Freddy Daruwala Explained

Freddy Daruwala (born 12 May 1984) is an Indian model and actor who works in Hindi films.

Personal life

Freddy Daruwala was born on 12 May 1984 in Surat, Gujarat. He is of Parsi and Gujarati descent.^[1]

He holds a Master of Business Administration.

Daruwala is married to Crystal Variava, a doctor^[2] and together they have 2 sons.^[3]

Career

He made his film debut in 2014 in the film Holiday.^[4]

In 2019, he starred in ZEE's thriller series Poison alongside Arbaaz Khan and Riya Sen.

Public image

In 2018 and 2020, he was named as Gujarat's "Most Desirable Man" by The Times of India.^{[5] [6]}

Filmography

Year	Film	Role	Notes
2014	Holiday	Sleeper cell's head	[7]
2016	Force 2	Harish	Cameo appearance[8] [9]
2017	Commando 2	ACP Bakhtawar Khan	[10]
	Rachna No Dabbo	Dabbu	Gujarati film
2018	Touch Chesi Chudu	Irfan Lala	Telugu film
	Race 3	Rana Vijay
	Suryansh	Karan Rana	Gujarati film
2023	Chatrapathi	Bhairav

Web series

!Year!Title!Role!Platform!Notes

2019	Poison	DSP Vikram	ZEE5	[11] [12]
2022	Dharavi Bank	Mahesh	MX Player
2022–present	Crackdown	Terrorist Abu Khalil/Mateen	Jio Cinema
2023	Inspector Avinash	Home Minister

Music videos

!Year!Title!Artist(s)!Ref.

2023

Sadi Gali 2.0

Zaara Yesmin

[13]

Notes and References

1. Rachit Gupta (1 July 2018), "Freddy Daruwala: ‘If you haven’t eaten at Juhu beach, you’ve not lived in Mumbai", Times of India. Archived on 27 August 2024. "Freddy Daruwala, who's half Parsi and half Gujarati (...)"
2. News: Freddy Daruwala: I'm not comfortable talking about my wife and family. Mukherjee. Shreya. Hindustan Times. 4 July 2017. 16 August 2020.
3. News: EXCLUSIVE! Freddy Daruwala becomes father for the second time - Times of India. 15 July 2021. The Times of India. 17 September 2020 . en.
4. Y. Sunita Chowdhary (31 January 2018), "Positive about his negative roles", The Hindu. Retrieved 19 April 2019.
5. News: 30 January 2019 . Freddy Daruwala is Ahmedabad Times Most Desirable Man of 2018 - Times of India . 15 July 2021 . The Times of India . en.
6. Web site: Ahmedabad Times Most Desirable Men 2020 . 15 July 2021 . timesofindia.indiatimes.com . en.
7. Web site: Freddy Daruwala – the new villain in Akshay Kumar's career. GlamSham.com. Joginder Tuteja. 15 February 2014.
8. News: Freddy Daruwala and John Abraham share a lot in common - Times of India. 15 July 2021. The Times of India. 29 January 2017 . en.
9. News: Freddy Daruwala to have a special cameo in 'Force 2' - Times of India. 15 July 2021. The Times of India. 29 January 2017 . en.
10. Web site: 16 May 2016. Freddy Daruwala and Esha Gupta are the villains of Commando 2 : Bollywood News - Bollywood Hungama. 15 July 2021. Bollywood Hungama. en.
11. Web site: ZEE5 unveils its latest original series 'Poison'. 5 April 2019. TelevisionPost. en-US. 18 June 2019. 18 June 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190618085111/https://www.televisionpost.com/zee5-unveils-its-latest-original-series-poison/. dead.
12. Web site: Arbaaz Khan returns as the baddie with ZEE5 original 'Poison'. 18 April 2019. DNA India. en. 18 June 2019.
13. Web site: 11 January 2019 . Freddy Daruwala and Zaara Yesmin's T-Series music video Sadi Gali 2.0 is the wedding anthem of the year! . 29 June 2023 . m.peepingmoon.com/ . en.