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Aham Sharma (born 22 July 1989) is an Indian actor from
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. Best known for his work in
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, he has also featured in several
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films including '' 1962 My Country Land'' which premiered at Marche du Film of the 69th
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. Sharma's most recognizable TV roles include
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in ''
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'' (2013–2014), Rishabh Srivastava in ''
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'' (2016–2017) and Vikramaditya in ''
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'' (2018–2019).


Career


Early career (2008–2013)

In 2008, Sharma began his acting career in Hindi television. He signed the lead role of Rehaan, a
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young man of aristocratic lineage who was sent to
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in childhood by his over protective mother before returning to his hometown Lucknow after growing up, in Gul Khan's production debut '' Chand Ke Paar Chalo'' for
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that co-starred
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and Zalak Thakker. It failed to gain good ratings, ending just after 80 episodes in February 2009. In 2009, Sharma made his
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debut with the release of his first movie, the suspense crime thriller ''
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''. Sharma achieved three projects in 2010. Firstly he teamed up with producer
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for the first time in ''
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'' for
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as Nirbhay Pundir. Next he appeared as Anil and Amit respectively in two different episodes of Fireworks Productions's horror
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anthology ''
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'' on
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. In his final work of the year, he did a cameo as the strong Aditya Ahlawat, an aspiring politician in the crime drama ''
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'' on
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produced by Undercover Productions Ltd. Sharma's first project of 2013 was an episodic part in the scary horror series '' Fear Files: Darr Ki Sacchi Tasvirein'' with
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. Consecutively he bagged two episodics in Fireworks Productions's popular police procedural television series ''
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''. In May 2013, he found a villainous role for the first time in his career in Firefly Productions's crime detective supernatural series ''
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'' on
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as
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Dr. Ajay/Vidyut - The Flash Man, an antagonist with superpowers.


Breakthrough via ''Mahabharat'' and beyond (2013–present)

Sharma had his break through in 2013 with ''
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'' TV series on
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, based on the Hindu epic of the same name, in which he performed as warrior
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. It co-starred
Shaheer Sheikh Shaheer Nawaz Sheikh (born 26 March 1984) is an Indian actor who primarily works in Hindi television. In 2009, he made his acting debut with ''Kya Mast Hai Life'' portraying Veer Mehra. He portrayed Anant Bajpai in '' Navya..Naye Dhadkan Naye S ...
, Pooja Sharma,
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among others. His acting gained him the Indian Telly Award for Best Supporting Actor award. In 2014, Sharma essayed Jass in the romantic drama film ''
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''. It was a box office disaster. In early-2015, he was finalised as the main lead for Swastik Productions's new project '' Dosti... Yaariyan... Manmarziyan'', a television show on
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. He portrayed the role of Arjun Mehra, a man with a hidden motif having various shades of constantly striving between good and bad in himself. Sharma began 2016 in '' 1962 My Country Land'', a period film about the Indo-China War, featuring him as an Army Lance Naik who gets responsibility for mapping along the Indo-China border. In August 2016, he reteamed with Kapoor for the supernatural show ''
Brahmarakshas ''Brahmarakshas '' is an Indian Hindi-language supernatural thriller television series broadcast on Zee TV and digitally available on ZEE5. Spanning two seasons, it is a franchise produced by Ekta Kapoor under her studio Balaji Telefilms. The ...
'' on
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wherein he enacted the character of Rishabh Srivastava, the main protagonist opposite
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. Being a finite series, it culminated in February 2017.


Media

In 2014, Sharma was rated 26th in the 11th edition of ''50 Sexiest Asian Men in The World'' by the British weekly newspaper ''
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''.


Filmography


Films


Television


Awards


See also

*
List of Indian television actors This is an alphabetical list of notable male Indian television actors. * List of Hindi actors List of regional language actors ; Bengali ; Tamil ;Telugu ; Kannada ; Marathi ; Malayalam See also * List of Indian television actr ...


References


External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Sharma, Aham 21st-century Indian male actors Living people Indian male film actors Indian male television actors Male actors from Bihar People from Bihar 1989 births