Nikitin Dheer is as strong and suave as the new generation actors come. At 6'4, he is handsome and qualified. Being a third generation film man, he knows what it takes. Nikitin's father, Pankaj Dheer is a well-known actor-producer while his grandfather, C. L. Dheer was producer of as many as 19 Hindi films.
Nikitin, who is among only 10 civilians who have undergone black cat commando training in unarmed combat and black belt, makes his debut with Ashutosh Gowarikar's Jodhaa Akbar as the main antagonist, a character only third in importance after Hrithik's Akbar and Aishwarya's Jodhaa. Nikitin's second important film on hand is Popcorn Entertainment's Mission Istanbul, directed by Apoorva Lakhia for which Nikitin has already shot in the film's Turkey schedule.