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Freddy Daruwala (born 12 May 1984) is an Indian model and actor who works in Hindi films.

Freddy Daruwala
Daruwala promoting Holiday (2014) at an event in 2014[1]
Born (1984-05-12) 12 May 1984 (age 40)
Surat, Gujarat, India
Occupations
Years active2013–present
Height1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
SpouseCrystal Variava

Personal life

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Freddy Daruwala was born on 12 May 1984 in Surat, Gujarat. He is of Parsi and Gujarati descent.[2]

He holds a Master of Business Administration.

Daruwala is married to Crystal Variava, a doctor[3] and together they have 2 sons.[4]

Career

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He made his film debut in 2014 in the film Holiday.[5][6]

In 2019, he starred in ZEE's thriller series Poison alongside Arbaaz Khan and Riya Sen.[7]

Public image

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In 2018 and 2020, he was named as Gujarat's "Most Desirable Man" by The Times of India.[8][9]

Filmography

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Year Film Role Notes
2014 Holiday Sleeper cell's head [6]
2016 Force 2 Harish Cameo appearance[10][11]
2017 Commando 2 ACP Bakhtawar Khan [12]
Rachna No Dabbo Dabbu Gujarati film
2018 Touch Chesi Chudu Irfan Lala Telugu film
Race 3 Rana Vijay
Suryansh Karan Rana Gujarati film
2023 Chatrapathi Bhairav

Web series

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Year Title Role Platform Notes
2019 Poison DSP Vikram ZEE5 [13][7]
2022 Dharavi Bank Mahesh MX Player
2022–present Crackdown Terrorist Abu Khalil/Mateen Jio Cinema
2023 Inspector Avinash Home Minister

Music videos

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Year Title Artist(s) Ref.
2023 Sadi Gali 2.0 Zaara Yesmin [14]

References

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  1. ^ Farhad Daruwala: Everyone wants to be the hero. Times of India. 17 May 2014.
  2. ^ Rachit Gupta (1 July 2018), "Freddy Daruwala: ‘If you haven’t eaten at Juhu beach, you’ve not lived in Mumbai", Times of India. Archived on 27 August 2024. "Freddy Daruwala, who's half Parsi and half Gujarati (...)"
  3. ^ Mukherjee, Shreya (4 July 2017). "Freddy Daruwala: I'm not comfortable talking about my wife and family". Hindustan Times. Retrieved 16 August 2020.
  4. ^ "EXCLUSIVE! Freddy Daruwala becomes father for the second time - Times of India". The Times of India. 17 September 2020. Retrieved 15 July 2021.
  5. ^ Y. Sunita Chowdhary (31 January 2018), "Positive about his negative roles", The Hindu. Retrieved 19 April 2019.
  6. ^ a b "Freddy Daruwala – the new villain in Akshay Kumar's career". Joginder Tuteja. GlamSham.com. 15 February 2014.
  7. ^ a b "Arbaaz Khan returns as the baddie with ZEE5 original 'Poison'". DNA India. 18 April 2019. Retrieved 18 June 2019.
  8. ^ "Freddy Daruwala is Ahmedabad Times Most Desirable Man of 2018 - Times of India". The Times of India. 30 January 2019. Retrieved 15 July 2021.
  9. ^ "Ahmedabad Times Most Desirable Men 2020". timesofindia.indiatimes.com. Retrieved 15 July 2021.
  10. ^ "Freddy Daruwala and John Abraham share a lot in common - Times of India". The Times of India. 29 January 2017. Retrieved 15 July 2021.
  11. ^ "Freddy Daruwala to have a special cameo in 'Force 2' - Times of India". The Times of India. 29 January 2017. Retrieved 15 July 2021.
  12. ^ "Freddy Daruwala and Esha Gupta are the villains of Commando 2 : Bollywood News - Bollywood Hungama". Bollywood Hungama. 16 May 2016. Retrieved 15 July 2021.
  13. ^ "ZEE5 unveils its latest original series 'Poison'". TelevisionPost. 5 April 2019. Archived from the original on 18 June 2019. Retrieved 18 June 2019.
  14. ^ "Freddy Daruwala and Zaara Yesmin's T-Series music video Sadi Gali 2.0 is the wedding anthem of the year!". m.peepingmoon.com/. 11 January 2019. Retrieved 29 June 2023.
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