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{{short description|Indian film actor, producer and playback singer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2020}}
{{Infobox actor
| name = Aditya Pancholi
| image = Aditya Pancholi.jpg
| imagesize =
| alt =
| caption = Pancholi in 2012
| birth_name = Nirmal Pancholi
| birth_date =
| birth_place =
| nationality = India
| death_date =
| occupation = Film actor, producer, playback singer
| education = [[St. Joseph's High School, Juhu|St. Joseph's High School]]
| spouse = {{marriage|[[Zarina Wahab]]|1986}}
| children = [[Sooraj Pancholi]] <br/> Sana Pancholi
| yearsactive = 1985–present
}}
'''Aditya Pancholi''' (born '''Nirmal Pancholi''') is an Indian [[film actor]], [[Film producer|producer]] and [[playback singer]] who appears in [[Bollywood]] films. He started his career as a lead actor, though he was more successful in supporting roles and as an antagonist. He received a [[Filmfare]] nomination for the [[Filmfare Award for Best Performance in a Negative Role|Best Performance in a Negative Role]] for ''[[Yes Boss (film)|Yes Boss]]'' (1997).

Pancholi began his career with television movies produced by Nari Hira and ventured into mainstream Bollywood cinema with ''Sasti Dulhan Mehnga Dulha'' (1986). Pancholi first came into the limelight with an important role in ''[[Maha-Sangram]]'' (1990). He had the peak of his career between the late 1980s and early 1990s. He succeeded by playing the second lead; most of his leading roles were not box office successes.

==Early life and family==
Aditya Pancholi is the son of the filmmaker Rajan Pancholi and Aruna Pancholi. He has one sister and two brothers. He received his early education from [[St. Joseph's High School, Juhu|St. Joseph's High School]] in Juhu, Mumbai. In 1986, Pancholi married actress [[Zarina Wahab]] and they have two children.

Sooraj made his acting debut in ''[[Hero (2015 Hindi film)|Hero]]'' (2015).

==Acting career==
{{main|Aditya Pancholi filmography}}

===1985–87: Television movies and serials===
He was signed for a few television video films produced by Hiba, which was owned by [[Stardust (magazine)|Stardust magazine]] owner [[Nari Hira]]. Pancholi made his acting debut with ''Shahadat'' in 1985. In 1986, he did the television films ''Sone Ka Pinjra'', ''Siyahi'', ''Kalank Ka Tika'', ''Afshar Ki Saali'' and ''Maryam Ki Beti''. Later that year, he ventured into mainstream Bollywood with ''Sasti Dulhan Mahenga Dulha''. During this time, he adopted the stage name '''Aditya Pancholi'''.

In 1987, Pancholi gave performances in two television movies: ''Abhishek'' and ''Khatarnaak Irade''. In ''Abhishek'', he portrayed a well-known businessman who used his father's wealth in enjoying leisure time and used a new costume to help depressed and troubled people. In ''Khatarnaak Irade'', Pancholi played the role of a womanising lifeguard who got himself into trouble while falling in love with a married woman played by [[Anju Mahendru]].

During 1995 he also starred in the TV series [[Mahashakti]] in [[DD Metro]] opposite Juhi Chawla. This series was to be released in 1989 as a Vaada raha milan ka, but the film was released as a TV series on DD Metro.

In 2014 he starred in the television film (''[[My Father Godfather]]''), which was to be released in theatres, but was released on the World Wide Web and television.

===1988–96: Lead roles===
Pancholi had his first prominent Bollywood role with a supporting role in [[Feroz Khan (actor)|Feroz Khan]]'s ''[[Dayavan]]'' (1988), opposite [[Vinod Khanna]] and [[Madhuri Dixit]]. He appeared in [[Dharamyudh (film)|Dharamyudh]] with [[Sunil Dutt]], [[Suresh Oberoi]] and [[Shatrughan Sinha]]. Later that year, he collaborated with [[K.C. Bokadia]] in ''[[Kab Tak Chup Rahungi]]'', opposite [[Amala (actress)|Amala]]. This was his first lead role in Bollywood and established him as a lead actor in the industry. His next release that year was ''[[Qatil]]'', in which he starred opposite [[Sangeeta Bijlani]]. Pancholi portrayed a lawyer's son who resists the death penalty and imprisonment and proves himself guilty of the murder of a prostitute, but was trapped when a friend betrayed him by removing all of the evidence.

