‘Ankit Kakkar’, is a model turned actor, who is predominantly seen in Hindi TV serials. He has portrayed the negative character of Gautam in Star Plus’
Navya
.
He got the plum role of Aryaman in the ‘NDTV Imagine’ successful show
Chandragupta Maurya
. His character starts off as a negative one, but as the story unfolds, he becomes a close friend of Chandragupta Maurya. Aryaman is a King in disguise whose motive is to weaken the Greek Army just like Chandragupta. He quit ‘Navya’ and ‘Chandragupta Maurya’ as he was looking for an opportunity to play a main lead. And he got it in the Hindi film ‘
Ishaqzaade
’ made by Yash Raj Films. Starring in this are ‘
Arjun Kapoor
’ and ‘
Parineeti Chopra
’. In this, he has also acted with ‘
Chinni Prakash
’. He said that he would return to the small screen if he gets good roles, else he would stick to Bollywood. It appears that Ankit has got a good role in the new serial on Star Plus, titled “
Airlines
” which will mark his comeback to the small screen.
About working in Ishaqzaade, he said that it was great working with YRF's team and had a fantastic experience. Though it was not the first time that he works with 'YRF Productions' but it is surely his first big project with them.