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Sahil Shroff Biography: Age, Career, Family and More

F4U Editorial Desk • Updated October 14, 2026 • 3 min read

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Date of birth13 April 1979 or 17 October 1982 (sources differ)

Age38 or 42 (as of 2021, sources differ)

BirthplaceMumbai, Maharashtra

ProfessionSupermodel and Actor

NationalityIndian

Marital statusUnmarried

FamilySister - Sapna Vaid (makeup artist and hairstylist)

Sahil Shroff Biography

Sahil Shroff is an Indian supermodel-turned-actor from Mumbai who transitioned from sports and study abroad into modeling and films. He has worked with top

Early life and background

Sahil Shroff was born and raised in Mumbai, Maharashtra. He spent part of his schooling at a boarding school in Panchgani and later attended Jai Hind College in Mumbai. He moved to Australia for higher education, earning a master’s degree in Information Technology from Deakin University’s Melbourne Burwood campus. Sport featured strongly in his early life: he was a cricketer through his late teens and initially hoped to pursue sports professionally.

Moving to Australia changed his trajectory. Financial constraints meant he worked nights as a nightclub bouncer while studying. Those years abroad exposed him to different kinds of work and responsibility and helped shape his decision to explore careers beyond sports.

Career

After returning to India, Shroff shifted his focus to modeling. He began auditioning for fashion work and built a portfolio that led to collaborations with several well-known Indian designers, including Manish Malhotra, Vikram Phadnis, Narendra Kumar and JJ Valaya. He walked prominent runways such as Lakme Fashion Week and appeared in national advertising campaigns for brands including Lux, Tata Indica Xeta, Nestle Everyday and Cadbury Eclairs.

Shroff moved from modeling into acting. He made his film debut in Don: The King Is Back (2011) and prepared for the screen by taking voice and acting classes at Anupam Kher’s acting school, Actor Prepares. His film credits include roles in Shaadi Ke Side Effects (2014), Dear Maya (2017) and the 2019 film Desi Magic. On the digital front, he appeared in the web series Baarish (2019) alongside Asha Negi and Sharman Joshi.

Reality television also became part of his public profile. In 2021 he participated in the reality show Bigg Boss 15 and was evicted in the program’s first eviction episode.

Public profile

Shroff’s public image blends fitness, fashion and lifestyle. He has been featured in Men’s Health magazine, where he shared grooming and fitness approaches. His routine emphasizes daily personal time for meditation or self-growth and regular physical activity—soccer, cricket, gym sessions or running—to maintain fitness and balance.

Away from work, Shroff has interests that include singing, cooking and motorcycles; he is a Royal Enfield owner. He has also operated an apparel store in Colaba, Mumbai. Family details published in available profiles note that he is of Sindhi heritage and has a sister, Sapna Vaid, who works as a makeup artist and hairstylist. Public listings describe him as unmarried.

Latest updates

In recent years Shroff continued to work across mediums: films, a web series and appearances on reality television. His on-screen projects through 2019 included Desi Magic and the web series Baarish, and he took part in Bigg Boss 15 in 2021.

Throughout his career he has spoken about rejection as an intrinsic part of modeling and acting and described his path from sport to study abroad to nightlife work, modeling and acting as a sequence of choices guided by circumstance and persistence.

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Recent Work

Desi Magic

Hindi film released in 2019

2019
Baarish

Hindi web series (appeared in 2019)

2019
Bigg Boss 15

Participant in the 2021 season; evicted in the first eviction episode

2021
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Career Highlights

  1. Started career in modeling and worked with designers like Manish Malhotra, Vikram Phadnis, Narendra Kumar and JJ Valaya
  2. Appeared in national advertising campaigns including Lux, Tata Indica Xeta, Nestle Everyday and Cadbury Eclairs
  3. Film debut in Don: The King Is Back (2011) and subsequent roles in Shaadi Ke Side Effects (2014), Dear Maya (2017) and Desi Magic (2019)
  4. Featured in Men’s Health magazine and participated in Bigg Boss 15 (2021)
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When was Sahil Shroff born?

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