Nikitin Dheer

Nikitin Dheer is an Indian actor and is the son of well known actor and producer Pankaj Dheer. His grandfather C. L. Dheer was a producer of as many as 19 Hindi films.

Nikitin, who is among only 10 civilians who have undergone black cat commando training in unarmed combat and is black belt in Jeet Kune Do, a martial art form developed by Bruce Lee, made his debut with Ashutosh Gowarikar's Jodhaa Akbar as the main antagonist.

He made his acting debut in 2008 with Ashutosh Gowariker's historical drama Jodhaa Akbar, in which he co-starred alongside Hrithik Roshan and Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, as Sarifuddin Husain, Akbar's brother-in-law. Whilst the film earned critical appreciation and box office success, Dheer received praise for his role, with noted critic Taran Adarsh of Bollywood Hungama noting him as...