The New Kids On The Block - 5 young actors to watch out for

Half-Yearly Report: Breakthrough performances by male actors

- Ananya Ghosh

This has been an interesting year so far for Hindi content. More than feature-length movies, webseries such as Farzi, Taj, Class, Dahaad, Jubilee, and Trial by Fire have got audiences hooked, making bonafide Bollywood stars jump onto the OTT bandwagon. But amid all this, a slew of young, talented, and relatively unknown actors has quietly snatched the spotlight from the veterans with their luminous performances. We round up five actors who have impressed us with their brilliant roles in 2023 so far.

BHUVAN ARORA AS FIROZ (FARZI)

Age: 35

Debut: Shuddh Desi Romance

Other Acting credits: The Test Case, Naam Shabana, Chaman Bahar, Bank Chor

Bhuvan Arora is Firoz, best friend and partner-in-crime to Shahid Kapoor's Sunny, in Raj and DK’s recent Prime Video series, Farzi. The role never gets stuck in the best friend and sidekick trope and becomes an individual character that has the capacity to steal a scene by just sipping on a cup of tea; eventually making him a key talking point in a movie helmed by the brilliant Shahid Kapoor.

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