If there ever was a Bollywood brat brigade, Ranveer Singh would be its undisputed leader. The cocky actor turns a year older today (July 6) and perhaps, wiser (we've got our fingers crossed). Nevertheless, his success story is the envy of strugglers, and we recap his meteoric rise to the upper echelons of tinsel town...
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Ranveer was born in Mumbai on July 6, 1985. He always harboured ambitions of becoming an actor but for a while, he focussed on his second passion, creative writing. He even worked as a copywriter in an ad agency
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He finally left his other jobs to pursue acting seriously and struggled for nearly three years, before finally landing a part in the Yash Raj movie 'Band Baaja Baaraat'
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His role as Bittoo Sharma was widely appreciated by critics and audiences and the movie went on to become one of the year's biggest hits
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He followed this up with the role of conman Ricky Bahl in the movie 'Ladies vs Ricky Bahl'. The movie did not do as well as expected
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Ranveer's next release will be 'Lootera', a love story based in the 1950s. He will be starring with Sonakshi Sinha in the Vikramaditya Motwane project
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Ranveer's personal style is very casual and he often makes public appearances in jeans and funky t-shirts
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His off-screen romance with Anushka Sharma set many tongues wagging. He even spoke about being thrilled when told that he would get to kiss her onscreen in 'Band Baaja Baaraat'. The two actors have however, never confirmed the rumours
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His favourite sport is football and he likes Chinese food 'with a desi tadka'