Shalin Bhanot (born 15 November 1983) is an Indian actor who works in
Hindi
Modern Standard Hindi (, ), commonly referred to as Hindi, is the Standard language, standardised variety of the Hindustani language written in the Devanagari script. It is an official language of India, official language of the Government ...
television. He started his career as a contestant in
''Roadies 2'' and has since acted in various serials and web shows. He participated in dance reality ''
Nach Baliye 4'' and emerged as the winner with his now ex-wife
Dalljiet Kaur. He then participated in reality series ''
Bigg Boss 16'' where he finished as a finalist. In 2024, he participated in ''
Khatron Ke Khiladi 14''.
Early life
Bhanot was born to Sunita and Brijmohan Bhanot and hails from a business family based in
Jabalpur
Jabalpur, formerly Jubbulpore, is a city situated on the banks of Narmada River in the state of Madhya Pradesh, India. It is the 3rd-largest urban agglomeration of the state and the 38th-largest of the country. Jabalpur is the administrative h ...
,
Madhya Pradesh
Madhya Pradesh (; ; ) is a state in central India. Its capital is Bhopal and the largest city is Indore, Indore. Other major cities includes Gwalior, Jabalpur, and Sagar, Madhya Pradesh, Sagar. Madhya Pradesh is the List of states and union te ...
. He is an avid dancer and fitness enthusiast.
Personal life
Bhanot married actress
Dalljiet Kaur in 2009. In 2014, the couple had their first child, a boy, Jaydon. In 2015, Kaur filed for divorce and accused Bhanot of domestic violence. She claimed that he never even visited the doctor with her while she was pregnant. She stated that he accused her of trying to influence the doctors and didn't even want her to have a C-Section. Kaur added that Bhanot was violent towards her even in front of her parents from the start of their marriage. They got divorced in 2015 with Kaur having Jaydon's custody but Bhanot having visiting rights.
Career
Bhanot started his career in 2004 with reality show ''
MTV Roadies 2'' as contestant. He then seen played Akshay in ''Ayushmaan'' (2005). From 2005–06 he was seen playing Karan in ''
Saat Phere: Saloni Ka Safar'' on
Zee TV
ZEE TV also known as Z TV is an Indian Hindi language general entertainment pay television channel owned by Zee Entertainment Enterprises. It was launched on 1 October 1992 as the oldest privately owned television channel in India.
History ...
and as Mihir in ''
Sanya
Sanya; Chinese postal romanization, also spelled Samah is the southernmost city on Hainan Island, and one of the four prefecture-level cities of Hainan, Hainan Province in Southeast China, South China.
According to the Sixth National Populati ...
''. He then appeared as Agni in ''
Kulvaddhu'' on
Sony TV. He made a cameo appearance on ''
Kaajjal'' and starred in
Star Plus
StarPlus is an Indian Hindi-language general entertainment pay television channel owned by JioStar, a joint venture between Viacom18 and Disney India. Its programming consists of family dramas, romantic comedies, youth-oriented reali ...
's ''
Grihasti''. In 2009, bhanot participated in
StarPlus
StarPlus is an Indian Hindi-language general entertainment pay television channel owned by JioStar, a joint venture between Viacom18 and Disney India. Its programming consists of family dramas, romantic comedies, youth-oriented realit ...
dance reality show ''
Nach Baliye 4'' along with his former wife Daljeet Kaur and emerged as the winner of the show.
He has been trained by Hollywood acting coach
Michelle Danner
Michelle Danner is an American acting coach at the Los Angeles Acting School who specializes in the Meisner technique, Meisner, Lee Strasberg, Strasberg, Stella Adler, Adler, Uta Hagen, Hagen, Michael Chekhov, Chekhov and Stanislavsky System, Sta ...
.
From October 2022 to February 2023, he was seen participating in
Colors TV
Colors TV is an Indian general entertainment pay television channel owned by JioStar, a joint venture between Viacom18 and Disney India. Its programming consists of Soap opera, family dramas, Comedy, comedies, fantasy shows, youth-oriented Rea ...
's reality show ''
Bigg Boss 16'', where he finished as a finalist at the fifth position. In February 2023, he was offered the male lead for
Balaji Telefilms
Balaji Telefilms is an Indian company that produces Indian soap operas in several Indian languages. Balaji Telefilms also owns Alt Balaji, the platform known for producing adult rated content. Balaji Telefilms also produces reality TV, comedy ...
fiction show
Bekaboo by
Ekta Kapoor
Ekta Kapoor (born 7 June 1975) is an Indian television and film producer, known for her work in Hindi television and Bollywood cinema. She is the founder of Balaji Telefilms, Balaji Telefilms Limited, where she serves as joint managing directo ...
on the finale of Bigg Boss 16, which he accepted and went on to feature on the show.
Filmography
Films
Television
Web series
References
External links
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Living people
Indian male soap opera actors
Indian male film actors
Nach Baliye winners
People from Jabalpur
1982 births