Tanay Chheda

Tanay Chheda
Tanay Chheda
	Tanay Chheda in 2011
Born	Tanay Hemant Chheda; 1996/1997 (age 26–27); Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Education	Choate Rosemary Hall
Occupation	Actor
Years active	2006–2011

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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.

Early life[edit]

Chheda is a Gujarati Jain with roots in Mandvi, Kutch who was born in Mumbai, India, where he currently lives.^[2] He attended the Choate Rosemary Hall in Wallingford, Connecticut, US.^[1]

Film career[edit]

He was first seen in the movie 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.

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, 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 Hexe Lilli- Journey to Mandolan (2011).

Filmography[edit]

Year	Title	Role
2006	Don - The Chase Begins Again	Deepu Ahuja
2007	Taare Zameen Par (Like Stars on Earth)	Rajan Damodaran
2008	Slumdog Millionaire	Teenage Jamal Malik
2010	My Name is Khan	Younger Rizwan Khan
2011	Lilly the Witch: The Journey to Mandolan	Musa

References[edit]

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Abramovitch, Seth; Bushan, Nyay (27 February 2014). "'Slumdog Millionaire' Kids Reunite, Five Years Later: How They're Doing". The Hollywood Reporter. Archived from the original on 19 October 2016. Retrieved 16 October 2016.
↑ Jain, Ankur (28 January 2009). "Young 'Slumdog' hails from Kutch". Ahmedabad: Times of India. Archived from the original on 4 March 2018. Retrieved 4 March 2018.

External links[edit]

Tanay Chheda on IMDb

[Abramovitch_Bushan_2014-1] 1.0 ^1.1 Abramovitch, Seth; Bushan, Nyay (27 February 2014). "'Slumdog Millionaire' Kids Reunite, Five Years Later: How They're Doing". The Hollywood Reporter. Archived from the original on 19 October 2016. Retrieved 16 October 2016.

[2] Jain, Ankur (28 January 2009). "Young 'Slumdog' hails from Kutch". Ahmedabad: Times of India. Archived from the original on 4 March 2018. Retrieved 4 March 2018.

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