Ishaan Khatter

Biography:

Actor Ishaan Khatter was born in India on November 1, 1995. Born into the family of actors Rajesh Khattar and Neelima Azeem, he debuted as a kid in the 2005 film Vaah! Life Ho Toh Aisi!, alongside Shahid Kapoor, his half-brother.
In Majid Majidi’s drama Beyond the Clouds (2017), Khatter landed his first major role. For his portrayal of a heroin dealer, he was awarded the Filmfare Award for Best Male Debut. The love drama Dhadak (2018) marked his first commercial triumph. Since then, he has acted in the British miniseries A Suitable Boy (2020).

The actresses Neelima Azeem and Rajesh Khattar are the parents of Khatter. Shahid Kapoor, his half-brother, is Azeem’s child from her first marriage to Pankaj Kapur, the actor. According to Khatter, he takes pride in his middle-class morals.

He tells how he tried to advance his career as an artist and how he was raised in a home that valued culture, the arts, and movies. Khatter had his education in Mumbai at the Billabong High International School, Juhu, and the Jamnabai Narsee School. He attended Shiamak Davar’s dance academy as well.

After making his debut on cinema as a child in the Kapoor-starring 2005 film Vaah! Life Ho Toh Aisi!, Khatter assisted Abhishek Chaubey on Udta Punjab (2016) and Danish Renzu on the indie film Half Widow (2017).

Beyond the Clouds (2017), a film directed by Majid Majidi, featured Khatter in his debut adult acting role as heroin dealer Amir. 2018 saw its theatrical release following its BFI London Film Festival premiere.

Deborah Young of The Hollywood Reporter noted in her review of the movie that Khatter’s “notable screen charisma promises well for his future career.” He was the recipient of the Filmfare Award for Best Male Debut as well as the Best Actor prize at the 5th International Bosphorous Film Festival.

Next, Khatter portrayed the lead in the love drama Dhadak (2018), directed by Shashank Khaitan and reimagined as a Marathi film Sairat (2016), with Janhvi Kapoor, a novice, costarring. It narrates the tale of two young lovers in rural Rajasthan who, as a result of caste prejudice, encounter political resistance to their union.

While finding “a soulfulness to  that’s at odds with Hindi cinema’s current penchant for bratty, hyperactive onscreen male personas,” Uday Bhatia of Mint faulted Dhadak for lacking the depth of the original film.

The Indian Express’ Shubhra Gupta didn’t like the movie either, but she did call Khatter a “natural” performer and praised his “mobile, expressive face”. Dhadak became a commercial success, earning over ₹1.1 billion (US$14 million) globally.

Khatter played alongside Tabu in Mira Nair’s British miniseries A Suitable Boy (2020), which was based on Vikram Seth’s novel of the same name. The BBC One broadcast it in six segments. He was interested to the idea because it portrayed a romance between a young guy and an elderly woman, which he believed would combat the stigma associated with such relationships in society.

The Times’s Hugo Rifkind said Khatter was “suitably charismatic and dangerous” in his role.[22] He costarred with Ananya Panday in the action movie Khaali Peeli that same year, which Zee Plex published digitally owing to the COVID-19 pandemic.