Aditya Pancholi is an Indian film actor and producer who appears in Bollywood films. He started his career as a lead actor but found more success with supporting and negative roles and received a Filmfare nomination for the Best Performance in a Negative Role for Yes Boss (1997).Pancholi began his career with television movies produced by Nari Hira which have all become successful and ventured into mainstream Bollywood cinema with Sasti Dulhan Mehnga Dulha (1986).
Pancholi first came to limelight with a supporting role in Maha-Sangram (1990). He initially gave critically acclaimed performances as a lead actor with films like Kab Tak Chup Rahungi (1988), Qatil (1988), Sailaab (1990), Laal Paree (1991), Naamcheen (1991) and Yaad Rakhegi Duniya (1992), but failed to find commercial success. His biggest commercial success as a lead actor and his most well-known performance was in Mahesh Bhatt’s Saathi (1991).
Pancholi was cast in multi-starrer movies like Ladaai (1988), Jaadugar (1989), Aatish: Feel the Fire (1994) and Aankhen (2002) and became synonymous for negative roles with movies like Awwal Number (1990), Jung (1996), Yes Boss (1997), Hameshaa (1997), Jung (2000) and Musafir (2004).He started 1992 with the romance film Yaad Rakhegi Duniya, opposite debutant Rukhsar Rehman. Pancholi portrayed a terminally ill man who falls in love with a girl, who herself suffers from a terminal illness.
Also released in 1992 was the action movie Sahebzaade with Sanjay Dutt. His last release of the year was the multi-starrer action film Tahalka, opposite Dharmendra, Naseeruddin Shah. Pancholi portrays an army officer and is paired with Ekta Sohini. The film emerged as the fifth-highest-grossing film of the year.Pancholi turned producer for the first time in the 1993 romance action film Chor Aur Chaand and acted in the lead role opposite Pooja Bhatt.
In the same year he starred in the action film Muqabla opposite Govinda, Karishma Kapoor, Shakti Kapoor and Asrani. His next release was the action film Game, opposite Naseeruddin Shah, Rahul Roy and Sangeeta Bijlani. His only release of 1994 was Sanjay Gupta’s multi-starrer action film Aatish: Feel the Fire, featuring an ensemble cast of Sanjay Dutt, Raveena Tandon, Karisma Kapoor and Atul Agnihotri. Aatish was one of the highest-grossing movies at the box office.He began 1995 with the lead role in the action film Surakshaa, in which he was paired with Sheeba with an ensemble cast of Sunil Shetty, Saif Ali Khan, Divya Dutta and Monica Bedi. In the same year he acted in the movies Ravan Raaj: A True Story and The Gambler and Ram Shastra with Jackie Shroff, Manisha Koirala and Anupam Kher. Pancholi reunited with Shetty and Khan for another multi-starrer lead role in the 1996 action film Ek Tha Raja, with Neelam, Pratibha Sinha and Indrani Banerjee.
Later that year, Pancholi collaborated with South Indian director T. Rama Rao in Jung, portraying a double-role opposite Mithun Chakraborty, Ajay Devgan, Rambha and Sujata Mehta. Pancholi played an innocent train driver who is wrongly punished for a murder that was committed by a look-alike gangster, which was a box office success. His next release of the year was Khilona, opposite Ayub Khan and Monica Bedi. His other movies included Zordaar, Muqadama and Mafia.Pancholi switched to antagonistic and supporting roles as 1997 approached, starting with Aziz Mirza’s romantic comedy Yes Boss, opposite Shah Rukh Khan and Juhi Chawla. Yes Boss was one of the highest-grossing movies of the year.
He earned a nomination for the Filmfare Award for Best Performance in a Negative Role. His next release was Hameshaa, opposite Saif Ali Khan and Kajol, with Pancholi in a negative role.
