Manjot Singh (born 7 July 1992) is an Indian Bollywood actor, best known for his role in films like Oye Lucky! Lucky Oye!, Student Of The Year and Fukrey. He won Filmfare Critics Award for Best Actor for his performance in Oye Lucky! Lucky Oye!.
Early life and education
Manjot Singh was born in New Delhi into a Punjabi Sikh family. His mother is a housewife while his father is a businessman. He completed his schooling from the Hillwoods Academy, located in New Delhi.
Career Manjot went to audition for the role of the lead character's younger self in Dibakar Banerjee's Oye Lucky! Lucky Oye!, though Singh had never acted before, even in school plays. After the audition, the casting director rejected Singh for the role. However, Dibakar Banerjee insisted on casting him, later saying "Even though the casting director wasn't convinced, I just put my foot down."Oye Lucky Indian Express, 22 February 2009. Oye Lucky! Lucky Oye! received positive critical acclaim and critics lauded Manjot for his role with Noyon Jyoti Parasara of Sanskriti Media stating, "...Special mention is deserved by Manjot Singh, who plays the younger Lucky" and Khalid Mohammad appreciating his performance as a callow teenager, among other publications.
After being selected, Singh went to Manali for a week-long acting workshop. He was asked to observe the way actor Abhay Deol walked, smiled and talked so that he could imitate that in his acting. He even wore a cheek pad so that his jaw would look as broad as Abhay Deol's. Singh's performance was well appreciated by the critics and he received the Filmfare Critics Award for the Best Actor category. Later, Manjot participated in the reality show Fear Factor - Khatron Ke Khiladi Level 3 in 2010.
In 2012, Singh starred in Udaan, directed by Vikramaditya Motwane. The film received positive reviews, and is considered a postmodern masterpiece. Later in 2012, Singh signed up for Punjabi musical drama Pure Punjabi, directed by Munish Sharma, about four close friends in Punjab who had a strong passion for music. In the same year, he played the character role of Dimpy in Karan Johar's coming-of-age romantic comedy film, Student of the Year, starring Siddharth Malhotra, Alia Bhatt and Varun Dhawan in the lead roles.
In 2013, Singh starred in Fukrey, directed by Mrighdeep Singh Lamba, starring Vishakha Singh, Richa Chadda, Priya Anand, Ali Fazal, Varun Sharma and Pulkit Samrat. The film was a sleeper hit and spawned two commercially successful sequels in 2017 and 2023 where he reprised his role as Lali. He also reprised his role as Lali in a cameo appearance in the 2022 film Phone Bhoot.
In 2019, Singh starred in Penalty directed by Shubham Singh, starring Kay Kay Menon, Shashank Arora, and Mohit Nain. In the same year, he also starred in the film Dream Girl and made a cameo appearance reprising his role as Dimpy alongside Sahil Anand in Student of the Year 2 in 2019.
In 2024, he starred in his first lead role in the Neflix film Wild Wild Punjab, alongside Varun Sharma, Jassie Gill, Sunny Singh, Patralekha and Ishita Raj Sharma. The film received mixed reviews from critics, but also applauded the film for its humour. He continued to star in supporting roles in films like Vicky Vidya Ka Woh Wala Video and Param Sundari. He will also be starring in the 2025 film Kis Kisko Pyaar Karoon 2.
Filmography
Films
Year Film Role Notes2008 Oye Lucky! Lucky Oye! Young Lovinder 'Lucky' Singh Won Filmfare Critics Award2010 Udaan Maninder Singh2012 Pure Punjabi Param Punjabi Film Student of the Year Dimpy2013 Fukrey Lali Halwai What the Fish Pummy Singh Cameo 2014 Balwinder Singh Famous Ho Gaya Cameo 2016 Snafu Sunny Singh Zoya Azhar Navjot Singh Sidhu 2017 Jab Harry Met Sejal Sartaj Deleted SceneThe Zero Line Fukrey ReturnsLali Halwai 2018MorjimSam2019 Student of the Year 2 Commentator DimpyCameo PenaltyIshwerjot Singh Dhillon Dream Girl Smiley Singh2022Phone Bhoot Lali HalwaiCameo2023Dream Girl 2 Smiley Singh Fukrey 3 Lali Halwai 2024Wild Wild PunjabHoney SinghNetflix filmVicky Vidya Ka Woh Wala VideoLawyer2025 Param SundariJaggi Kis Kisko Pyaar Karoon 2Harbir/Hubby
Television
Year Title Role Notes 2010 Khatron Ke Khiladi Contestant Reality show 2018 What's Your Status Baljinder Singh 2018-2023 College Romance Trippy Web series 2019Made in HeavenJoginder Sethi 2020 Zindagi inShort Amrik Singh 2021 Chutzpah RishiWeb series
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