Nikhil Dwivedi

He did his MBA in finance from the Symbiosis Institute of Business Management, Pune and went on to work with the American Express Bank and another large consumer durables conglomerate before pursuing an acting career.

[3] Dwivedi made his acting debut in the crime comedy film My Name Is Anthony Gonsalves (2008), directed by E. Niwas and co-starring Amrita Rao and Mithun Chakraborty.

[9] Dwivedi was part of another ensemble cast in the crime film Shor in the City (2011), playing the role of a petty criminal.

[13] In 2012, Dwivedi had a starring role alongside Paoli Dam and Gulshan Devaiah in Hate Story, an erotic thriller directed by Vivek Agnihotri.

[19] Citing a lack of good opportunities as an actor, Dwivedi expanded to film production by launching his company Saffron.

[24][25] He next produced the action sequel Dabangg 3 (2019), which marked the third instalment of the cop franchise, starring Salman Khan and Sonakshi Sinha.

[26] Also in 2019, he produced the mythological television series Shrimad Bhagwat Mahapuran, based on the Hindu scriptures Bhagavata Purana, which aired weekly on Colors TV.

[31] He then appeared in the Netflix anthology film Ankahi Kahaniya (2021), in a segment about infidelity directed by Saket Chaudhary.

[32] Under his production company, Saffron Magicworks, Dwivedi next produced Vikramaditya Motwane’s screenlife thriller for Netflix, named CTRL, starring Ananya Panday, and will next produced an as-yet untitled project directed by Anurag Kashyap and starring Bobby Deol and Sanya Malhotra.

Dwivedi with his wife Gaurie