Overview

• Jaideep Ahlawat received the Best Actor – Web Series award at the Indian Film Festival of Melbourne 2025 for his role as Inspector Hathiram Chaudhary in Paatal Lok Season 2.
• During the Remitly IFFM Dance Competition, he broke into an impromptu bhangra performance that was captured on video by the festival’s official channels.
• Malaika Arora and casting director Mukesh Chhabra joined him on stage before the clip was reshared on platforms like Reddit and covered by mainstream Indian outlets.
• Social-media users praised his energetic moves with comments calling him “such a vibe” and urging that he appear in more dance sequences.
• This surge in visibility comes ahead of his confirmed roles in The Family Man Season 3, Sriram Raghavan’s Ikkis and the Shah Rukh Khan film King.