Kabir Duhan Singh is an Indian model and actor known for playing villains in the Telugu, Tamil and Kannada film industry. He has also acted in several Bollywood films. Before starting his career as an actor, he was a very famous model, known for his hard training and chiseled physique.
Wiki/Biography
Kabir Duhan Singh was born on Monday, 8 September 1986 (age 37 years; as of 2023) in Katwal village, Gohana Tehsil, Sonipat district, Haryana state, India. His zodiac sign is Virgo. When he was two years old, his family moved to Faridabad in Haryana. He completed his schooling from Vidya Mandir Public School, Sector 15A, Faridabad. He graduated from Delhi University in 2008 and later started his modeling career.
appearance
Height (approximately): 6′1″
Weight (approximately): 90kg
Hair color: black
Eye color: black
Body measurements (approximately): Chest 44″, Waist 32″, Biceps 17″
family
He was born into a middle-class family.
Parents and siblings
His father is a retired professional and his mother is a homemaker. He has two sisters and an older brother named Anil Singh, who is a married software engineer. He also has a niece.
wife
On June 23, 2023, he married Seema Chalal, a mathematics teacher from Haryana.
Relationships/Affairs
He was in a relationship with Punjabi pop singer Dolly Sidhu for five years starting in 2014. They met in 2012 through mutual friends.
fiancé
In June 2019, he got engaged to popular Punjabi singer Dolly Sidhu in a private ceremony; however, they called off their engagement and she later got married to Punjabi singer Paras Singh Minh in 2023 Paras Singh Minhaj gets married.
religious outlook
He believed in Hinduism and was an ardent follower of Lord Shiva. He has completed the pilgrimage to 7 Jyotirlingas out of 12 Jyotirlingas in October 2022. In an interview, he said that he is a very spiritual person and will visit famous temples in different regions whenever he has the opportunity.
caste
He belongs to the Duhan clan of the Jat community.
sign
Profession
modeling
After graduating in 2008, he began a career in modeling. He used to watch videos on YouTube about models’ body language. He started modeling for various clothing brands. He contacted many agencies with a few photos of himself and they suggested that he needed a portfolio to seize the huge opportunities in the modeling world; however, he had no money as he belonged to a middle-class family. So he started working in a call center to earn money in 2008. After working for 1 month and 17 days, he got 11,500 rupees from his job and 500 rupees from his father who always supported him. His portfolio is shot by renowned Delhi-based photographer Rahul Dutta. In 2010, he auditioned for Mr. India in Mumbai and made it to the top 10, after which he returned to Delhi.
Later, he auditioned for the Lakme Fashion Week in Mumbai and was among the top 6 models out of 250 models. In 2011, he became a pool model for Lakme. This made him very popular in modeling circles across the country. In 2011, after getting a contract from Base Modeling Agency in Cape Town, South Africa, he moved to Mumbai and went to Johannesburg, South Africa for 3 months to work as a model. He has worked in over 350 fashion weeks and participated in Lakme Fashion Week for 10 consecutive seasons.
Movie
He got his first acting role in a Hindi film starring Shiney Ahuja, which was later canceled and never released. To pursue an acting career, he became a stage actor and made his debut as the North Indian villain Chota Nayak in the 2015 Telugu film “Jil” starring Gopichand and Rashi Khanna. His role earned him attention from audiences and critical acclaim.
Later, he played the role of Munna Thakur in the 2015 Telugu film Kick 2 starring Ravi Teja and Rakul Preet Singh. He then made his debut in the Tamil industry in 2015, playing the role of Abhinay in the film Vedalam starring Ajith Kumar, Lakshmi Menon and Lakshmi Menon. Shruti Haasan. In 2016, he played Pandu Bhai in the Telugu film The Dictator starring Nandamuri Balakrishna, Anjali and Sonal Chauhan, Dhanu in the Telugu film Sardar Gabbar Singh starring Pawan Kalyan and Kajal Aggarwal, and in Vijay Sethupathi stars in the Tamil film Rekka as Chezhiyan, Lakshmi Menon and Thea Rose. In 2017, he played the role of Devraj/DR in the Telugu film Patel SIR starring Jagapathi Babu and Tanya Hope and made his debut in the Kannada film industry (Sandalwood) in the film Hebbuli starring Kichcha Sudeep and Amala Paul. Playing the role of Kabir. In 2018, he played Viswa’s business rival in the Telugu film Saakshyam starring Bellamkonda Sreenivas and Pooja Hegde. In 2019, he played Tony in the Telugu film Pehlwaan starring Sudeepa Kichcha, Suniel Shetty and Sushant Singh, Bhavani in the Tamil film Kanchana 3 starring Raghava Lawrence, Oviya and Nikki Tamboli, and in Thai Siddharth and Catherine Teresa played the role of Vikram Jeyaraj in the Mir film Aruvam.
