Sidharth Malhotra is an Indian actor and former model who appears in Hindi films Malhotra began a career as a model at the age of 18 Dissatisfied by the profession he went on to work as an assistant director to Karan Johar in the 2010 film My Name Is Khan He made his acting debut with a leading role in Johars comedydrama Student of the Year 2012 for which he received a Filmfare Award for Best Male Debut nomination Malhotra played an aspiring businessman in the critically praised comedydrama Hasee Toh Phasee in 2014 following which he starred as a hardened criminal in the romantic thriller Ek Villain 2014 and an aspiring author in the family drama Kapoor Sons 2016 The latter two rank among Malhotras highestgrossing films with a worldwide gross of over 1 billion US15 million each