In 1989, Pancholi starred in the romance ''[[Mohabat Ka Paigham]]'', opposite [[Meenakshi Sheshadri]]. He had a major role in [[Mukul S. Anand]]'s multi-starrer action film ''[[Maha Sangram]]'', which featured an [[ensemble cast]] of Vinod Khanna, [[Govinda (actor)|Govinda]] and Madhuri Dixit. He also sang a few lines in the song "Dhak Dhak Dhak" with [[Alisha Chinai]]. He next starred in the comedy film ''[[Baap Numbri Beta Dus Numbri]]'', which became one of the highest-grossing films of the year.<ref>{{cite web|title=Box Office 1990 |url=http://www.boxofficeindia.com/showProd.php?itemCat=196&catName=MTk5MA== |publisher=[[Box Office India]] |access-date=16 February 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130921115954/http://www.boxofficeindia.com/showProd.php?itemCat=196&catName=MTk5MA%3D%3D |archive-date=21 September 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref> He next starred opposite upcoming actress Madhuri Dixit in ''[[Sailaab (1990 film)|Sailaab]]''. Pancholi would close the year with a double-role in ''Zakhmi Zameen'', opposite [[Jaya Prada]]. His second role as an antagonist was in the sports action thriller ''[[Awwal Number]]'', opposite [[Dev Anand]] and [[Aamir Khan]]. His other releases included [[Taqdeer Ka Tamasha]], Atishbaaz and [[Veeru Dada]].

Pancholi began 1991 with ''[[Naamcheen]]'', opposite Ekta Sohini, in which he played an unemployed young man who steps into the underworld to make money and becomes one of the wealthiest people of his city; but loses his family and friends in the race for wealth and decides to kill the two rival gangsters to rehabilitate their goons and surrenders to the police. His next major release was ''[[Vishnu-Devaa]]'' that saw him pair with [[Sunny Deol]], [[Neelam Kothari|Neelam]] and Sangeeta Bijlani. The film was the seventeenth highest-grossing film of the year.<ref name="box office 1991"/> He paired with [[Jeetendra]] to play one of the title roles in ''Shiv Ram''. Later that year, he collaborated with director [[Mahesh Bhatt]] in ''[[Saathi (1991 film)|Saathi]]'', opposite [[Mohsin Khan (actor)|Mohsin Khan]] and [[Varsha Usgaonkar]]. He followed with a supporting role in the multi-starrer ''[[Akayla]]'', opposite [[Kiran Juneja]]. The film featured an ensemble cast of [[Amitabh Bachchan]], [[Amrita Singh]], [[Jackie Shroff]] and Meenakshi Sheshadri. It became the seventh-highest-grossing film of the year.<ref name="box office 1991">{{cite web|title=Box Office 1991 |url=http://www.boxofficeindia.com/showProd.php?itemCat=197&catName=MTk5MQ== |publisher=[[Box Office India]] |access-date=16 February 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130921103709/http://www.boxofficeindia.com/showProd.php?itemCat=197&catName=MTk5MQ%3D%3D |archive-date=21 September 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref> His last release of the year was ''Jeevan Daata'', opposite [[Chunky Pandey]], [[Kimi Katkar]] and [[Sonu Walia]].

