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Ladies vs Ricky Bahl, a romantic comedy produced by Aditya Chopra and directed by Maneesh Sharma. The movie has been declared as a super hit and Anushka Sharma, Parineeti Chopra played the female leads in the movie. Then came Lootera, a periodic romance, written and directed by Vikramaditya Motwane, and co-starring Sonakshi Sinha. The movie has been a smash hit and is the most critically acclaimed film of 2013. He has been then roped in to play the main lead in Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s periodic romance Ram Leela along with Deepika Padukone and the movie has been an adaptation of William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet, Ranveer and Deepika have received exceptional response for their performance in the movie.

After scoring back to back hits, Ranveer starred as a Bengali criminal in Ali Abbas Zafar’s Gunday, alongside Arjun Kapoor, Priyanka Chopra andIrrfan Khan.Gunday emerged as the biggest commercial hit of Ranveer and the movie opened to packed houses all over. He has been alleged to be in relation with Deepika Padukone during Ram Leela and there have been lot of speculations about their love story. The duo have been spotted in various locations but they remained tight lipped about their relation during the media interactions. He has been seen in a cameo in Deepika and Arjun Kapoor starrer Finding Fanny in the direction of Homi Adajania.

RANVEER SINGH is the name that has created ripples among the youth in the current generation of Bollywood. After completing a bachelor’s degree from Indiana University, Bloomington, Singh returned to India to pursue a career in film. In 2010, he successfully auditioned for a leading role in Yash Raj Films’ romantic comedyBand Baaja Baaraat. The film emerged as a critical and commercial success, earning Singh a Filmfare Award in the Best Male Debut category. He knew that getting a break in Bollywood is not that easy however he has been confident about his success as he had belief in himself.

Though Ranveer struggled during his initial days of his career, it did not take much time to prove his skills and receive wide applause from the movie lovers. This energetic actor has scored back to back hits during his crucial days in his career which made him one of the leading actors in the younger generation of Bollywood. Before making his entry as an actor, Ranveer worked as an assistant director, but left it to pursue acting. He decided to send his portfolio to directors. He would go for all kinds of auditions, but did not get any good opportunities, while only getting calls for minor roles: “Everything was so bleak. It was very frustrating. There were times I would think whether I was doing the right thing or not” revealed Ranveer.

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