Sikandar Kharbanda

Early life and education

He belongs to the 1994 batch of Mount Saint Mary's School. He did his Bachelor of Arts from Venkateshwara College, Delhi, University of Delhi. His birthname is Sahil. He took his maternal grandfather, Sikander Lal Kapoor,first name as his screen name. He comes from a humble background. His maternal grandfather was a tailor while his maternal grandmother, Susheela Kapoor, was a housewife. He has three maternal uncles, Shakti , Parvin and Rummy Kapoor. His mother Renu Kapoor Kharbanda is a housewife.

Career

Sikandar made his debut on TV with Kahani Ghar Ghar Ki. He then played the role of Yash Garg, who was a rich spoilt brat. This was a serious role. He played the role of Om Agarwal's youngest cousin who was raised in Singapore as a modern broadminded boy, who often got in conflict with his other cousins due to his anger and broadminded thoughts. He changed after being falsely accused of the rape of Khushi Kantilal Shah (played by Naveeda Mehdi), with whom he was in love and was also the eye witness of her gangrape by his 2 elder brothers. Although this was an important character, he never got recognition.

He made a guest appearance in Kahani Teri Meri, Karam apna apna, and Aa Gale Lag Jaa. Later he appeared in Tumhari Disha as Taj. His next role was as Vikram in Kahin Kissi Roz. He played another comical negative character in Pari Hoon Main as Balma and Do hanson ka joda as chacha of Ritu He did another comic role in Hindi hai hum.He did a negative role (a bit comical character) in Apno Ke Liye Geeta ka dharmyudh. This is his second serial with Urvashi Dholakia. He entered Phulwa as Kulbushan, the nephew of Bade Thakur. Currently he is playing the role of IPS Atul, husband of Amma's niece in Amma

TV serials

Bollywood Films

Bhojpuri Films

Bhojpuri TV series

Others

Personal life

He married his co-star Geetanjali Tikekar Kharbanda, from Kasauti Zindagi Ki, whom he had dated for two and a half years before marriage. The couple have a son named Shaurya Kharbanda, born on 1 December 2008. His uncle is actor Shakti Kapoor. His co-star from Style, Rinki Ali Khan, created controversy before this marriage by claiming that they once were dating each other. Sikandar never commented on this claim, preferring to keep his personal life private. Since she is an unemployed C-grade model, many believed the claim to be a publicity stunt. His mother happens to be Shakti Kapoor's sister.Thus,actors Shraddha Kapoor and Siddhant Kapoor are his maternal cousins.