Siddharth P Malhotra Age, Wife, Children, Family, Biography & More

Bio/Wiki
Real Name	Siddharth P Malhotra
Nickname	Siddu
Profession(s)	Director, Writer, Screenplay, Dialogue Writer
Physical Stats & More
Height (approx.)	in centimeters- 175 cm in meters- 1.75 m in feet inches- 5’ 9”
Weight (approx.)	in kilograms- 85 kg in pounds- 185 lbs
Eye Colour	Black
Hair Colour	Salt & Pepper
Personal Life
Date of Birth	10 October 1978
Age (as in 2018)	40 Years
Birthplace	Mumbai, India
Zodiac sign/Sun sign	Libra
Nationality	Indian
Hometown	Mumbai, India
College/University	Not Known
Educational Qualification	Not Known
Debut	Film (Director): We Are Family (2010) TV (Director, Creator, Writer): Ichhapyaari Naagin
Religion	Hinduism
Caste	Khatri
Ethnicity	Punjabi
Controversy	Writer Nishant Kaushik alleged that the storyline of the film Hichki has been taken from one of his stories and was not even given any credit for it. Siddharth refuted these allegations
Food Habit	Non-Vegetarian
Hobbies	Photography, Travelling
Girls, Affairs and More
Marital Status	Married
Family
Wife/Spouse	Sapna Malhotra (Designer, Co-Producer at Alchemy Films Pvt. Ltd.)
Children	Son(s)- Shlok Malhotra Sparsh Malhotra Daughter- None
Parents	Father- Prem Kishen (Actor, Producer) Mother- Name Not Known
Siblings	Brother- None Sister- Akanksha Malhotra (Actress)
Favourite Things
Favourite Actor(s)	Salman Khan, Shah Rukh Khan, Zayed Khan
Favourite Actresses	Rani Mukerji, Kareena Kapoor
Favourite Director(s)	Aditya Chopra, Karan Johar
Favourite Film(s)	DDLJ, Kabhi Khushi Kabhi Gum
Favourite Singer	Arijit Singh
Favourite TV Shows	Haasil, Wo Apna Sa, Naagin
Favourite Destination	Los Angeles
Favourite Writer	Ashwin Sanghi

Some Lesser Known Facts About Siddharth P Malhotra

• He is the grandson of veteran actors Prem Nath and Bina Rai.

• He is an acquaintance of Bollywood stars Kareena Kapoor, Karisma Kapoor, Ranbir Kapoor.

• He made his directorial debut with the film “We Are Family” (2010) starring Kajol, Kareena Kapoor, and Arjun Rampal, but it did not perform well at the box office. It was a remake of Hollywood movie “Stepmom.”

• He is a prominent personality on Indian television and has many television soaps to his credit like Sanjeevani, Saathiya, Jersey No 10, Dill Mill Gayye, Ek Hasina Thi, Ek Hazaaron Mein, Jaane Kya Baat Hui, Haasil, etc.

• After working for ‘Cinevistaas’ (his father’s production house) for years, he founded his own production house with his wife as co-producer and named it ‘Alchemy Films Pvt. Ltd.’

• He has worked with Karan Johar in the movie ‘Kal Ho Na Ho’ and with Sooraj Barjatya in ‘Vivah’.

• After a long break of six years, Siddharth made a come back with his directorial movie “Hichki” (2018). Initially, he wanted to project “Hichki” as a male-centric film, but Maneesh Sharma (creative director of the movie) suggested him to take make it with a female protagonist and that’s how Rani Mukerji came on board. He quoted in an interview that, “During the first narration, Rani laughed, cried and finally agreed to do the film which resonated with her because she is an instinctive and emotional person. Only if the film connects with her she will do it because her daughter, Adira is her top priority and she would never waste a moment if she doesn’t like something. But she agreed on a condition that she will start shoot early in the morning, by 7 am and leave by 12-12.30 pm and we will have to manage in five hours.”

• In an interview, Siddharth revealed that his film faced many rejections by productions houses as nobody wanted to invest in his script as they considered it a less commercial film. After struggling for years, he got a chance to narrate his story to Aditya Chopra, and he liked his script. He further quoted that, “It took me six years to make Hichki. After We Are Family, this is the only film I wanted to make. I found a God in Aditya Chopra, he believed in me when no one did. He gave me a second lease on life, I was washed out.”

• In July 2018, his movie ‘Hichki’ was chosen to be premiered in Russia on 6 September 2018 to pay a tribute to all the teachers and to celebrate the teacher’s day.

• The movie was also screened at the Shanghai Film Festival and was much appreciated.