Happy Birthday Sidharth Malhotra!

Birthdays come and go, and with each passing year, they leave us a year older than before, and hopefully more experienced and wiser. On this optimistic note, BollyCurry takes pleasure in celebrating the birthday of Bollywood's most recent chocolate boy Sidharth Malhotra, as he adds another candle to his cake.

Born in Delhi on 16th January, 1985 to Sunil and Rimmi Malhotra, Siddharth Malhotra lived ordinarily, far away from the glitz and glamour of the film industry. He studied in Dehli Bosco School, Naval Public School and then later in Bhagat Singh School. Malhotra stepped into the modeling world at the age of 18 and continued posing for the camera, as a model and a VJ, until four years later when he quit and worked as an assistant director in the 2010 drama flick My Name Is Khan. Before this, he also did a brief role in the popular Indian historical drama Dharti Ka Veer Yodha Prithviraj Chauhan on Star Plus.

In 2012, Malhotra made his debut with Karan Johar's Student of the Year in a lead role alongside Varun Dhawan and Alia Bhatt. He was appreciated for his chemistry with both Bhatt and Dhawan. In 2014, Malhotra released two back-to-back hits, a rom-com Hasee Toh Phasee opposite Parineeti Chopra and the romantic-thriller Ek Villain opposite Shraddha Kapoor. He played two diametrically opposite roles in both the movies, playing a struggling businessman in the former and a hardened criminal who reforms for love in the latter. For his role in Hasee Toh Phasee, he bagged two awards - Most Entertaining Actor in a Romantic Role and the Entertainer of the Year.

In 2015, Malhotra will be seen in the remake of Hollywood movie Warriors, titled Brothers, alongside Akshay Kumar, Jacqueline Fernandes and Jackie Shroff.

On his birthday, here's a look at some of his popular chart-buster tracks:

1. "Kukkad" - Student Of the Year 
2. "Ishq Wala Love" - Student Of the Year 
3. "Manchala" - Hasee Toh Phasee 
4. "Zehnaseeb" - Hasee Toh Phasee 
5. "Humdard" - Ek Villain
6. "Galliyan" -  Ek Villain 
7. "Bannjaara" - Ek Villain 

Did you know?

• Malhotra went in to the modelling world just for fun and to earn some pocket money.
• He had successfully auditioned for a film that was to be directed by Anubhav Sinha, but sadly it was shelved. 
• He was at the 12th position in the Times Of India's Most Desirable Men of 2012 and 13th position in 2013.

As this handsome hunk becomes a year older, BollyCurry wishes him many happy returns of the day and we hope that the coming year brings more success and fame to the man who brought many a smile to our faces.

Writer: Amanda H.