He started 1992 with the romance film ''[[Yaad Rakhegi Duniya]]'', opposite debutant [[Rukhsar Rehman]]. Pancholi portrayed a terminally ill man who falls in love with a girl, who herself suffers from a terminal illness. Also released in 1992 was the action movie [[Sahebzaade]] with [[Sanjay Dutt]]. His last release of the year was the multi-starrer action film ''[[Tahalka]]'', opposite [[Dharmendra]], [[Naseeruddin Shah]]. Pancholi portrays an army officer and is paired with Ekta Sohini. The film emerged as the fifth-highest-grossing film of the year.<ref>{{cite web|title=Box Office 1992|url=http://www.boxofficeindia.com/showProd.php?itemCat=198&catName=MTk5Mg|publisher=[[Box Office India]]|access-date=16 February 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130926193139/http://www.boxofficeindia.com/showProd.php?itemCat=198&catName=MTk5Mg|archive-date=26 September 2013}}</ref>

Pancholi turned producer for the first time in the 1993 romance action film ''[[Chor Aur Chaand]]'' and acted in the lead role opposite [[Pooja Bhatt]]. In the same year he starred in the action film [[Muqabla (1993 film)|Muqabla]] opposite Govinda, Karishma Kapoor, Shakti Kapoor and [[Asrani]]. His next release was the action film ''[[Game (1993 film)|Game]]'', opposite Naseeruddin Shah, [[Rahul Roy]] and Sangeeta Bijlani. His only release of 1994 was [[Sanjay Gupta]]'s multi-starrer action film ''[[Aatish: Feel the Fire]]'', featuring an ensemble cast of [[Sanjay Dutt]], [[Raveena Tandon]], [[Karisma Kapoor]] and [[Atul Agnihotri]]. ''Aatish'' was one of the highest-grossing movies at the box office.<ref>{{cite web|title=Box Office 1994|url=http://www.boxofficeindia.com/showProd.php?itemCat=200&catName=MTk5NA|publisher=[[Box Office India]]|access-date=16 February 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130921163947/http://www.boxofficeindia.com/showProd.php?itemCat=200&catName=MTk5NA|archive-date=21 September 2013 }}</ref>

He began 1995 with the lead role in the action film ''[[Surakshaa (1995 film)|Surakshaa]]'', in which he was paired with [[Sheeba Akashdeep|Sheeba]] with an ensemble cast of [[Sunil Shetty]], [[Saif Ali Khan]], [[Divya Dutta]] and [[Monica Bedi]]. In the same year he acted in the movies [[Ravan Raaj: A True Story]] and [[The Gambler (1995 film)|The Gambler]] and [[Ram Shastra]] with Jackie Shroff, Manisha Koirala and [[Anupam Kher]]. Pancholi reunited with Shetty and Khan for another multi-starrer lead role in the 1996 action film ''[[Ek Tha Raja]]'', with Neelam, [[Pratibha Sinha]] and Indrani Banerjee. Later that year, Pancholi collaborated with South Indian director [[T. Rama Rao]] in ''[[Jung (1996 film)|Jung]]'', portraying a double-role opposite [[Mithun Chakraborty]], [[Ajay Devgan]], [[Rambha (actress)|Rambha]] and [[Sujata Mehta]]. Pancholi played an innocent train driver who is wrongly punished for a murder that was committed by a look-alike gangster, which was a box office success. His next release of the year was ''Khilona'', opposite [[Ayub Khan (actor)|Ayub Khan]] and Monica Bedi. His other movies movies included [[Zordaar]], [[Muqadama]] and [[Mafia (1996 film)|Mafia]].

===1997–present: Supporting roles and antagonists===
Pancholi switched to antagonistic and supporting roles as 1997 approached, starting with [[Aziz Mirza]]'s romantic comedy ''[[Yes Boss (film)|Yes Boss]]'', opposite [[Shah Rukh Khan]] and [[Juhi Chawla]]. ''Yes Boss'' was one of the highest-grossing movies of the year.<ref name="Yes Boss Box office">{{cite web|url=http://www.boxofficeindia.com/Movies/movie_detail/yes_boss#.VbrfuJ5Viko|title=Yes Boss Box office|publisher=Box Office India|date=22 July 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150801072156/http://www.boxofficeindia.com/Movies/movie_detail/yes_boss|archive-date=1 August 2015|access-date=16 February 2016}}</ref> He earned a nomination for the [[Filmfare Award for Best Performance in a Negative Role]]. His next release was ''[[Hameshaa]]'', opposite Saif Ali Khan and [[Kajol]], with Pancholi in a negative role.

