Jaideep Ahlawat made his acting debut in Priyadarshan's Khatta Meetha back in 2010. After being a part of the industry for more than two decades, Jaideep is currently in the best phase of his acting career. From working with some of the most prominent filmmakers in the country to winning Filmfare Awards, Jaideep is presently one of the most admired and loved actors in Hindi cinema. Several critics and cinephiles have already put him in the group of skilled actors like Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Manoj Bajpayee, Pankaj Tripathi, and many more.
Jaideep Ahlawat has stunned everyone with his versatility in a series of different films, including Khatta Meetha, Gangs of Wasseypur, Commando: A One Man Army, Raazi, Lust Stories, Vishwaroopam, Ajeeb Daastaans, Sandeep Aur Pinky Faraar, An Action Hero, Three of Us, and Maharaj. Apart from movies, Jaideep has also made his mark in OTT with Bard of Blood, Bloody Brothers, and The Broken News. However, it's fair to say that Amazon Prime Video's Paatal Lok is the series that brought Jaideep all the fame and recognition. The web series premiered on Amazon Prime back in 2020, and it is still counted as an OG in India, where OTT emerged.
Jaideep Ahlawat played the character of a policeman named 'Hathiram Chaudhary' in Paatal Lok and captured everyone's hearts with his exceptional performance. The series broke several records and is now being promoted in the Indian OTT space. The much-awaited trailer of Paatal Lok's second season was dropped on January 6, 2025, and broke the internet in seconds. People went crazy seeing Jaideep Ahlawat's memorable character 'Hathiram' and are anxiously awaiting its release on January 17, 2025.
Despite achieving so much success in his life, one thing that has not changed in Jaideep Ahlawat's life is his decision to keep his personal life away from media glares. For the uninitiated, Jaideep is married to a stunning lady named Jyoti Hooda. The couple lives a humble life and is rarely seen at Bollywood parties or events. Jaideep Ahlawat has one million followers on his Instagram handle, but he only uses the social media platform to promote his work and distances himself from sharing personal pictures on it.
On the other side, Jaideep Ahlawat's wife, Jyoti Hooda, has just 1,305 followers, and most of her posts belong to her love for dance. For the uninitiated, Jyoti is a passionate dancer who loves sharing dance videos on her Instagram handle. She also shares pictures and videos with her darling husband, reserved for special occasions. The couple believes in keeping their personal moments away from the public eye, which is why there aren't many pictures of them together available on the internet.
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According to several reports, Jaideep Ahlawat and Jyoti Hooda studied together at FTII (Film and Television Institute of India). During their college days, Jaideep was Jyoti's senior, and they had an open relationship. Soon after completing the course in FTII, Jaideep told his friends that he would get married to Jyoti. In an interview with The Hollywood Reporter, Jaideep's close friend, Vijay Varma, opened up about the incident and shared that the wedding date was finalised and everyone was excited for Jaideep's wedding.
Vijay Varma also shared that when Jaideep Ahlawat announced his wedding, he and other group members were broke, but they arranged money to buy tickets and clothes for his wedding. Vijay admitted that it was a special moment for their group because Jaideep was the first person to get married. However, just weeks before their wedding, Jaideep got the chance to appear in Priyadarshan's film, Khatta Meetha. The film's shooting clashed with Jaideep's wedding date, and the filmmaker told the actor to shift his wedding for one week.
Jaideep Ahlawat postponed his wedding with Jyoti Hooda because it was a huge opportunity for him as an actor. Unfortunately, all the friends, including Vijay Varma, had booked their train tickets in advance, and when Jaideep told them that he had shifted his wedding, they were heartbroken. They didn't have enough money to repurchase train tickets for the wedding, hence, they couldn't attend Jaideep and Jyoti's rescheduled wedding. He said:
"We didn't know what to do with our tickets. We were like, ‘dobara toh nahi kharid paayenge’. We knew we had wronged him (Jaideep Ahlawat), and he felt he had wronged us by postponing the wedding."
In a 2021 interview with The Times Of India, Jaideep Ahlawat opened up about the spouses of actors, who hardly come into the spotlight but have supported their partners strongly in their journey. Sharing how difficult it is to live with an actor, Jaideep added that he salutes the partners of actors for their patience. However, he also added that he had never let his wife, Jyoti, down as a husband because of the way she has been patient in his journey. He said:
"No one knows better than a spouse when an actor is disturbed, worried because of prep or any other thing that happened on the set. It takes a lot to live with that. I don't think I have ever let Jyoti down as a husband, I've always tried to give it my all."
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