MUMBAI: Shaheer Sheikh aka Yeh Rishtey Hain Pyaar Ke fame 'Abeer' is a television actor and a former model. He is well known in the industry for playing the roles of the warrior prince Arjun, the Indian mythological character in Mahabharat (2013), Dev Dixit in Kuch Rang Pyar Ke Aise Bhi and Abir Rajvansh in Yeh Rishtey Hain Pyaar Ke.
Like any other telly/ Bolly star, even Shaheer's journey to stardom was not an easy path owing to the fact that he's a self-made actor who's well recognised by both the authoritative personnels from the industry as well as him fans for his brilliant acting chops on-screen.
The chocolate boy of the television industry, who is well-known for his smart looks, sharp yet humble attitude and fine-physique is an eye-candy to millions of girls around the globe. The handsome telly hunk also entertains his fans with his agile, energetic and swift reflexes.
Today, let's take a note of the unknown facts regarding the actor's both personal and professional fronts:
1. Shaheer hails from Bhaderwah, Doda District (Jammu and Kashmir) and has completed his schooling from Hari Singh Higher Secondary School, Jammu.
2. Apart from his parents, he has 2 sisters - Aleefa and Ifrah and his family calls him by his nickname 'Sameer'.
3. He has completed his graduation in Bachelor of Laws (L.L.B.) from New Law College, Bharati Vidyapeeth University, Pune.
4. For the unversed, he started his career as a photographer and then went on to modelling.
5. Shaheer embarked upon acting as a teen artiste and debuted on the small-screen between 2005 to 2006 in the TV series Sanya, which aired on Hungama TV, where he played a small & supporting role of his character Arjun Shekhawat.
6. In 2009, Sheikh bagged the role of teen sensation Veer Mehra in Disney Channel India's Kya Mast Hai Life, who loved music and playing guitar. He played the same role for both the seasons of the show.
7. After that, Sheikh replaced actor Satyajeet Dubey in Jhansi Ki Rani for the role of Nana Sahib, who was the brother of Rani of Jhansi.
8. In 2011, Sheikh debuted as the lead-male character in a mainstream Hindi television soap Navya..Naye Dhadkan Naye Sawaal which aired on Star Plus, opposite actress Saumya Seth and played the role of Anant Bajpai, a 19-year-old college boy who was a traditionalist and a conformist deep down. In that year itself, Sheikh also featured in Disney Channel's show Best Of Luck Nikki 1 by playing the role of again a late-teen college student Ritesh.
9. In the year 2012, Sheikh also appeared in Star Plus’ show Teri Meri Love Stories opposite Mahhi Vij and played the role of Nityanand Chaturvedi, who was a poor orphan and was secretly smitten by his boss' daughter Saloni. Later in 2016, Shaheer Sheik also received the award for 'Star Of The Year 2016' at the Asiavision Awards for his work in this show.
10. His next big breakthrough project came in 2013 he signed Swastik Productions' magnus hit show Mahabharat for portraying the role of the Pandav warrior-prince Arjuna who was an incredible archer. The series which ended in August 2014, however, he was immensely lauded for his performance. For the series, he underwent several trainings to develop chivalric skills, which including fitness maintenance, horse-riding training and weaponry for on-screen encounters for almost eight months.
11. The show was also a massive hit in Indonesia, owing to which he recreated his role of Arjuna for their own series on the same character as well as bagged many other Indonesian series as well and became a popular star internationally. He was a part of successful Indonesian projects like Panah Asmara Arjuna, The New Eat Bulaga! Indonesia, amongst others.
12. In 2015, he had also co-hosted the television talent show Asia's Got Talent with Marc Nelson.
13. In 2016, Shaheer made his way back to India and featured as the male-lead in Sony TV's critically acclaimed television show Kuch Rang Pyar Ke Aise Bhi, co-starring Erica Fernandes and Supriya Pilgaonkar. He played the role of Dev Dixit, a young and successful business tycoon, who was the on-screen son of actress Supriya. Sheikh's on-screen chemistry with Erica Fernandes was highly appreciated.
14. In 2018, he portrayed Prince Salim in Colors TV's Dastaan-E-Mohabbat: Salim Anarkali and was paired opposite to telly actress Sonarika Bhadoria. However the show wrapped-up in January 2019 owing to low viewership.
15. In August 2018, the Indonesian Government nominated him as the 'first Indian torch bearer' of the 18th Asian Games.
16. From March 2019, he played the dynamic male-lead role of Abir Kapadia/Abir Rajvansh in Star Plus's Yeh Rishtey Hain Pyaar Ke, opposite Rhea Sharma. The show went off-air on October 2020, owing to the pandemic's crisis.
17. 2019 was a big year for Shaheer as he earned the 3rd spot in Times list of '20 Most Desirable Men on Indian Television', as well as was placed at the 11th position in Eastern Eye's 50 Sexiest Asian Men's list. Lastly, he had also earned the 1st place in Fuze's list of 'Most desirable men on TV'.
18. In 2020, after the commencement of YRHPK, Sheikh tied the knot with his long-time girlfriend Ruchikaa Kapoor, whom he had met for the first time on the set of the reality TV show Box Cricket League. The two dated for almost one and a half years and had a court wedding in Mumbai. Ruchikaa is also the Creative Producer & Executive Vice President at Ekta Kapoor's Balaji Motion Pictures Ltd.
19. In end 2020, Sheikh made his debut in the digital space with the web series titled Paurashpur by co-starring Annu Kapoor, Shilpa Shinde, Milind Soman and Flora Saini.
20. In 2015 and 2017, Shaheer had also debuted on the silver screen for acting in 2 Indonesian movies, namely - Turis Romantis and Maipa Deapati & Datu Museng.
21. On the personal front, Shaheer loves watching Hindi films. His favourite movie star is Salman Khan and his all-time favourite film is Andaz Apna Apna.
22. He also owns an event management company and claims of owing to her for his success.
Source: Internet
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