Srikant Dwivedi

Some Lesser Known Facts About Srikant Dwivedi

• He grew up in Anpara, Uttar Pradesh.

  

• He was the leader of his school’s parade team and led his team to the gold medal for three consecutive years.

• Initially, he wanted to become a Navy officer, similar to his elder brother, Vikrant Dwivedi.

• He worked as a training manager at Le Méridien Gurgaon, Delhi NCR from November 2016 to November 2017.

• In 2017, he started his career in modelling and became the tallest Rubaru Mr. India pageant winner.

• In the same year, he represented India, internationally, at the Mr. Global pageant in Thailand.

  

• After coming to the realisation that most models have a short career span, he decided to explore other career opportunities and started watching plays in Mandi House, Delhi.

• Inspired by the plays, he moved to Mumbai to pursue a career in acting.

• He joined a theatre group in Mumbai and performed in various stage shows.

• He learned the skills of acting from actor Saurabh Sachdeva.

• In an interview, he talked about struggling to live in Mumbai and working part-time jobs to pay the rent and said,
  

  When I came to Mumbai, I had Rs 1.5 lakh and there was no accommodation arrangement at that time. Just like all the actors who come to Mumbai live in shared houses, I also rented a shared house in Andheri with 2 boys. Its rent was Rs 15,000. Within 6 months, my Rs 1.5 lakh was gone in food and rent. Anyway, I had to stay in Mumbai and look for work, so I started doing jobs for Rs 2-3 thousand per day.”

• He has appeared in various TV shows and films including ‘Bhagya Lakshmi’ (2023), ‘Vash’ (2023), ‘Shiv Shakti – Tap Tyaag Taandav’ (2023-2024), and ‘Lakshmi Narayan – Sukh Samarthya Santulan’ (2024).

  

• He considers model Rowan Row as his inspiration in fashion.

• He drinks alcohol occasionally.

  

• He is a fitness enthusiast and regularly works out at the gym.

  

• He is an animal enthusiast.