The tall, angry young man of our generation.

Age and Height

Sidharth Malhotra was born on 16 January 1985 and he is 33 years old as of 2018. He stands 6 feet 1 inch tall.

Marriage/Relationships

Sidharth Malhotra has been guarded about his personal life. He has been rumored to have dated Alia Bhatt, Jacqueline Fernandez, and Kiara Advani, though he hasn’t admitted to any.

Family

Sidharth was born in Delhi to a Punjabi family: father Sunil Malhotra and mother Rimma Malhotra. He has an elder brother Harshad.

Career

Sidharth Malhotra began modeling at a young age and went on to become a successful model, even bagging a contract with Gladrags. He also did a small role in the popular TV show Prithviraj Chauhan. After quitting modeling, Sidharth was given the role of Assistant Director on My Name Is Khan in 2010.

Sidharth's big debut came in 2012 with "Student of the Year" alongside fellow debutants Alia Bhatt and Varun Dhawan. The film was a huge success and landed him many projects. In 2014 he saw moderate success, with Hasee Toh Phasee garnering him good reviews while Ek Villain was a box office hit.

Since 2015, Sidharth Malhotra has struggled to find commercial success. While big projects like Brothers and Baar Baar Dekho tanked at the box office, his critically-acclaimed films like Ittefaq too failed to make a dent. His last success came in 2016 with the popular film Kapoor & Sons. 

Controversies

During the promotions for Aiyyary on Big Boss 11, Sidharth seemingly insulted Bhojpuri language that caused outrage among many celebs of Bhojpuri descent.
During the conviction of a controversial godman and subsequent riots in Haryana, Sidharth tweeted an appeal for peace, followed by an appeal to watch his upcoming film A Gentleman. This was found insensitive by many and caused an uproar.

Favorites

Sidharth considers Amitabh Bachchan as his idol and many of the latter’s films are among his favorites. He loves to play rugby and was once a rugby club player. He loves eating jalebi and hot chocolate fudge.

Awards

For his first film Student of the year, Sidharth won the Stardust Award and SAIFT Award for Best Male Debut. For Hasee Toh Phasee, he won BIG Star Entertainment Awards for "Best Entertainer (Male) in Romantic Film" and "Entertainer of the Year".

Apart from that, he was ranked in multiple lists of "Most Desirable/Stylish Men" lists in 2013 and 2014.

Trivia

Contrary to the popular misconception, Sidharth Malhotra is not related to designer Manish Malhotra. Sidharth Malhotra was offered the role against Priyanka Chopra in "Fashion", but he couldn't take it due to his contract with Gladrags. Sidharth is a great animal lover and did a campaign with PETA to save dogs.