Nishant Malkani

Early life Malkani was born on 1 September 1987 in Dubai. He comes from a Sindhi family. He went to Laxman Public School in New Delhi for his early education. Later, he graduated from Shaheed Bhagat Singh College and then completed his MBA from Kolkata. He portrayed Anukalp Gandhi in Ram Milaayi Jodi on Zee TV in 2010 but quit in 2011 to search for film work.

Later, he made his debut in the Vikram Bhatt film "Horror Story" in 2013. He also appeared in other films such as "Bezubaan Ishq," "Cute Kameena," and "Love Training".

In 2017, Malkani made his debut in web series, portraying the character Raj in "Ragini MMS: Returns".

He made a comeback to television in September 2018 portraying the lead Akshat Jindal in Zee TV's Guddan Tumse Na Ho Payega, until he quit the series in 2020. It is regarded as his best and most lovable performance ever in his career.

In 2020, Malkani participated in the reality show Bigg Boss 14 as a contestant. He survived for 5 weeks before getting evicted.

In the media

Nishant Malkani was ranked 10th in the Times Of India's 20 Most Desirable Men on Television 2020.

He was ranked at 44th position in Times of India's 50 Most Desirable Men of 2020.

Filmography Films

Television Year Title Role Notes Ref(s) 2009–2010 Miley Jab Hum Tum Adhiraj Singh 2010–2011 Preet Se Bandhi Ye Dori Ram Milaayi Jodi Anukalp Gandhi 2012 Hum Ne Li Hai... Shapath Sameer 2018–2020 Guddan Tumse Na Ho Payega Akshat Jindal 2020 Bigg Boss 14 Contestant Evicted Day 31 2021–2022 Rakshabandhan... Rasal Apne Bhai Ki Dhal Umed Pratap Singh and Shivraj Umed Pratap Singh/Balwant Singh 2022Control RoomACP Ayushman sharma 2023–2024Pashmina – Dhaage Mohabbat KeRaghav Kaul

Special appearances

Web series