During 1998 and 1999 he appeared in the movies [[Devta (1998 film)|Devta]], [[Zanjeer: The Chain]] (1998), [[Hafta Vasuli]], [[Benaam (1999 film)|Benaam]], [[Aaya Toofan|Aaya Toofan(1999)]]. Pancholi paired with Sanjay Dutt and [[Manisha Koirala]] to play the antagonist in ''[[Baaghi (2000 film)|Baaghi]]'' (2000). Later that year, he reunited with Sanjay Gupta to play a police inspector in ''[[Jung (2000 film)|Jung]]'', opposite Sanjay Dutt, Jackie Shroff, Raveena Tandon and [[Shilpa Shetty]]. His last release of the year was ''[[Tarkieb]]'', opposite Nana Patekar, [[Tabu (actress)|Tabu]] and Shilpa Shetty. Long delayed movie Bhai no 1 with [[Farah (actress)]] his only release in 2001 [[Baghaawat – Ek Jung|Bhagwaat Ek Jung]] with [[Mithun Chakraborty]].

In 2002, Pancholi had his next major release with a supporting role in [[Vipul Amrutlal Shah]]'s heist thriller ''[[Aankhen (2002 film)|Aankhen]]'', which featured an ensemble cast of Amitabh Bachchan, [[Akshay Kumar]], [[Arjun Rampal]], [[Sushmita Sen]] and [[Paresh Rawal]]. The film was one of the highest-grossing films of the year. His other releases of 2002 were [[Jaani Dushman: Ek Anokhi Kahani]], [[Gautam Govinda (2002 film)|Gautam Govinda]] and [[Yeh Dil Aashiqanaa]]. In 2003 he appeared in a patriotic movie [[Border Hindustan Ka]], with [[Faisal Khan]], [[Rajat Bedi]], [[Akshaye Khanna]] and [[Sudesh Berry]]. He made a cameo appearance in [[Chalte Chalte (2003 film)|Chalte Chalte]].

Pancholi collaborated with Sanjay Gupta for the fifth time in the 2004 action thriller ''[[Musafir (2004 film)|Musafir]]'', playing the main antagonist opposite [[Anil Kapoor]], [[Sameera Reddy]], [[Mahesh Manjrekar]], [[Koena Mitra]], Shakti Kapoor and Sanjay Dutt. The movie received negative reviews, but Pancholi received positive reviews for his performance, with Taran Adarsh labelling his performance "first-rate".<ref>{{cite news|author1=Taran Adarsh|title=Musafir Review - Bollywood Hungama|url=http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/movie/musafir-3/critic-review/|access-date=25 January 2018|publisher=Bollywood Hungama|date=10 December 2004|quote=Aditya Pancholi is first-rate; his mean look getting well with his character.|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170720004126/http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/movie/musafir-3/critic-review/|archive-date=20 July 2017|url-status=live}}</ref>

Pancholi had a comeback as the antagonist in [[Chandan Arora]]'s low-budget action film ''[[Striker (2010 film)|Striker]]'' (2010). Pancholi restricted himself to antagonist and character roles, with films such as ''[[Rush (2012 film)|Rush]]'' (2012), ''[[Hridayanath]]'' (2012), ''[[Mumbai Mirror]]'' (2013), ''[[Race 2]]'' (2013), ''[[Jai Ho (film)|Jai Ho]]'' (2014), ''[[Dishkiyaoon]]'' (2014), ''[[Hero (2015 Hindi film)|Hero]]'' (2015) and ''[[Bajirao Mastani]]'' (2015).

