रणदीप हुड्डा@50 गरीबी में मेल सेक्स वर्कर बनने निकले: बाढ़ में उतरकर पीड़ितों को बांटा खाना; नेपाल जेल में बिकिनी किलर से मिले

Randeep was born on 20 August 1976 in Rohtak, Haryana.

Randeep Hooda, one of the serious actors of Bollywood, has turned 50 today. One aspect of Randeep’s real life, which is known for his strong acting and serious characters on screen, is also full of humanity.

Whenever there was a disaster in any corner of the country or people were seen in trouble, Randeep was seen standing at the forefront to help at the grassroots level, away from the glamorous world.

The same human face of Randeep Hooda was seen during the recent severe floods in Assam. When flood waters submerged many areas of Assam, Randeep didn’t stop at just expressing his grief on social media.

He directly reached Sivasagar district of Assam. Here he himself entered the water and distributed relief material to the victims. Reaching out to the affected families living in the relief camps set up at the railway station, he served food and took care of the arrangements for langar.

Randeep Hooda distributing food to flood victims in Assam.

Went to the affected areas and distributed relief material.

After Kerala, in the year 2019, when Nashik district of Maharashtra was in the grip of severe drought, Randeep also reached with relief. The situation in Vele village of Nashik was so serious that the drinking water wells had completely dried up and the villagers were yearning for every drop of water.

Randeep himself reached that village, took stock of the situation and arranged for 25 to 30 water tankers every day for the villagers suffering from drought.

Had reached Nashik with tanker during drought Randeep Hooda’s involvement in relief work is not limited to the recent incident. He has been serving at the grassroots level during times of crisis for a long time. In 2018, when Kerala was in the grip of severe floods and lakhs of people were rendered homeless, Randeep went straight to the flood affected areas of Kerala.

In collaboration with the organization Khalsa Aid, he worked from cooking to distributing food to thousands of people in relief camps. Pictures of them cooking food in big utensils and serving food to the flood victims also surfaced.

During the floods in Punjab, Randeep went to the affected areas and distributed relief material.

Even during the floods in Punjab in 2025, he reached the affected areas and distributed relief material.

During the drought in Nashik, Randeep had reached there with a water tanker.

Cleans the beach on weekends, UN makes him brand ambassador

Randeep Hooda has been active not only in natural disasters but also in protecting the environment and wildlife. He is a frequent participant of environmental activist Afroz Shah in the cleaning campaign of Versova Beach and Mithi River in Mumbai. together Remained standing.

On weekends, when other Bollywood celebrities were busy partying, Randeep was seen wearing gloves and picking up garbage and plastic at Versova beach early in the morning.

Randeep often cleans the beaches in Mumbai on weekends.

In view of his work towards the environment, the United Nations (UN) made him its brand ambassador for ‘Conservation of Aquatic Migratory Species’ (CMS). He himself says that he has had a deep love for animals and nature since childhood. He has adopted several horses and also plays an active role in tiger conservation campaigns.

Randeep has inherited this passion for humanity and social service from his family. His father is a doctor and mother Asha Hooda is a well-known social worker. Randeep believes that seeing his mother helping others in his childhood developed this sensitivity towards the needy within him.

To meet expenses, he started becoming a male sex worker. After completing school, Randeep Hooda went to Melbourne, Australia for higher education. There he obtained a Bachelor’s degree in Marketing and then completed a Masters in Business Management and Human Resources.

However, his days in Australia were marked by great hardships. He did many odd jobs there to earn pocket money and pay for his education.

In an interview given to Mid-Day, Randeep himself had revealed that he had even tried to become a gigolo.

Randeep washed dishes in restaurants in Australia, worked as a waiter, washed cars in car washing centers and even drove taxis till late night. The struggle had increased so much that at one time, due to severe shortage of money, he seriously thought about becoming a gigolo (male sex worker).

In an interview given to Mid-Day, Randeep had revealed that he had even tried to become a gigolo. When an agent asked him to provide service to a couple, he refused.

Got a job in an airline company and got my first break from theatre. When Randeep returned to India after completing his studies in Australia, he started a marketing job in an airline company in Mumbai. Along with his job, he was also doing theater and modeling. One day Randeep was rehearsing for a play in Mumbai, when famous director Mira Nair noticed him. Mira Nair was impressed by his acting and personality.

Randeep in the role of Rahul Chadha in the film ‘Monsoon Wedding’.

Mira Nair called Randeep for an audition for her upcoming film ‘Monsoon Wedding’ (2001). Randeep’s work was liked in the audition and he was cast in the role of NRI relative Rahul Chaddha. In this way, in the year 2001, Randeep Hooda took his first step in Bollywood.

Contracted for Rs 35 thousand, did not get work for 4 years After ‘Monsoon Wedding’, Randeep was hopeful that he would start getting work in Bollywood, but a big hurdle came in his career. During that time, famous director Ram Gopal Varma saw a play of Randeep and was impressed by him and signed him for his gangster film.

