Quick Login:
 

Upen Patel Biography

About Upen Patel

Upen Patel was born on August 16, 1980 in London, England.He is an Indian model and Bollywood film actor.Upen Patel was born and brought up in London, England. Patel was studying at University of Hertfordshire for his Computer Science degree, and became a model. He has modelled for brands such as Hugo Boss, Paul Smith and Zegna.

After winning Zee TV's supermodel hunt in the year 2002, Upen began signing modelling assignments such as Hugo Boss, Paul Smith and Zegna.

He received the MTV most Stylish male Award 2 years in a row and also won 3 years in a row four F awards as india's number one Supermodel, which led to many more endorsements including Tuscan Verve, Tommy Hilfiger, Provogue, D'damas Desire. He has campaigned for international brands like Wendell Rodrick, Vikram Phadnis and Westside.

He appeared in many music video's the most popular being remix music video of the classic Bollywood song Kya Khoob Lagti Ho which also featured Udita Goswami.

In 2006 he made his Bollywood debut in the murder mystery film 36 China Town, where he played a casanova type character who is suspected of murder. The film was a success at the box office. Upen won several best debutante awards, including the IIFA Award for the role.

His second film, Namastey London, where he played a supporting role was released on 23 March 2007 and also did well at the box office.

Shortly afterwards, his third film Shakalaka Boom Boom was released on 6 April 2007, but did not do as well at the box office as expected. He did however garner appreciation for his performance. He received flak for his guest appearance in Ashwani Dheer's One Two Three(2008). As of July 2008, he is shooting for Money Hai Toh Honey Hai, and doing a cameo in Ajab Prem Ki Ghazab Kahani.

Upen Patel is currently single and was recently spotted in South Africa for Diwali. He has been linked to many supermodels and was linked to Bollywood actress Tabu and Deepika Padukone.

He is also known as the Brad Pitt of bollywood due to his great looks and chisled body.

source(Wikipedia)