In 2020, he made his Bollywood debut playing the antagonist in the film Khaali Peeli, starring Ishaan Khatter, Ananya Pandey and Jaideep Ahlawat. In 2021, he played Mansoor in the Hindi film “Bole Chudiyan” starring Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Tamannaah Bhatia and Rajpal Yadav, which is scheduled to be released in 2023. In the same year, he shot his first Bangladeshi film “Netri The Leader”, which will be shot in 2021. It was released in Bangladesh and Turkey and screened in Iran and outside the country where it was filmed. In 2022, he played the role of Kabir in the movie “Saakini Daakini” starring Regina Cassandra and Nivetha Thomas. In the same year, he also started playing the role of Electro Man in the Supergirl movie “Indrani” starring Yaanea Bharadwaj.
In 2023, he played Vikram Singh in Telugu film starring Sudheer Babu, King Asura in Telugu film Shaakuntalam starring Samantha and Dev Mohan, and Kannada film starring Upendra and Shriya Saran Movie Kabzaa. In 2023, he also started filming ARM (Ajayante Randam Moshanam), a Malayalam film set in the 18th century, also starring Tovino Thomas. In 2023, he will also start shooting his first Punjabi film, the details of which are still unclear.
web series
He made his debut as Raavan in the web series Ramyug in 2021, which aired on MX Player. To prepare himself for the role of Raavan, he read Raavan Samhita to understand his personality.
Awards, Honors, Achievements
- Nominated for Best Villain Actor (Kannada) at the South Indian International Film Awards for 2017’s Supreme (2016) (Telugu) and 2020’s Pehlwaan (2019)
- SouthScope Emerging Actor of the Year Award 2017, Hyderabad
- Received Haryana Pride Award at Haryana Garima Awards 2019
- Best Villain Award 2019-20
- 2021 Perfect Achievement Award Iconic Handsome Villain Award
bicycle collection
He owns a Royal Enfield motorcycle.
car collection
He owns a Mercedes car.
Facts/Trivia
- He likes to drink lemon tea.
- He tested positive for Covid-19 during the second wave of Covid-19 in Mumbai. While recovering from the virus, he meditated and listened to devotional songs.
- He said in an interview that he drinks 500ml of water and practices pranayama for 30 minutes every day. He also revealed that he watches BTS videos on YouTube before going to bed at night.
- He sometimes listens to Bhojpuri songs and Dhinchak Pooja songs to lighten his mood.
- He considers his father to be his pillar of support in life. He said in an interview that his father told him never to lose hope in pursuing his dreams, and also told him to never change and always stay humble.
- He uses natural skin care products like Multani Mitti and Aloe Vera for skin care and curd for hair care.
- He follows a very strict fitness routine and diet plan that includes fruits, nuts and dry fruits and stays away from processed fruits.
- He has helped many people during the Covid-19 pandemic and provided monetary and social assistance to those affected.
- He supported the farmers’ protest against the government’s repeal of the farmers’ laws implemented in 2020 and posted multiple messages on social media during the protest.
- He is an avid martial arts fan and trains in different forms of martial arts including boxing, grappling and Kalaripayattu.
- He said in an interview that he had postponed his wedding to his fiancé Dolly Sidhu twice, in 2020 and 2021. He also expressed that he would like to have a destination wedding in Goa; however, he is not sure if this will happen.
- He is known for his rigorous training for different roles. He trained for four months to play boxer Tony in the film Pehlwaan. When he played the role of King Asura in the Telugu film “Shaakuntalam”, the headdress he wore weighed 18 kilograms, and the jewelry, shoulder pads and chest protectors were also heavy. He also suffered a few bruises while filming the movie.
- He has a tattoo on his left forearm.
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