Aditya Pancholi All Movie List :
Title | Role | Year |
Sasti Dulhan Mehnga Dulha | Anil | 1986 |
Dayavan Maalamaal Dharamyudh Kab Tak Chup Rahungi Vaada Raha Milan ke Khoon Bahaa Ganga Mein Qatil | Assistant Commissioner of Police Chander Oberoi Thakur Vijay Singh Gopal Sanjay Kumar Sinha | 1988 |
Mohabat Ka Paigham Kahan Hai Kanoon Jaadugar Lashkar Desh Ke Dushman Ladaai | Naeem Shankar Narayan Amar Umesh Gupta Amar Sharma | 1989 |
Awaragardi Sailaab Baap Numbri Beta Dus Numbri Maha-Sangram Taqdeer Ka Tamasha Awwal Number Gunahon Ka Devta Pyaar Ka Toofan Veeru Dada Zakhmi Zameen Atishbaz | Ajay Krishna / Rajiv Anil / Ravi Suraj / Chhota Ghoda Inspector Suryapratap Ranveer Singh “Rony” Sunny Khanna Shyamu Amit Anand Mangal / Raju / Inspector Vijay Adi | 1990 |
Laal Paree Shiv Ram Vishnu-Devaa Hafta Bandh Naamcheen Akayla Dushman Devta Saathi Jeevan Daata Paap Ki Aandhi | Shankar Ram Inspector Deva Prasad Iqbal Rajan Ajay Suraj Suraj Vishnu CBI Inspector Vikrant | 1991 |
Yaad Rakhegi Duniya Sahebzaade Tahalka | Vicky Anand Rahul Captain Rakesh | 1992 |
Chor Aur Chaand Bomb Blast (1993 film) Muqabla Game Jan Per Khel Kar Tahqiqaat | Suraj “Surya” Sikandar Supari Traffic Constable Deepak Raja Inspector Suraj Peter | 1993 |
Aatish: Feel the Fire | Nawab | 1994 |
Ram Shastra Ravan Raaj: A True Story The Gambler Surakshaa | Inspector Kavi Dr. Amir Khurana Inspector Shiva Suraj / Prince Vijay | 1995 |
Khilona Zordaar Muqadama Mafia Jung Ek Tha Raja | Rajkumar Shiva/Tony Inspector Manoj Saigal Inspector Bhagat Singh Ram / Billa Raj / Raj Dogra | 1996 |
Yes Boss Hameshaa Jodidar Gundagardi | Siddharth Chaudhary Yash Vardhan Forest Officer Raja | 1997 |
Zanjeer: The Chain Devta Military Raaj Hafta Vasuli | ACP cadet Aspak Salim | 1998 |
Bhai No. 1 Baaghi Jung Tarkieb | Bade Bhai Vikram Inspector Khan Mohan Multani | 2000 |
Baghaawat – Ek Jung | Arjun | 2001 |
Yeh Dil Aashiqanaa Aankhen Gautam Govinda Jaani Dushman: Ek Anokhi Kahani | Akhmash Jalaal Police Inspector Thakur Sagar Thakur Ashok Kejriwal | 2002 |
Chalte Chalte Border Hindustan Ka | Hostile businessman Ranbir Singh | 2003 |
Musafir Nirahua Rikshwala | Inspector Tiger Nirahua | 2004 |
Striker | Jaleel Jalebi | 2010 |
Dum Maaro Dum Bodyguard | Biscuit Vikrant | 2011 |
Rush Idiot Hridayanath | Roger Khanna Anjali’s brother Antagonist | 2012 |
Mumbai Mirror Race 2 Shadow | Durrani Godfather Anza Nana Bhai | 2013 |
Jai Ho Dishkiyaoon | Inspector Dilip Kadam Nawab Khan | 2014 |
Hero Bajirao Mastani Mumbai Can Dance | Pasha Shripad Rao Saala | 2015 |
Bhouri | Inspector (Aditya Pancholi) | 2016 |
Taish | Babban (Aditya Pancholi) | 2020 |