Ali Merchant is an Indian
Actor,
anchor,
DJ and
music producer.
Merchant has appeared in over
35 Television shows including Fiction and Non-fiction on all prime channels like ''
Colors,
MTV
MTV (Originally an initialism of Music Television) is an American cable channel that launched on August 1, 1981. Based in New York City, it serves as the flagship property of the MTV Entertainment Group, part of Paramount Media Networks, a di ...
,
Star Plus
StarPlus is an Indian Hindi language general entertainment pay television channel owned by Disney Star (formerly ''Star India''), a subsidiary of The Walt Disney Company India. The network's programming consists of family dramas, comedies, ...
,
Life Ok
Life OK was an Indian pay television channel owned by Star India. It was launched on 18 December 2011 replacing Star One.
It also started airing in the United States on 1 March 2012, and in the United Kingdom and Ireland on 28 May of that same ...
,
Sony TV,
Zee TV
Zee TV (stylised as ZEE TV) is a Hindi general entertainment pay television channel in India. It was launched on 2 October 1992, as the first privately owned TV channel in the country. It is owned by Zee Entertainment Enterprises. Zee TV also ...
,
Channel V''. He has also anchored Non-Fiction shows on
Star Plus
StarPlus is an Indian Hindi language general entertainment pay television channel owned by Disney Star (formerly ''Star India''), a subsidiary of The Walt Disney Company India. The network's programming consists of family dramas, comedies, ...
like
''Nachbaliye'' special episodes and as a Solo host for
''Gladrags Mega Model and Manhunt'' for 3 consecutive seasons on Channel V.
He is also a musician having various official remixes on music labels like ''
T-series,
Zee Music and
Speed records
A speed record is a world record for speed by a person, animal, or vehicle. The function of speed record is to record the speed of moving animate objects such as humans, animals or vehicles.
Overall speed record
Overall speed record is the recor ...
''.
Career
At the age of 17, Merchant won the ''Mr. Bombay'' title. He has 2 albums in his credits in the start of his career such as Tabaahi on
Speed Records
A speed record is a world record for speed by a person, animal, or vehicle. The function of speed record is to record the speed of moving animate objects such as humans, animals or vehicles.
Overall speed record
Overall speed record is the recor ...
and Kadak on Ali Merchant (independent channel)
Merchant has appeared in over 35
television shows, including fiction and non-fiction on all prime channels like ''
Colors,
MTV
MTV (Originally an initialism of Music Television) is an American cable channel that launched on August 1, 1981. Based in New York City, it serves as the flagship property of the MTV Entertainment Group, part of Paramount Media Networks, a di ...
,
Star Plus
StarPlus is an Indian Hindi language general entertainment pay television channel owned by Disney Star (formerly ''Star India''), a subsidiary of The Walt Disney Company India. The network's programming consists of family dramas, comedies, ...
,
Life Ok
Life OK was an Indian pay television channel owned by Star India. It was launched on 18 December 2011 replacing Star One.
It also started airing in the United States on 1 March 2012, and in the United Kingdom and Ireland on 28 May of that same ...
,
Sony TV,
Zee TV
Zee TV (stylised as ZEE TV) is a Hindi general entertainment pay television channel in India. It was launched on 2 October 1992, as the first privately owned TV channel in the country. It is owned by Zee Entertainment Enterprises. Zee TV also ...
,
Channel V''. He has also anchored non-fiction shows on
Star Plus
StarPlus is an Indian Hindi language general entertainment pay television channel owned by Disney Star (formerly ''Star India''), a subsidiary of The Walt Disney Company India. The network's programming consists of family dramas, comedies, ...
like
''Nachbaliye'' special episodes and as a Solo host for
''Gladrags Mega Model and Manhunt'' for 3 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
Muslim
Muslims ( ar, المسلمون, , ) are people who adhere to Islam, a monotheistic religion belonging to the Abrahamic tradition. They consider the Quran, the foundational religious text of Islam, to be the verbatim word of the God of Abrah ...
household in
Mumbai. He was married to TV actress
Sara Khan, in an
Islamic wedding ceremony at ''
Bigg Boss 4
''Bigg Boss 4'' is the fourth season of Indian reality TV show ''Bigg Boss'', which aired on Colors TV from 3 October 2010. This season was longer than its predecessor, ''Bigg Boss 3'' and lasted for 14 weeks (97 days) ending on 8 January 2011. ...
'' 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. After the divorce she called the marriage a nightmare. Merchant said in an episode of the reality show
Sach Ka Saamna
''Sacch Ka Saamna'' (English: '' Face Off with Truth '' ) is an Indian reality television which aired on STAR Plus from 15 July 2009. The second season of the series premiered on 18 December 2011 on Life OK. Both seasons were hosted by Rajeev Kh ...
that he had married for publicity and that marrying Khan was the biggest mistake of his life.
Television
Albums
He has 2 albums each year :
* Tabaahi on
Speed Records
A speed record is a world record for speed by a person, animal, or vehicle. The function of speed record is to record the speed of moving animate objects such as humans, animals or vehicles.
Overall speed record
Overall speed record is the recor ...
* Kadak on Ali Merchant (independent channel)
- Best trending
DJ by Celeb M
awards 2019
Single remixes
* Gulabo (
Zee Music)
* Aao Raja (
Zee Music)
* Bad Boys Mashup (
T-Series).
Events
* March 2020 :
⁃
Sunburn Holi shared stage with
Vini Vici and
Ritviz
Vishal 'Ritviz' Srivastava (born 24 July 1996) is an Indian singer-songwriter, electronic musician and record producer from Pune,Maharashtra, India. He is known for his song "Udd Gaye" featured on A.I.B.'s official YouTube channel after beco ...
* Feb 2020 :
⁃ Bollyboom 2020 shared stage with
Diljit Dosanjh.
* Jan 2020 and Sept 2019 :
⁃ Headlined on 1 Night for India’s 1st 3Nights
Luxury cruise
Luxury may refer to:
*Luxury goods, an economic good or service for which demand increases more than proportionally as income rises
*Luxury tax, tax on products not considered essential, such as expensive cars
**Luxury tax (sports), surcharge put ...
festival at
Jalesh cruises .
* New Years eve 2020
⁃ Performed for 3000
Indian Army Colonel, Major and Generals and their family members.
* Nov 2019 ( Coca-Cola Arena - Dubai)
⁃ Opened the DaBang
Concert at Coca-Cola arena for ''
Bollywood Actors like
Salman Khan,
Katrina Kaif,
Daisy Shah,
Jacqueline Fernandez,
Prabhu Deva,
Guru Randhawa'' and others .
* Aug/ Sept 2019 :
⁃ Ali Merchant Kadak album India Club Tour. (7cities)
* June/ July / AuG 2019 :
⁃
Bollywood Arena : Shared stage with
Guru Randhawa for 5 cities
* March 2019 :
⁃ Sunburn Holi : Shared stage with
DJ Snake .
⁃ Headlined Bollyboom Holi 2019
* Sept/Oct 2018 : (India Tour)
⁃ Bollyboom Ali Merchant
India club tour ( 5 Cities)
* May - October : (India tour w/ other artist)
⁃ Shared stage with
Guru Randhawa for 7 Cities
* March 2018 :
⁃ Headlines Bollyboom
holi (BKC - Grounds)
References
External links
*
*
{{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
Bigg Boss (Hindi TV series) contestants
1984 births