Ali Merchant is an Indian

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, DJ and

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. Merchant has appeared in over 35 Television shows including Fiction and Non-fiction on all prime channels like ''

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, Sony TV,

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''. He has also anchored Non-Fiction shows on

like ''Nachbaliye'' special episodes and as a Solo host for ''Gladrags Mega Model and Manhunt'' for three consecutive seasons on Channel V. He is also a musician having various official remixes on music labels like '' T-series,

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and Speed records''.

Career

At the age of 17, Merchant won the ''Mr. Bombay'' title. He has two albums in his credits in the start of his career such as Tabaahi on Speed Records and Kadak on Ali Merchant (independent channel) Merchant has appeared in over 35

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s, including fiction and non-fiction on all prime channels like ''

, Sony TV,

''. He has also anchored non-fiction shows on

like ''Nachbaliye'' special episodes and as a Solo host for ''Gladrags Mega Model and Manhunt'' for three consecutive seasons on Channel V. Ali has always been loved by his fans for his cool personality and spunky look.

Personal life

Merchant grew up in a

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household in

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. He was married to TV actress Sara Khan, in an Islamic wedding ceremony at '' Bigg Boss 4'' in 2010, but they divorced after two months in 2011. Close friends of the couple stated that the couple was paid for the marriage. The Colors channel denied that it had paid them for the marriage and called it their personal wish. Following the divorce, Khan described the marriage as a nightmare. Merchant said in an episode of the reality show Sach Ka Saamna that he had married Khan for publicity and that marrying her was the biggest mistake of his life. In November 2023, He ties the knot with girlfriend Andleeb Zaidi.

Television

Albums

He has two albums each year: * Tabaahi on Speed Records * Kadak on Ali Merchant (independent channel) - Best trending DJ by Celeb M

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s 2019 Single remixes * Gulabo (

) * Aao Raja (

) * Bad Boys Mashup ( T-Series).

Events

* March 2020 **

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shared stage with Vini Vici and Ritviz * Feb 2020 ** Bollyboom 2020 shared stage with

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. * September 2019 and January 2020 ** Headlined on one night for India's first 3Nights Luxury cruise festival at Jalesh cruises. * New Year's Eve 2020 ** Performed for 3000

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officers and their family members. * Nov 2019 (Coca-Cola Arena - Dubai) ** Opened the DaBang

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at Coca-Cola arena for '' Bollywood Actors like

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, Daisy Shah, Jacqueline Fernandez,

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'' and others. * August and September 2019 ** Ali Merchant Kadak album India Club Tour. (Seven cities) * June through August 2019 **

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Arena: Shared stage with

for five cities * March 2019 **Sunburn Holi Shared stage with

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. **Headlined Bollyboom Holi 2019 * September and October 2018 (Indian Tour) **Bollyboom Ali Merchant

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club tour (five cities) * May through October 2018 (India tour with other artist) **Shared stage with

for seven cities * March 2018 : **Headlines Bollyboom

holi Holi () is a major Hindu festival celebrated as the Festival of Colours, Love and Spring.The New Oxford Dictionary of English (1998) p. 874 "Holi /'həʊli:/ noun a Hindu spring festival ...".Yudit Greenberg, Encyclopedia of Love in World ...

(BKC - Grounds)

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Merchant, Ali Living people Male actors from Mumbai Indian male television actors Indian male soap opera actors Male actors in Hindi television 21st-century Indian male actors 1984 births