![]() Personal Life of Upen Patel In his early days, Upen Patel and his family used to live in Uganda before migrating to the United Kingdom where his modelling career started to take off immediately after graduating in Media Studies from West Herts College. Having shot Sun Sahiba Sun, his first remix video, Upen Patel made his first step towards Bollywood, where he was discovered by the ace photographer Atul Kasbekar who gave him a break to walk on the ramps. Currently residing in Mumbai, Maharashtra, Upen was in a relationship with the Indian film actress, model and anchor Karishma Tanna but broke up with her by early 2016. Career of Upen Patel Before becoming a Bollywood star, Upen Patel had made it big in the world of fashion. He has modelled for brands such as Hugo Boss, Paul Smith and Zegna and today is a global name on the fashion front. Currently, he has bagged some big campaigns with names like Wendell Rodricks, Vikram Phadnis with Salman Khan and Westside with Yuvraj Singh. During his modelling days, Upen was judged as the Model of the Year for four consecutive years at the Asia Fashion Award, and was featured among the top 10 sexiest men in Asia for 5 years running. MTV India awarded him as the Most Stylish Male for two years in a row. ![]() Upen was unable to leave his mark in the film industry and his Bollywood career was short lived and did not flourish. He soon switched to television reality show and first appeared as a participant in the season 8 of Bigg Boss which aired in September, 2014. It is noted that he went on that show to give his career a boost. In the Bigg Boss house he got into a relationship with Karishma Tanna, his housemate and in 2015, together the couple participated in the season 7 of Nach Baliye with Marzi Pestonji, Preity Zinta and Chetan Bhagat as the judges. Upen and Karishma did not win the season but were placed in third position. The couple also hosted the first season of the reality show MTV Love School from 2015 to early 2016 but did not come back as hosts for the second season as the couple broke up in real life at that time. Filmography of Upen Patel The list of Indian films Upen Patel has appeared in:
Upen Patel has also appeared in few television reality shows like:
(Last Updated on : 19-12-2018) |
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