Mohit Marwah

Mohit Marwah is a mainstream Bollywood actor, best known for his debut feature film Fugly, produced by Akshay Kumar, he has appeared in Short Films such as Strangers in the Night produced by Dharma Productions and Directed by Shakun Batra, and in Love Shots produced by Yash Raj Films.
In 2014, Mohit has been named one of the Best Dressed Men in Bollywood by GQ India. Joining his celebrity status as a fashion star, were famous personas as Saif Ali Khan, Abhay Deol, Shahid Kapoor, Neil Nitin Mukesh, and Ayushmann Khurrana.
He has also featured in GQ India’s spring spread showcasing standout collection from Italian fashion label Gucci.
Mohit Marwah has also appeared on the ramp for famous fashion designer Tarun Tahiliani in New Delhi to mark his support for a social cause. The show was organized for raising awareness in communities to help autistic children.
He has been signed as the brand ambassador for the famous lifestyle brand, Provogue. With his striking personality, athletic physique and fresh appeal, the actor has been elected to be the face of brand's grooming products. The new brand ambassador, Mohit, will be joining the league predecessors like Fardeen Khan, Saif Ali Khan and Hrithik Roshan who have endorsed the brand with equal panache and style in the past.
He also acted in a video featuring Anmoll Mallik, Singer and music director Anu Malik's daughter's debut single, 'Lamhein' which is a recreation of Coldplay's 2011 hit, 'Paradise'.
National Award Winning Director Tigmanshu Dhulia has signed him for the main lead in Raag desh - Birth of a Nation. The film, which is supposedly based on the infamous Red Fort trials that sparked an outrage.
Shooting of the first schedule is underway and is expected to release in First quarter of 2017

Early life and background

Mohit Marwah is the maternal grandson of the film producer Surinder Kapoor. He is the eldest son of the founder of Noida Film City Sandeep Marwah and Reena Marwah. He is the nephew of the producer Boney Kapoor, actors Anil Kapoor, Sridevi and Sanjay Kapoor. He is the cousin of the currently popular actors Arjun Kapoor and Sonam Kapoor and the young film producer Rhea Kapoor. Marwah has one younger brother named Akshay Marwah.

Mohit Marwah attended Don Bosco School and University of Delhi for his formal education. He joined Asian Academy of Film & Television following his inclination towards filmmaking. Thereafter, Mohit Marwah was accepted by Vikram Bhatt as his assistant director. After gathering field experience in movie production, Mohit Marwah decided to specialise in acting and proceed to New York to join Lee Strasberg Acting School

Acting career

Mohit Marwah started out his career working as an Assistant Director to Vikram Bhatt. getting involved in activities of the production process of three films, namely Elaan (2005), Jurm (2005) and Deewane Huye Pagal (2005).

He acted in a short film "The Audition" produced by his sibling Akshay Marwah, directed by Karan Boolani and music supervised by Amit Trivedi. He also did a short film later produced by Karan Johar called "Strangers in the night" presented by Dharma Productions and Directed by Shakun Batra.

Thereafter, he got his break into the mainstream when was signed by Akshay Kumar for feature film Fugly opposite Kiara Advani

Recently he acted in a video featuring Anmoll Mallik, Singer and music director Anu Malik's daughter's debut single, 'Lamhein' which is a recreation of Coldplay's 2011 hit, 'Paradise'. featuring Mohit along with Anmoll herself.

Earlier this year, Mohit starred in yet another short film by Y-Films, the youth division of Yash Raj Films. Love Shots is a collection of six short films, starring him along with Farida Jalal, Kulbhushan Kharbanda, Nimrat Kaur, Shweta Tripathi, Tillotama Shome, Saqib Saleem, Tahir Raj Bhasin, Rhea Chakraborty, Saba Azad and Swanand Kirkire.

His Short Film Titled ‘The Big Date’ was loved by the audiences

Film Critics About Mohit Marwah

Actors get it right from the word go. Right away, Mohit Marwah is a Natural Born Star – Subhash K Jha

"Mohit Marwah makes a confident debut, interpreting his character with insight and conviction. He has this amazing intensity which gels well with his character" – Taran Adarsh

Mohit Marwah delivers a top-notch performance – MENS XP Bollywood

"Bollywood watch out for this enigmatic, young lad Mohit Marwah who is sure enough to be India's James Dean" – IBN LIVE