Utkarsh Sharma Height, Weight, Age, Education, Family

Utkarsh Sharma Height, Weight, Age, Education, Family

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Utkarsh Sharma Quick Info
Height 5 ft 7 in
Weight 64 kg
Date of Birth May 22, 1994
Zodiac Sign Gemini
Eye Color Dark Brown

Utkarsh Sharma is an Indian actor, writer, and director who started his career as a child artist by appearing as Charan Jeet Singh in the hit film Gadar: Ek Prem Katha in 2001. Over the years, he has been cast in many other projects which include the likes of Ab Tumhare Hawale Watan Saathiyo, Apne, Genius, and Gadar 2: The Katha Continues.

Born Name

Utkarsh Sharma

Nick Name

Utkarsh

Utkarsh Sharma as seen in an Instagram post in July 2022Utkarsh Sharma as seen in an Instagram post in July 2022 (Utkarsh Sharma / Instagram)

Sun Sign

Gemini

Born Place

Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

Nationality

Indian

 

Education

Utkarsh Sharma studied at Jamnabai Narsee School located in Mumbai, Maharashtra. Afterward, he graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in Production and Direction from Chapman University in Orange, California. He also attended Lee Strasberg Theatre & Film Institute (originally the Lee Strasberg Theatre Institute).

Additionally, he has taken dance lessons.

Occupation

Actor, Writer, Director

Family

  • Father – Anil Sharma (Director, Producer)
  • Mother – Suman Sharma (Former Basketball Player, Recipient of the Arjuna Award in 1983 in basketball for her achievements in the field of sports)
  • Siblings – Kairvina Sharma (Sister) (Musician)
  • Others –  K.C. Sharma (Grandfather), Bimla Sharma (Grandmother)

Build

Slim

Utkarsh Sharma in December 2021Utkarsh Sharma in December 2021 (Utkarsh Sharma / Instagram)

Height

5 ft 7 in or 170 cm

Weight

64 kg or 141 lbs

Race / Ethnicity

Asian (Indian)

Hair Color

Dark Brown

Eye Color

Dark Brown

Sexual Orientation

Straight

Distinctive Features

Usually sports a beard

Utkarsh Sharma as seen while posing for a picture at Golden Temple in Amritsar, Punjab in November 2021Utkarsh Sharma as seen while posing for a picture at Golden Temple in Amritsar, Punjab in November 2021 (Utkarsh Sharma / Instagram)

Utkarsh Sharma Facts

  • He made his first theatrical film appearance as Charan Jeet Singh (Tara Singh and Sakeena’s son) in the 2001 Hindi-language romantic period action drama film Gadar: Ek Prem Katha, starring Sunny Deol, Ameesha Patel, Amrish Puri, and Lilette Dubey. Set during the Partition of India in 1947, the film is loosely based on the life of Boota Singh.
  • Utkarsh Sharma played the younger version of Kunal/Vikramjeet Singh in the 2004 war film Ab Tumhare Hawale Watan Sathiyo, starring Amitabh Bachchan, Akshay Kumar, Bobby Deol, Divya Khosla Kumar, Danny Denzongpa, Ashutosh Rana, Sandali Sinha, Nagma, and Aarti Chabaria.
  • In 2007, he was seen as Angad Singh Choudhary in the Hindi-language sports drama film Apne. The film’s lead cast included Dharmendra, Sunny Deol, Bobby Deol, Katrina Kaif, Shilpa Shetty, Kirron Kher, and Kunal Rajbhatt.
  • Along with Ishita Chauhan, Mithun Chakraborty, Ayesha Jhulka, Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Malti Chahar, K. K. Raina, Abhimanyu Singh, and Dev Gill, he co-starred as Vasudev Shastri aka Genius (Nandini’s love interest) in the Hindi-language romantic psychological action thriller film Genius in 2018. The film received generally negative reviews with Bollywood Hungama giving it 1/5 stars saying, “On the whole, GENIUS is an extremely poor and senseless fare.”
  • Utkarsh reprised his role of Charanjeet “Jeete” Singh (Tara and Sakeena’s son) in the 2023 Hindi-language period action drama film Gadar 2, a sequel to the 2001 film Gadar: Ek Prem Katha.
  • As a writer, he has worked on projects like Purpose, Still Life, and Devika.
  • Utkarsh enjoys playing football.

    • Featured Image by Utkarsh Sharma / Instagram

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