Rishabh Sawhney Biography: The trailer of the action aerial thriller ‘Fighter’ was released on 15 January 2024. Hrithik Roshan’s Greek god physique in squadron leader’s uniform and Deepika’s cocky flirtatious style on a bike charmed the audience, as it was expected to however it was the guy with long hair, and bloodshot eyes, indulging in a fistfight with Hrithik Roshan that caught the eye of the audience and pricked their curiosity.
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Hrithik Roshan posted an Instagram post today introducing the world to the ‘Fighter’ movie’s villain, Rishab Sawhney. Get to know the man who is debuting in the Hindi film industry with a cheek-to-cheek competition to ‘War’ hero as a villain in the movie.
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The 28-year-old actor was born and grew up in New Delhi to Ravindra Sawhney and Deepali Babbar Sawhney. He went to Birla Vidya Niketan for his schooling in the formative years. He moved to Vellore, in Tamil Nadu to pursue a civil engineering degree at Vellore Institute of Technology.
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Sawhney turned to modeling in his college years, the time when he also underwent a major body transformation by losing around 60 kgs of weight during college time.
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‘Fighter’ has brought the actor into the limelight but it is not his first gig in the entertainment industry. Sawhney has previously worked with Dino Moreo in the Disney+ Hostar series ‘The Empire’. He portrayed the character of Mehmood, Babar’s brother. He was the actor and the casting assistant of the set of ‘The Empire’ and continued to be a crew member in the OTT series ‘Kaun Banegi Shikarwati’ and Bestseller
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His journey toward the entertainment industry started with Sawhney competing in a men’s physique competition, which led him to runway and print ads. Before his venture into acting, Rishab also walked the Ramp for popular names including Shantanu and Nikhil, and features in advertisements of brands like VivoS1 pro and SKINN by Titan.
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Rishab’s lethal and bloodshot look in the trailer and poster has raised the audience's hopes to experience a neck-to-neck duel between the protagonist and antagonist in the movie.