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Alok Pandey[5][6] (born 30 April 1988)[7] is an Indian actor and model who is best known for playing MS Dhoni’s best friend in the former Indian Cricket Team captain’s biopic M.S. Dhoni: The Untold Story[8]”, a negative role with John Abraham[9] in Batla House[10] and a major role in Lucknow Central.[11] He performed packed role in a short film entitled “KKKK…KIRAN”.[12] He has also played roles in films like PK, Prem Ratan Dhan Payo, Sanam Teri Kasam, Special Ops, One Day: Justice Delivered, etc.

Alok Pandey
Pandey in 2018
Born	(1988-04-30) 30 April 1988 (age 34) Shahjahanpur, Uttar Pradesh, India[1]
Nationality	Indian
Alma mater	Bhartendu Academy of Dramatic Arts[2]
Occupation	Actor
Years active	2008–present
Known for	M.S. Dhoni: The Untold Story (2016) Lucknow Central (2017) Batla House (2019)[3][2] Sanam Teri Kasam (2016)
Spouse	Aarti Pandey
Parents	Shivram Pandey (father) Rajkanti Pandey (mother) [4]

Early life

Pandey was born in a village named Dadoun, Shahjahanpur. During his college days, he went to watch a theater play with his friends (Ravi Chauhan and Dharmendra Singh Sisodiya). While watching this play, the idea of becoming an actor came into his mind.[13]

Career

Pandey joined the "Sanskriti Theater Group" in 2007. He learned acting tricks from his mentor Alok Saxena in this theater group. Later, he joined the "Bhartendu Natya Akademi" (BNA) (new name is "Bharatendu Academy of Dramatic Arts") in Gomti Nagar. He is a 2011 batch pass-out, got opened the BM Shah auditorium where he staged his first professional theater play.[14] He performed several shows in Lucknow BNA.[15] After that he got selected in Satyajit Ray Film and Television Institute in Kolkata. Here, he learned a lot from fellow actor Vipin Sharma. After a year, in December 2012, finally he came to Mumbai.[8] Theater friend Manoj Sharma was already in Mumbai, so he sheltered Pandey. Then, he did a small role in CID serial for a few months, where he got his first payment of ₹3000. But soon, he got a good role with Ravi Khemu's serial Hamarey Gaon Koi Ayega in the lead role of Gulam Nabi, which he was making for Doordarshan. Meanwhile, Pandey get a chance to do work with Anurag Kashyap's short film That Day After Everyday, opposite Radhika Apte. Then he got to work in Salman Khan's Prem Ratan Dhan Payo that assigned with Rajshri Productions directed by Sooraj Barjatya. During this film, casting director Vicky Sidana came in contact and because of that, Pandey later got to work in films like M. S. Dhoni: The Untold Story and Lucknow Central.[16][17]

Filmography

Film/Series title	Role	Year
The Rapist Film[18]	N/A (directed by Aparna Sen)	Cooming Soon
Bambai meri jaan	N/A (with Kay Kay Menon)	NA
Sehar	Student Vishal Kaul (Pankaj Kapur’s son)	2021
Hurdang	Student leader Gopal Singh	2022
Special Ops (web series)	Pappu Haramzada (Auto driver)	2020
Batla House[19]	Tufail Khan (negative role of a terrorist)	2019
Kkk... Kiran (short film)[20]	Psycho Killer (lead role)	2019
Hum Chaar	College Student Vikram Singh Yadav (drunk character)	2019
One Day: Justice Delivered[21]	Mechanic Afzal Ahmed	2019
Lucknow Central	Bunty (Farhan's friend)	2017
M. S. Dhoni: The Untold Story	Chittu (MS Dhoni's best friend)	2016
Sanam Teri Kasam	Watchman (Informer; negative role)	2015
Prem Ratan Dhan Payo	Montu (Manchala Ladka)	2015
PK	TV Reporter (special appearance)	2014
Samvidhaan (TV serial)	Journalist	2014
That Day After Everyday	Road-side Romeo	2014[22]

References

External links

• Alok Pandey at IMDb
• Alok Pandey at Bollywood Hungama

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