Shivam Patil is an Indian actor and dancer. He made his Bollywood debut in 2013, playing the male lead in Nasha. He subsequently played the lead role of 'Rohan' in Sunny Deol's Ghayal Once Again in 2016. Patil's next film will be Akshat Verma's Kaalakaandi, which releases on the 12th of January, 2018.
He has also appeared on episodic TV shows such as MTV Webbed, Yeh Hai Aashiqui and MTV Rush....Shivam Patil is an Indian actor and dancer. He made his Bollywood debut in 2013, playing the male lead in Nasha. He subsequently played the lead role of 'Rohan' in Sunny Deol's Ghayal Once Again in 2016. Patil's next film will be Akshat Verma's Kaalakaandi, which releases on the 12th of January, 2018.
He has also appeared on episodic TV shows such as MTV Webbed, Yeh Hai Aashiqui and MTV Rush.
Patil is also part of a dance crew called Street Soul Dance Crew, under the nicknames 'Evolution' and 'Bboy Evolution'. He took an acting course under Barry John.
Patil was cast in a thirteen episode fiction show on MTV India, called MTV Rush, a show based on a fictional college festival called Rush, which was directed by filmmaker Bejoy Nambiar and slated to be aired in 2012.
In 2013, he played the protagonist in the 6th episode of MTV Webbed called "Even Family is Fair Play", where he portrayed the character of a sexually confused teenager.
In 2014, he also played lead roles in two episodes (42th and 68th) of Yeh Hai Aashiqui.
In 2012, Patil was cast as the male lead in Nasha, where he played the role of Sahil, a teenage student who falls in love with his drama teacher Anita played by Poonam Pandey. He was called the "surprise packet of the film" by Taran Adarsh, who noted his ease in front of the camera. Khalid Mohamed, reviewing for the Deccan Chronicle, called his performance in the film "particularly impressive, confident and nuanced, without ever going over the top". Mohamed also stated, "surely, he deserved a better first film". The Mumbai Mirror stated that "Shivam plays it stiff and not terribly expressive. This ultimately works for his character Sahil, and is completely intentional."
Patil had also acted in Sunny Deol's Ghayal Once Again, the sequel to Deol's 1990 film Ghayal. In Ghayal, Patil plays Rohan, a lawyer’s son who stands up against injustice. Upon release, Patil's performance in the film was appreciated by critics. Ritika Handoo, reviewing for Zee News, called his performance "a job worthy of mention". Anna MM for the Firstpost said that "Aanchal Munjal and Shivam Patil - Anushka and Rohan here – are worth watching out for" Screenwriter and director Khalid Mohamed called his performance "impressive".
Patil's next film is Kaalakaandi, which is directed by Akshat Verma, who last wrote Delhi Belly). He plays the character of 'Jehangir Jehangir' as part of the ensemble cast. The movie's release date is January 12th, 2018.
