Ranveer Singh is one of the greatest actors in the bollywood. He was born on 6th july, 1985. He is a recipient of many awards including the Filmfare Award. He is amongst the highest paid actors in the bollywood cinema and has featured in Forbes India’s Celebrity 100 since 2012.
He was born in Mumbai, Maharashtra. His full name is Ranveer Singh Bhavnani. His mother’s and father’s name is Anju and Jagjit Singh Bhavnani respectively. His grandparents moved to Bombay from Karachi, Sindh, in present-day Pakistan, during the Partition of India. He has an elder sister named Ritika Bhavnani. Singh is the maternal third cousin of Sonam Kapoor, daughter of actor Anil Kapoor and wife Sunita Kapoor (née Bhavnani).Singh explains that he dropped his surname Bhavnani, since he felt that the name would have been “too long, too many syllables”, thus downplaying his brand as a “saleable commodity”.
In January 2010, Singh was called for an audition by Shanoo Sharma, the head of the casting division for Yash Raj Films. They informed him that it was for a lead role in their film titled Band Baja Baaraat a romantic comedy set in the world of wedding planning. Aditya Chopra, the vice president of the company, later saw the audition tapes on video and was impressed by Singh’s acting, and decided that he fit the part of Bittoo Sharma, the hero of the film. However, writer-director Maneesh Sharma needed some more convincing and he was called for a few more auditions over the next two weeks until the three were completely convinced of his caliber. After the two weeks of testing, Singh was confirmed for the role of Bittoo, with Anushka Sharma playing the female lead.
He did a number of films, for example, Gully Boy(2019), Padmaavat(2018), Simmba(2018), Befikre(2016), Bajirao Mastani(2015), Dil Dhadakane Do(2015), Gunday(2014), Kill Dil(2014), Lootera(2013), Ram-Leela(2013), Ladies vs Ricky Bahl(2011), Band Baja Baaraat(2010) and many more.
In the year 2018, he married his girlfriend Deepika Padukone, she is also one of the best and finest actress in the world of bollywood. They dated each other for about 6 years and finally in 2018, they got married at Lake Como.
