Sid Makkar

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Siddharth Makkar popularly known as Sid Makkar is a Mumbai born and raised actor. He has worked extensively in film, television and on stage both in the Hindi and English language.

Career

Sid started as an actor after studying at the University of Texas at Austin, U.S.A. He has worked in Indian, American, British and Australian films. His works include the very successful John Madden directed The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel with Judi Dench and Dev Patel, the cult favourite Sense8 Season 2 (Netflix) by the Wachowski's and the Australian film 'Save your Legs'.[1]

Sid has played leading parts in Indian series like 'Spotlight', 'Six',[2] and films like Hacked, Turning 30 and Zoya Akhtar's first film Luck by Chance. He played the protagonist, a detective in the 1850s, Mughal-era series 'Dariba Diaries' and received much acclaim.[3]

With his love for theatre, he has gravitated towards playing the titular role in the hit Bollywood musical Zangoora. He essayed the role of Gautama Buddha in Lushin Dubey's Buddha and worked on other dramatic plays like 'Where did I Leave my Purdah' directed by Lillete Dubey and "Art" directed by Mahabanoo Mody Kotwal and Kaizaad Kotwal.

Sid is currently working on various projects and divides his time between Mumbai, Goa and London.[4]

Filmography

Films

Year Title Role Language Country Notes
2006 Offshore Ajay Tiwari English America
2009 Luck by Chance Sameer Hindi India
2009 Straight Rajat Hindi India
2010 Dus Tola Ravi Hindi India
2011 Turning 30 Rishabh Puri Hindi India
2012 The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel Jay English United Kingdom
2012 Talk to Me English India Short film
2012 Save Your Legs! Tusshar Rai English Australia
2012 Chaurahen Indian
2015 The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel Jay English United Kingdom
2017 The Big Fat City Puneet Hindi India
2020 Hacked Om Kapoor Hindi Indian [5][6][7]
2019 377 AbNormal Keshav Hindi India A ZEE5 Original film[8][9][10]
2021 Corvid's Head Harmesh English, Hindi United Kingdom, India

Web series

Year Title Role Platform Notes
2017 Sense8 Ajay Netflix Season 2[11][12]
2017 Rain Abhay YouTube [13]
2017 Spotlight Romesh VIU [14][15]
2019 Made in Heaven Bilal Amazon Video
2019 Faceless JioCinema [16]
2020 State of Siege: 26/11 Sontosh Dutta ZEE5 [17]
2021 Six Kashish Sura Disney + Hotstar [18]
2022 Barun Rai and the House on the Cliff
2024 Raisinghani vs Raisinghani Akshat Mehra SonyLIV

Television

Year Title Role Notes
2006 Ghar Ki Lakshmi Betiyaan Satyakam Kapadia [19]
2007-2008 Mere Apne Shankar [20][21][22]
2008 Kahaani Hamaaray Mahaabhaarat Ki Arjuna
2014-2015 Dariba Diaries Mirza Jaan Nawaz [23][24][3]
2015-2016 Lajwanti Sunderlal Bharadwaj [25][26]
2016–2017 Ye Hai Mohabbatein Vidyut [27][28]
2022 Dhadkan Zindaggi Kii Nikhil Sardesai [29]

Theatre

Title Role
Zangoora Zangoora
Where did I Leave my Purdah Vinay, Suhel and Dushyant
Buddha Prince Siddhartha / Gautama Buddha
Lift Kara De Goldy
Art Serge

References

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