Sahil Salathia
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Sahil Salathia | |
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 Sahil Salathia: an interview photo | |
| Born | 13 April 1990 Jammu, India |
| Alma mater | Punjab University, Chandigarh |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 2015–present |
Sahil Salathia is an Indian actor.
Sahil hails from a Dogra Rajput family in Jammu city. He studied at Punjab University, Chandigarh and worked as a software engineer.[1]
Modeling
Sahil represented India at Mr. Asia 2012 in Hong Kong and was a finalist (Top 5) amongst 32 Asian and Euro-Asian countries. Sahil has been the face[2] for many popular brands and has also done brand campaigns for almost fifty leading brands in India, some of the brands are; Idea Cellular, Tata Indicom, Kingfisher, Big Bazaar and Mercedes Benz, etc. He has also appeared in all the leading magazines such as Maxim, GQ and Hello to name a few, as well as on the cover of India Today and Men's Health India. He has done around 20 commercials in India and abroad. His latest television commercials include Tata Tetley Green Tea, Lava Mobile Phones, Tata Indica, Samsung laptops, Loop mobiles and is continuing.[citation needed]
Career
He made his acting debut,[3] as the male lead in Ashutosh Gowariker's Everest,[4][5][6] where he played the character[7] of a celebrated mountaineer[8] called Arjun Sabharwal. He shared about being particularly excited[9] to be represented by the great combo of ace director Ashutosh Gowariker[10][11] and A. R. Rahman, the Oscar-winning music director who had done the background score for Everest.[12]
Sahil was recently[when?] awarded the Best Fresh Face by the Lion Gold Awards for his portrayal of Arjun on screen. [13] He made his Bollywood film debut on the big screen with Ashutosh Gowarikar's Panipat.[14]