From sub inspector to senior inspector, DAYA has been an iconic character of Indian television and the actor holds the great credit of having immortalized this character. This character gave him immense fame since 1998. Who else, apart from Daya would have managed to portray the legendary super cop?
Inspector Daya is the backbone, the main muscle of CID, one of the three central pillars along with ACP Pradyuman and Abhijeet. Apart from using his amazing investigative skills, he uses his muscle power to subdue criminals. He's a nightmare for the criminals. But away from this outer tough macho copish look, he's a soft-hearted man as evident in plenty of his scenes.
Daya's relation with his team members is very special, especially with his best friendAbhijeet, their friendship is immortal. Numerous times the two have risked their lives to rescue each other.
Next is Acp Pradyuman who is like a father to him, then come Freddy and Dr. Salunkhe.
Daya has always proved to be an ideal senior for his juniors in the CID team..a leader to guide them to radiance.
There have been plentiful occasions on which he got roughly injured and convicted but each incident has made him stronger than ever. From "The case of the missing bullet" to "Behrupiya", to the recent "Daya vs Daya", he faced all the hurdles and conquered them.
Daya participated in Jhalak Dikhla Jaa and won praises for his dance performances. His first ever performance won him "Performer of the day" award and Madhuri Dixit became an ardent admirer of his smile. His stint in JDJ was a memorable one.
Daya was a contestant of Khatron Ke Khiladi season 4 hosted by Rohit Shetty. This show displayed an unseen side of him and his departure episode flaunted his unrivaled honesty to the world. He was a part of this show till the first ten episodes, taking up the challenge against his biggest fear, water.
In the year 2005, he appeared in a crossover episode of Sony's Jassi Jaisi Koi Nahin asInspector Daya to locate the criminal who fired bullet on Jassi.
In 2005 only, he made a special appearance in Sony's other show, Kkusum, as Inspector Daya.
Bajrang Bali ka bhakt, sirf bahar se sakht..😆
He was a part of two seasons of Sab Tv's Gutur Gu and demonstrated his versatility.
Daya made an appearance to represent CID in a special episode of comedy circus, in 2012. That episode included his dance performance.
He has also appeared in Movers and Shakers, Entertainment ke liye kuch bhi karega, Sa re ga ma pa little champs, Deal ya no deal, Jeena isi ka naam hai etc.
His advertisements include Castrol, Chyavanprash, Hero Honda, life, Seequre and many more clothing brands.
MOVIES
Daya made his debut in bollywood in 2007, as Shiva in Johnny Gaddar. Shiva was one among the gang members and in this movie he got to share screen space with Dharmendra.
His second flick in bollywood was Runaway'.
Third and the most prominent one came this year, Rohit Shetty's Singham Returns. The latter offered a role to DS after his stint in Khatron Ke Khiladi. Daya played a police officer named Daya in this movie and the viewers got their CID moment when Singham roared, Daya darwaza tod do'.
Awards '
1. Best looking guy of Indian Television (2002)
2. Sahasi Jodi award with Abhijeet of CID, Star Big awards, 2010
3. Honored at World Bunts' Cultural & Sports meet
4. Best actor in a supporting role (CID), Gold awards (2012)
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