Upen Patel

He is an Indo-British male model and also an Indian actor. Upen Patel was born on 16 August, 1981. Patel commenced with modeling for the brands like Paul Smith, Hugo Boss and Zegna, post winning the Supermodel Hunt by Zee TV in 2002. The muscular hunk started his acting career with 'Sadeyan Paran To Sikhi Udna'.

Upen Patel was the winner of MTV Most Stylish Male Award for two consecutive years. As number one supermodel, Upen received F awards. This invited many endorsements to the actor, such as Hugo Boss, Provogue, Tommy Hilfiger, Tuscan Verve and D'damas Desire. Wendell Rodrick, Westside and Vikram Phadnis are some of the brands for which Upen Patel did campaigning for.

Along with Bollywood actress Udita Goswami, Upen featured in a remix music video 'Kya Khoob Lagti Ho'. '36 China Town' was the debut film of Upen Patel in Bollywood. The movie turned a super hit at the box office. Upen accomplished IIFA Award for the role in this film.

The second film of Upen Patel 'Namastey London' performed average at the box office. The film 'One Two Three' saw a guest performance by Patel. The performance by the actor in the film 'Money Hain To Honey Hain' was praised, though the film failed to be a commercial success. He essayed a pivotal role in the movie 'Ajab Prem Ki Ghazab Kahani'. The film garnered much success due to hit pair of Ranbir Kapoor and Katrina Kaif. Upen has three more awards on his credit - Star Screen Award for Most Promising Newcomer - Male for the film '36 China Town' in 2007, Best Debut Actor by Global Indian Film Awards in 2006 and Zee Cine Award for Best Male Debut for the same movie.

In the year 2010, he completed diploma in scriptwriting from UK. From Los-Angeles based acting studio, Upen did a summer camp in acting. A South Indian film directed by S. Shankar, titled 'I' is the movie through which Upen would be debuting in South Indian films in the year 2013. Also, he is going to star in a French film directed by Yann Danh.