Niketan Sharma is an Indian actor, writer and director. He is known for his work in theater and web series. He rose to fame for starring as Naveen Shetty aka Gambhir in the web series Cubicles, which streamed on SonyLIV in 2019.
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Wiki/Biography
Niketan Sharma was born on 2 May in Jaipur, Rajasthan, India. Their zodiac sign is Taurus. Later he went to Delhi with his family. He did his schooling from Government Model Senior Secondary School, Vivek Vihar, Delhi. Later he did his graduation from Kirori Mal College, Delhi. His desire was to become a Chartered Accountant (CA); However, he joined the theater group Players and started acting in plays; He abandoned the idea of pursuing chartered accountancy. After moving to Mumbai from Delhi in July 2014, he joined the Drama School of Mumbai and studied acting there from 2014 to 2015.
Niketan Sharma during his college days
Physical Appearance
Height (Approx): 5′ 9″
Hair Color: Black
Eye colour: dark brown
Family
parents and siblings
There is not much information about his parents. He has a brother’s name Arpit Sharma and a sister’s name Nikita Sharma.
Niketan Sharma with his mother
Niketan Sharma with his siblings
wife and children
He is unmarried and has no children.
relationships/affairs
He is in a relationship with Raisa Ghosh since 2020. She works in the communications department of Yash Raj Films (YRF) and has also produced some of their dramas.
Niketan Sharma (left) with Raisa Ghosh
livelihood
Theater
He has written and directed many plays. His first play was Adrak which was first performed in 2018. Later he acted in several dramas like Bone of Contention in 2020 and Photo Copy in 2022 starring Rasika Agashe which became very famous.
Niketan Sharma during a play
He later founded the production company Now Productions which produces theater plays. He has done many shows at the prestigious Prithvi Theater in Mumbai.
Logo of Niketan Sharma’s production group, Now Productions
short film
He has written the story of the short film Bundle of Questions in 2016.
web series
His first web series as an actor was Cubicles in 2019 which streamed on SonyLIV; He played the role of Naveen Shetty aka Gambhir in the web series. She played the role of KK in Kandy in 2021 which streamed on Voot.
Niketan Sharma in a scene from the web series Cubicles
Facts/General Knowledge
- His mentor is Kewal Arora, a retired staff advisor to The Players, the theater society of Kirori Mal College, and an English professor.
Niketan Sharma’s Guru, Kewal Arora
- His nicknames are Pappu, Nikki and Nikku.
- In his spare time, Niketan also gives monologue acting workshops called Solo.
Poster of Niketan Sharma’s Monologues Workshop
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