Abhimanyu Singh (born 20 September 1974) is an Indian actor who works mainly in Hindi, Telugu, Tamil and Bhojpuri films.
Career :
Singh made his debut with Aks (2001), directed by Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra. He got his first break with the role of Rananjay Singh in Gulaal (2009), directed by Anurag Kashyap. The role won him the 2010 Stardust Award for his breakthrough performance.
He won praises for his role of Bukka Reddy in Rakta Charitra (2010), directed by Ram Gopal Varma. In his review in The Times of India, Nikhat Kazmi compared his performance to that of Heath Ledger in The Dark Knight (2008), which outshone the lead star.
He also received positive reviews for Onir's I Am with Rajeev Masand praising his "brazen, unflinching performance" as a corrupt police officer.
Singh worked with Anil Sharma of Gadar fame's film Genius where he plays a CBI officer. Singh was also seen as the main antagonist opposite Sridevi in Boney Kapoor's Mom, released on 7 July 2017. Singh acted in another Telugu film directed by B. Gopal's Aradugula Bullettu starring Gopichand and Nayantara, released on 9 June 2017. Apart from this, Singh was also seen in the Tamil film Theeran Adhigaaram Ondru as the main villain opposite Karthi and Rakul Preet Singh which was shot at Rajasthan and Chennai.
