Upen Patel (born 16 August 1982) is a British actor and model. In addition to working in
Hindi films, he has host several television reality shows including ''
Bigg Boss 8'' and ''
Nach Baliye 7''. He also hosted
MTV Love School
''MTV Love School'' is an Indian youth based reality show which premiered on 5 December 2015 on MTV India.
The first season was hosted by Upen Patel and Karishma Tanna but the next seasons were hosted by Karan Kundra and Anusha Dandekar. The ...
with
Karishma Tanna.
Personal life
Upen Patel is a
Gujarati,
born on 16 August 1982,
in the
United Kingdom.
He grew up in
London,
England.
Patel dated actress
Karishma Tanna from 2014 to 2016.
Career
In May 2006, Patel made his Bollywood debut with the film ''
36 China Town
''36 China Town'' is a 2006 Indian Hindi-language mystery thriller comedy film directed by Abbas- Mustan and produced by Subhash Ghai. It is an official adaption of the 1992 American film '' Once Upon a Crime'' (which in turn is a remake of the ...
'', directed by the duo
Abbas–Mustan. His next Bollywood movie, ''
Namastey London'', released in March 2007, where Patel played the character of a Pakistani Muslim living in
London. In April 2007, his third film ''
Shakalaka Boom Boom
''Shakalaka Boom Boom'' is a 2007 Indian musical drama film directed and produced by Suneel Darshan and written by Anurag Kashyap. The film stars Bobby Deol, Upen Patel, Celina Jaitly and Kangana Ranaut in the lead. It released on 6 April 2007 ...
'' was released, which was produced and directed by
Suneel Darshan
Suneel Darshan is an Indian filmmaker, film director, producer and writer who works in the Bollywood industry.
Biography
Darshan began his career in 1987 as a film producer. He produced the film ''Inteqam'', which starred Sunny Deol and Anil Ka ...
. He also appeared in ''
Money Hai Toh Honey Hai''. Patel appeared in the 2008 film, ''
One Two Three''.