Ram Gopal Varma signed an exclusive contract with Randeep for Rs 35,000 per month. The condition was that until Ram Gopal Varma’s film was completed, Randeep could not work in any other banner’s film. But due to scripting and production, that film got postponed. This wait lasted not just for one or two months, but for four years.

Randeep Hooda standing on the left with director Ram Gopal Varma.

Due to this contract, many big films were lost from Randeep’s hands. Finally, in 2005, Ram Gopal Varma made the film ‘D’. The film proved to be a flop at the box office.

Randeep’s 4 years of precious time and the initial flow of his career was completely affected due to this. After this he worked in films like ‘Darna Zaroori Hai’ and ‘Ru-Ba-Ru’, but these films were also unsuccessful.

Career graph changed with ‘Once Upon a Time in Mumbai’ After continuous failures, Milan Luthria’s film ‘Once Upon a Time in Mumbai’ in 2010 proved to be the turning point in Randeep’s career. In the film, he played the honest character of ACP Wilson. Despite the presence of big stars like Ajay Devgan and Emraan Hashmi, Randeep attracted the attention of critics and audiences with his strong acting.

Randeep played the role of ACP Wilson in the film ‘Once Upon a Time in Mumbai’.

After the success of this film, the industry started taking Randeep’s acting seriously and he started getting offers for lead roles. After this he demonstrated his acting in films like ‘Sahab Biwi Aur Gangster’, ‘Jannat 2’ and ‘Jism 2’.

Got sunburned for ‘Highway’, drank vodka to get into character Randeep Hooda is considered to be a method actor of Bollywood who can go to any extent to get into the character. In Imtiaz Ali’s film ‘Highway’ released in 2014, Randeep played the role of an arrogant kidnapper named Mahavir Bhati. Randeep adopted very strange and difficult methods to prepare for this character.

Randeep Hooda with Alia Bhatt in the film Highway.

His look in the film was to look very tired, rough and sunburned. That’s why Randeep did not wear any make-up on the set, rather he used to lie down in the hot sun for hours so that his skin would naturally get burnt and get sunburned.

Despite this, if any day he looked fresh or clean, he would drink an entire bottle of vodka to bring that tiredness on the character’s face.

10 minute meeting with ‘Bikini Killer’ in Kathmandu jail In the 2015 film ‘Main Aur Charles’, Randeep played the role of Charles Sobhraj, the world’s most vicious criminal and famous as ‘Bikini Killer’.

Randeep did not depend only on books or documentaries to understand the nuances, body language and tone of conversation of this character. He insisted the film’s director P. Raman to introduce him to the real Charles Sobhraj.

In the picture, left is Randeep Hooda and right is criminal Charles Sobhraj.

At that time Charles Sobhraj was lodged in Kathmandu jail of Nepal. After much effort and legal procedures, Randeep was allowed to meet Charles Sobhraj in Kathmandu’s Central Jail. When Randeep reached jail, Charles was standing at a distance of about 7 feet from him.

In his interview given to E-Times, Randeep had told that initially Charles did not recognize him. Then Randeep told him about himself and the film. Charles asked Randeep where he prepared for the character, to which Randeep said from his old videos available on the internet. After this, Charles Sobhraj also gave his autograph to Randeep on the poster of the film.

Didn’t cut beard and hair for 3 years, apologized in Gurudwara after the film closed The most painful and emotional story of Randeep Hooda’s career is related to his film ‘Battle of Saragarhi’. This film was Randeep’s dream project, in which he was playing the role of Havildar Ishar Singh. To show respect for the Sikh history and the character of this great warrior, Randeep had taken an oath at the Golden Temple in Amritsar that he would not cut his hair and beard until the film was completed and released.

The shooting of the film started under the direction of director Rajkumar Santoshi and some part was also shot. Randeep did not sign any other film for 3 years and kept growing his hair. But due to production and budget problems, the shooting of the film got stuck.

Meanwhile, Akshay Kumar’s film ‘Kesari’ made on the same subject was announced and released. After this, ‘Battle of Saragarhi’ was canned forever.

For Randeep, 3 years of long wait, hard work and emotional attachment had all gone in vain. When he finally had to get his hair cut, he went to the Gurudwara. There he apologized to God for not being able to fulfill his oath as per Sikh tradition and then got his hair cut.

Randeep Hooda with Sushmita Sen.

Breakup of relationship with Sushmita Sen described as turning point Randeep Hooda’s personal and love life has also been full of ups and downs. He met Bollywood actress and former Miss Universe Sushmita Sen on the sets of the 2006 film ‘Karma Aur Holi’. During the shooting, the closeness between the two grew and they dated each other for about 3 years.

Randeep became quite lonely after the breakup with Sushmita Sen. However, Randeep later admitted in several interviews that the breakup with Sushmita proved to be the biggest turning point in his life. He said that after the breakup, he became more serious about his work and acting career and focused his entire attention on films.

Apart from Sushmita, Randeep’s name was also associated with actress Neetu Chandra for a long time. During the shooting of ‘Murder 3’, there were reports of his linkup with Aditi Rao Hydari, although Randeep never commented openly on these things.

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