Rizwan Sikander

Rizwan Sikander Gesawat (born 10 July 1987) is an Indian actor best known for his role as contestant in MTV Roadies X2, in which he was a member of Karan Kundra's group. He has also acted in various television serials, including in the role of Arindham in Kayamath, a 2009 TV show of Balaji Telefilms on Star Plus channel.

Sikander has also worked as a model for several brands, and as a director of a travel web-series Compass, and as an executive producer for his sister Shama Sikander’s upcoming web-series called Ab Dil Ki Sun. Both the projects will be releasing in mid of 2018.

Early life[edit]

Rizwan Sikander Gesawat was born in Makrana, Rajasthan, India, and is the son of Gulshan, a housewife and father Sikander Ali Gesawat who was a marble supplier and now practices Ayurveda. At the age of 4 his family moved to Mumbai, Maharashtra, where he lived together with his siblings, Khalid (born 1984), Shama Sikander (born 1981), and Salma (born 1991). He relocated to Mumbai in 1991. Having moved locations frequently, Sikander attended six schools in his early life in Makrana and in various parts of Greater Mumbai including Malad, Mumbra, Thane, and Andheri. Sikander often accompanied his sister Shama Sikander for auditions, meetings, filmy parties & film premier’s. In Mumbai, he was selected to participate in Fear Factor India and flew to Malaysia for the shoot. At the age of 20 he started modelling for several brands in print and commercials. He took part in reality shows, and in television soaps produced by Balaji Telefilms, Dj Creations, Contiloe Pictures, Lostboy Production, and Film Farm. He enrolled in the Roshan Taneja’s School Of Performing Art in Mumbai in 2009 for acting training.

Career[edit]

Sikander appeared in the reality show Fear Factor India (2006) and was a contestant in India’s Zee Cine Stars (2006). He had a cameo role for Jabb Love Hua ( 2007), and played the character ‘Arindham’ in the Star Plus drama Kayamath (2009), also in Gumraah season 2 as Daljeet (a card sharp) for Channel V. He was seen in Vikram Bhatt’s The Haunted Nights for Sahara One. Mumbai director Aakash Shrivastav casted him for an English short film called Post Heist as Jonah Sharp Shooter (2010). In 2011 Sikander hosted an episode of French reality show based on One Day with a Big Family in London.

In 2006 he appeared in Fear Factor India produced by Endemol and directed by Simmi Karna.

He appeared in three episodes of Kayamath show for Star Plus, on television series as a cameo in Jabb Love Hua on Zee TV.

On 18 November 2017 Sikander announced his travel show in Dubai Fitness Expo at The Dubai Mall.

Filmography[edit]

Short Movies[edit]

Year	Title	Type	Directors	Notes
2010	Post Heist	Jonah (Sharp Shooter)	Akash Srivastav
2016	What do you want	Lead	Philip Jamal Rashid
2016	Techsex	Lead	Shailendra Singh
2017	False Awakening	Lead	Sameer Joshi
2017	Respect	Lead	Sam Khan
2018	Bigger the better	Medical Owner	Jay Bodas

Television[edit]

Year	Show	Role	Type	Channel	Producer	Notes
2007	Jabb Love Hua	Bunty	Cameo	Zee TV	Dj Creations	Four episodes - Hot Hunk
2007	Kayamath	Aditya	Cameo	Star plus	Balaji telefilms	Four episodes - Blackmailer
2007	Kasam Se	Rocky	Cameo	Zee TV	Balaji telefilms	Two Episodes - Biker Gang
2007	Jodee Kamaal Ki	Self	Celebrity Guest	Star Plus	Shreya Creations	Ep. Raksha Bandhan Special with his sister Shama Sikander
2007	Kasautii Zindagii Kay	Raj	Cameo	Star Plus	Balaji telefilms	One Episode
2007	Sirf Stories	Aakash	Lead	SAB TV	Film Farm	Two Episodes Story
2009	Kayamath	Arindham	Lead’s Brother	Star Plus	Balaji telefilms	Leap - Bengali Family (younger son)
2012	Gumrah: End of Innocence Season 2	Daljeet	Villain	Channel V	Lost Boy & Balaji telefilms	Card Sharp
2014	Haunted Nights	Aaksah	Lead	Sahara One	The Entertainment Hub	Episodic

Television (Dance & Reality)[edit]

Year	Title	Class	Role	Channel
2006	Fear Factor India	Stunt/Dare Reality Show	Self (Contestant)	Sony TV
2006	Zee Cine Star Ki Khoj Season 2	Talent Hunt-Contest Reality Show	Self (Contestant)	Zee TV
2007	The Great Indian Love Challenge	Task Reality Show	Self (Contestant)	Ndtv Goodtimes
2008	Aaja Mahi Vay	Dance Reality Show	Self (Contestant)	Star Plus
2015	Roadies X2	Stunt/Dare Reality Show	Self (Contestant)	MTV INDIA

Web Series[edit]

Year	Title	Role	Type	Director	Producer	Notes
2018	Ab Dil ki Sun	Brother	Cameo	Sam Khan	Shama Sikander
2018	Compass	Himself	Host	Rizwan Sikander	Sam Khan

Music Videos[edit]

Year	Song Title	Singer	Notes
2015	Hasi Ban Gaye (Cover)	Sonali Bahuguna
2016	Roadie Hoon Main	Self
2016	Bum Bum Bo	Ishq Bector & Apeksha Dandekar

TV Commercials[edit]

Year	Brands	Role	Director	Production	Notes
2013	Officer’s Choice Blue Whiskey	Angry Boyfriend	Will Van Der Vulgt (German)	Caramel Pictures
2013	Park Avenue	Lead Singer	David Lodge	Off Road Films
2017	Jabong #beyou	Model	Abhishek De	Avant Garde Films	With Diljit Dosanjh

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