==Controversies ==
In 2016, after a decade-long trial, a local metropolitan court in Mumbai found Aditya Pancholi guilty of assaulting a business associate in a fit of rage in 2005, and sentenced him to a one-year imprisonment with a fine of Rs. 20,000/- (US$300). Pancholi has appealed against the judgment in a higher court.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.deccanchronicle.com/entertainment/bollywood/051116/aditya-pancholi-sentenced-to-one-year-imprisonment-in-2005-assault-case.html|title=Aditya Pancholi sentenced to one year imprisonment in 2005 assault case|date=5 November 2016|website=Deccanchronicle.com|access-date=22 August 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180823013756/https://www.deccanchronicle.com/entertainment/bollywood/051116/aditya-pancholi-sentenced-to-one-year-imprisonment-in-2005-assault-case.html|archive-date=23 August 2018|url-status=live}}</ref>

In 2019, actress [[Kangana Ranaut]], who had previously been in a relationship with him, filed a police complaint claiming that Pancholi had drugged, raped, assaulted and blackmailed her for sex repeatedly over a prolonged period starting in 2003.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/movies/celebrities/story/aditya-pancholi-drugged-and-raped-me-inside-car-took-photos-to-blackmail-me-bollywood-actress-1561030-2019-07-03?amp_js_v=0.1&usqp=mq331AQCKAE= |work=India Today |date=3 July 2019 |title=Aditya Pancholi drugged and raped me inside car, took photos to blackmail me: Bollywood actress |access-date=8 October 2019 |archive-date=11 October 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201011112404/https://www.indiatoday.in/movies/celebrities/story/aditya-pancholi-drugged-and-raped-me-inside-car-took-photos-to-blackmail-me-bollywood-actress-1561030-2019-07-03?amp_js_v=0.1&usqp=mq331AQCKAE%3D |url-status=live }}</ref> She repeated these claims in an interview to "[[Aap ki adalat|Aap ki Adalat]]" on [[India TV]] and cited an incident of assault which had occurred in public.

Eyewitnesses to the incident say that Pancholi stopped the [[rickshaw]] in which Ranaut was travelling, compelled her to get out of the vehicle and slapped her face.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/kangana-ranaut-aditya-pancholi-physical-abuse-zarina-wahab/1/1039399.html|title=Kangana Ranaut names Aditya Pancholi as her abuser: I was a minor, went to his wife for help|access-date=2017-09-04|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170903014600/http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/kangana-ranaut-aditya-pancholi-physical-abuse-zarina-wahab/1/1039399.html|archive-date=3 September 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> Pancholi stated in his defence that the accusations was false and as despicable as her entire relationship with him. He said that in fact, Ranaut had exploited him both financially and emotionally in a calculated manner and used his influence to secure a foothold for herself as an actress. The trial is yet to begin. Aditya Pancholi had earlier been accused of raping his ex-girlfriend [[Pooja Bedi]]'s 15-year-old maid during the time when he and Pooja were dating.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://zeenews.india.com/entertainment/celebrity/the-story-of-aditya-pancholis-rape-case-and-illicit-affair-with-kangana-ranaut_136538.html|title=The story of Aditya Pancholi's rape case and illicit affair with Kangana Ranaut|date=11 June 2013|website=Zeenews.india.com|access-date=1 February 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180201193332/http://zeenews.india.com/entertainment/celebrity/the-story-of-aditya-pancholis-rape-case-and-illicit-affair-with-kangana-ranaut_136538.html|archive-date=1 February 2018|url-status=live}}</ref>

==Awards and nominations==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year
! Award
! Category
! Film
! Result

|-
|2010
|GIF Award
|[[Global Indian Film Awards|GIF award]] for Best Performance in a Negative role
|[[Striker (2010 film)|Striker]]
|Won
|-
|}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*{{IMDb name|0659156|Aditya Pancholi}}

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