Freddy Daruwala

Freddy Daruwala (born 1983/1984)[2] is an Indian model and actor based in Mumbai, Maharashtra, predominantly known for his roles as the Sleeper Cell's Head opposite Akshay Kumar in the Bollywood film Holiday.[3][4] He has starred in over 12 films across various languages, including Telugu, Gujarati and Hindi. He has been titled as the Most Desirable Man by Ahmedabad Times in 2018[5] and 2020.[6][5] He last appeared in ZEE5's action crime thriller series Poison in 2019 that starred Arbaaz Khan and Riya Sen.[7] He has been signed to play a lead in The Incomplete Man.[8]

Freddy Daruwala
Daruwala promoting Holiday at an event
Born
Freddy Daruwala[1]

1983 or 1984 (age 39–40)
Surat, Gujarat, India
Other namesFreddy
Occupations
  • Actor
  • model
SpouseCrystal Variava

Personal life

Born into a middle-class family in Surat, Gujarat,[3] Freddy is half Parsi and half Gujarati.[9] He holds a Master of Business Administration. He is married to Crystal Variava, a doctor[2] and they have 2 sons.[10]

Filmography
Year Film Role Notes
2014 Holiday Sleeper cell's head [11][4]
2016 Force 2 RAW Agent Harish Cameo[12][13]
2017 Commando 2 ACP Bakhtawar Khan [14]
Umeed Lawyer [15]
Rachna No Dabbo Dabbu Gujarati Film
2018 Touch Chesi Chudu Irfan Lala Telugu Film
Race 3 Rana Vijay
Suryansh Karan Rana Gujarati Film
2020 Sher post-production
Rashna:The Ray of Light Prateek Gehlot pre-production
Miss match India pre-production
Khel Khel Mein pre-production
2021 The Incomplete Man ASP Saurabh Sachan
2023 Chatrapathi Bhairav

Web series
Year Title Role Platform Notes
2019 Poison DSP Vikram ZEE5 [16][7]
2022 Dharavi Bank Mahesh MX Player
2022–present Crackdown Terrorist Abu Khalil/Mateen Jio Cinema
2023 Inspector Avinash Chief Minister

Music videos
Year Title Artist(s) Ref.
2023 Sadi Gali 2.0 Zaara Yesmin [17]

References
  1. Farhad Daruwala: Everyone wants to be the hero. Times of India. 17 May 2014.
  2. Mukherjee, Shreya (4 July 2017). "Freddy Daruwala: I'm not comfortable talking about my wife and family". Hindustan Times. Retrieved 16 August 2020.
  3. Y. Sunita Chowdhary (31 January 2018), "Positive about his negative roles", The Hindu. Retrieved 19 April 2019.
  4. Farhad debuts with a negative role. Times of India. 2 June 2014.
  5. "Freddy Daruwala is Ahmedabad Times Most Desirable Man of 2018 - Times of India". The Times of India. 30 January 2019. Retrieved 15 July 2021.
  6. "Ahmedabad Times Most Desirable Men 2020". timesofindia.indiatimes.com. Retrieved 15 July 2021.
  7. "Arbaaz Khan returns as the baddie with ZEE5 original 'Poison'". DNA India. 18 April 2019. Retrieved 18 June 2019.
  8. "Freddy Daruwala: The web space is something that we cannot avoid now". Hindustan Times. 13 April 2021. Retrieved 15 July 2021.
  9. Rachit Gupta (1 July 2018), "Freddy Daruwala: ‘If you haven’t eaten at Juhu beach, you’ve not lived in Mumbai", Times of India. Retrieved 19 April 2019.
  10. "EXCLUSIVE! Freddy Daruwala becomes father for the second time - Times of India". The Times of India. 17 September 2020. Retrieved 15 July 2021.
  11. "Freddy Daruwala – the new villain in Akshay Kumar's career". Joginder Tuteja. GlamSham.com. 15 February 2014.
  12. "Freddy Daruwala and John Abraham share a lot in common - Times of India". The Times of India. 29 January 2017. Retrieved 15 July 2021.
  13. "Freddy Daruwala to have a special cameo in 'Force 2' - Times of India". The Times of India. 29 January 2017. Retrieved 15 July 2021.
  14. "Freddy Daruwala and Esha Gupta are the villains of Commando 2 : Bollywood News - Bollywood Hungama". Bollywood Hungama. 16 May 2016. Retrieved 15 July 2021.
  15. "Holiday actor Freddy Daruwala to play a lawyer". Hindustan Times. 10 September 2016. Retrieved 15 July 2021.
  16. "ZEE5 unveils its latest original series 'Poison'". TelevisionPost. 5 April 2019. Retrieved 18 June 2019.
  17. "Freddy Daruwala and Zaara Yesmin's T-Series music video Sadi Gali 2.0 is the wedding anthem of the year!". m.peepingmoon.com/. 11 January 2019. Retrieved 29 June 2023.
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