47 Facts About Ranveer Singh

Ranveer Singh Bhavnani is an Indian actor who works in Hindi films.

Ranveer Singh gained praise for playing a melancholic thief in the drama Lootera, and established himself as a star through his collaborations with Sanjay Leela Bhansali, the first of which was in Goliyon Ki Raasleela Ram-Leela.

Ranveer Singh gained critical acclaim for portraying Bajirao I and Alauddin Khilji in Bhansali's period dramas Bajirao Mastani and Padmaavat, respectively.

Ranveer Singh won the Filmfare Award for Best Actor for the former and the Filmfare Critics Award for Best Actor for the latter.

Ranveer Singh won further Best Actor awards at Filmfare for playing an aspiring rapper in the musical drama Gully Boy and Kapil Dev in the sports film 83.

Ranveer Singh has hosted the television game show The Big Picture, and endorses several brands and products.

Ranveer Singh is married to his frequent co-star Deepika Padukone.

Ranveer Singh Bhavnani was born on 6 July 1985 into a Sindhi family in Bombay, Maharashtra, India, to Anju and Jagjit Singh Bhavnani.

Ranveer Singh's grandparents moved to Bombay from Karachi, Sindh during the Partition of India.

Ranveer Singh is the paternal grandson of character-actress Chand Burke and is related to actor Anil Kapoor's family through his wife Sunita Kapoor.

Ranveer 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".

Ranveer Singh always aspired to be an actor, participating in several school plays and debates.

College of Commerce and Economics in Mumbai, Ranveer Singh realised that getting a break in the film industry was not easy.

Ranveer Singh went to the United States where he received his Bachelor of Arts degree in Telecommunications from Indiana University Bloomington in 2008.

Ranveer Singh worked as an assistant director, but left it to pursue acting.

Ranveer Singh then decided to send his portfolio to directors.

In 2010, Ranveer Singh auditioned for a lead role in Maneesh Sharma's Band Baaja Baaraat, a romantic comedy from the production company Yash Raj Films.

Ranveer Singh described his role of Bittoo Sharma as a typical Delhi boy.

Ranveer Singh's performance was praised, with Anupama Chopra of NDTV writing that Ranveer Singh was "pitch perfect in the role of the uncouth but good-hearted small town slacker".

At the annual Filmfare Awards, Ranveer Singh won the award for Best Male Debut.

Ranveer Singh played a conman Ricky Bahl who cons girls for a living but finally meets his match.

Ranveer Singh received critical acclaim for Vikramaditya Motwane's period romance Lootera, co-starring Sonakshi Sinha.

Ranveer Singh next starred opposite Deepika Padukone in Sanjay Leela Bhansali's adaptation of William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, titled Goliyon Ki Raasleela Ram-Leela, in which he played Ram, a Gujarati boy based on the character of Romeo.

Ranveer Singh received a nomination for the Filmfare Award for Best Actor.

In 2014, Ranveer Singh starred as a Bengali criminal in Ali Abbas Zafar's Gunday, alongside Arjun Kapoor, Priyanka Chopra and Irrfan Khan.

Ranveer Singh next reunited with Bhansali in the period romance Bajirao Mastani, opposite Padukone and Chopra.

Ranveer Singh portrayed Bajirao I, for which he shaved his head and to prepare, he locked himself in a hotel room for 21 days.

Raja Sen wrote that Ranveer Singh "brings his character to life and does so with both machismo and grace", and commended him for his perfecting his character's gait and accent.

In 2016, Ranveer Singh starred in Aditya Chopra's comedy-romance Befikre opposite Vaani Kapoor.

Ranveer Singh played Dharam Gulati, a stand-up comic whose romantic liaisons with Kapoor's character leads to conflict between them.

Ranveer Singh performed a nude scene for it, a rare occurrence in an Indian film.

Ranveer Singh won the Filmfare Critics Award for Best Actor and gained a Best Actor nomination at the ceremony.

Ranveer Singh reteamed with Zoya Akhtar on Gully Boy, a musical inspired by the life of the street rappers Divine and Naezy.

Ranveer Singh found little in common with his character of a poor man who aspires to become a rapper, and in preparation he underwent acting workshops and spent time with both Divine and Naezy.

Ranveer Singh performed his own rap songs and was pleased that the film brought attention to India's underground music scene.

Gully Boy won a record 13 Filmfare Awards, and Ranveer Singh received another Best Actor award.

In 2021, Ranveer Singh hosted the television game show The Big Picture, which aired on Colors TV.

Ranveer Singh reprised his role as Simmba in Shetty's action film Sooryavanshi in an extended cameo.

Ranveer Singh then portrayed cricketer Kapil Dev in Kabir Khan's 83, a sports film based on the 1983 Cricket World Cup.

Ranveer Singh's performance won him his third Filmfare Award for Best Actor.

Ranveer Singh then played dual roles in Rohit Shetty's ensemble comedy Cirkus, based on William Shakespeare's play Comedy of Errors.

Ranveer Singh began dating Deepika Padukone, his co-star in Goliyon Ki Raasleela Ram-Leela, in August 2012.

Ranveer Singh has appeared in Forbes India Celebrity 100 list since 2012, reaching his highest position in 2019.

Ranveer Singh was featured by GQ in their listing of the 50 most influential young Indians of 2017 and 2019.

Ranveer Singh is an investor in Vineeta Ranveer Singh's start-up Sugar Cosmetics.

In July 2022, Ranveer Singh appeared nude in a photoshoot for Paper magazine.

Ranveer Singh is the recipient of four Filmfare Awards: Best Male Debut for Band Baaja Baaraat, Best Actor for Bajirao Mastani and Gully Boy, and biographical drama 83 and Best Actor for Padmaavat.