaused (2020).[2] He will be next seen as Vikram Sarabhai in Sony LIV original web series Rocket Boys.

Career

Singh studied to be an architect, and ventured into acting by joining Asmita Theatre, a theatre group in Delhi.[3] He expanded into films with brief roles in the 2015 films Aligarh and Tamasha and had a bigger role in the romantic drama Tum Bin II.[4][5] He then played a supporting role opposite Sonam Kapoor in the comedy Veere Di Wedding (2018).[6]

In 2020, Singh starred as a young, idealistic cop in the Amazon Prime Video crime thriller series Paatal Lok.[7] Reviewing the series for The Indian Express , Shubhra Gupta labelled him as "impressive".[8] Priyanka Roy of The Telegraph considered him to be "the find of the series".[9]

In the media

In June 2021, Ishwak was ranked at 18th in the list of Top 50 desirable men of 2020 by Delhi Times.[10]

Filmography

Films

Year Title Role Notes Refs.
2013 Raanjhanaa Doctor
2015 Aligarh Arvind Narayan
2015 Tamasha
2016 Mohavalayam Malayalam film [11]
Tum Bin II Harry
2018 Veere Di Wedding Nirmal
2019 Malaal Aditya
2020 Unpaused Chirag Amazon Prime Video film [12]

Web Series

Key
web series that have not yet been released Denotes web series that have not yet been released
Year Title Role Channel Notes Refs.
2020 Paatal Lok Imran Ansari Amazon Prime Video
TBA
Rocket Boys Vikram Sarabhai Sony LIV Filming [13]

Awards & Nominations

Year Award Show Award Show Result Ref.
2020 Filmfare OTT Awards Best Supporting Actor in a Drama Series Paatal Lok Nominated [14]
Critics Choice Awards Best Supporting Actor Nominated
2021 Koimoi Audience Poll Best Supporting Actor in a Drama Series Nominated [15]

References

  1. ↑ Srishti Magan (22 December 2020). "Ishwak Singh Interview with ScoopWhoop". scoopwhoop.com.
  2. ↑ Zeba Khan (23 December 2020). "Ishwak Singh on filming during pandemic for lockdown diaries - Unpaused". WION.
  3. ↑ Kadam, Prachi (28 July 2018). "Ishwak Singh: My first love will always be films". The Indian Express. Retrieved 20 May 2020.
  4. ↑ K Jha, Subhash (22 November 2016). "Ishwak Singh's Tum Bin 2 role kept hush". The Asian Age. Retrieved 20 May 2020.
  5. ↑ Basu, Mohar (19 July 2018). "Ishwak Singh: Men Can Go An Extra Mile For Love". Mid Day. Retrieved 20 May 2020.
  6. ↑ Suri, Rishabh (17 July 2018). "Veere Di Wedding actor Ishwak Singh aka Nirmal: Yes, I am a bit of a mother-lover!". Hindustan Times. Retrieved 20 May 2020.
  7. ↑ Pandey, Devasheesh (17 May 2020). "Paatal Lok is a Case Study About How Society is 'Othering' the Weak and Less Resourceful". News18. Retrieved 20 May 2020.
  8. ↑ Gupta, Shubhra (17 May 2020). "Paatal Lok review: An intelligently written, engrossing series". The Indian Express. Retrieved 20 May 2020.
  9. ↑ Roy, Priyanka (15 May 2020). "Paatal Lok scores as a tightly-knit thriller that powerfully examines the fault lines of pride and prejudice". The Telegraph. Retrieved 20 May 2020.
  10. ↑ TNN (8 June 2021). "Top 50 desirable men of 2020 by Times". Times of India.
  11. ↑ "Mohavalayam". IMDb.
  12. ↑ Chopra, Anupama (18 December 2020). "Unpaused Movie Review". Film Companion. Retrieved 23 December 2020.
  13. ↑ Entertainment Desk (23 June 2021). "Rocket Boys first look is out, Jim Sarbh and Ishwak Singh set to play Homi Bhabha and Vikram Sarabhai". Indian Express.
  14. ↑ "List of the winners of the flyx Filmfare OTT Awards". Filmfare. 19 December 2020.
  15. ↑ Koimoi Team (5 January 2021). "Koimoi Audience Poll for the Best Supporting Actor in a Drama Series". Koimoi.

External links

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