Sidharth Shukla birth anniversary: Interior designing to family connections - Lesser-known achievements of late actor

Sidharth Shukla, an amazing actor who passed away last year has left his spark in everyone's heart. He has a fan following of millions and they adore as well as miss him almost every day. Today, on his birth anniversary, let us unveil a few lesser-known facts about the 'Humpty Sharma Ki Dulhaniya' star.

Before breaking into the world of television, Siddharth was actually a pretty successful model. In fact, he first became an acclaimed TV actor before finally breaking through in Bollywood.

His career plans were quite different, he had claimed that he initially wanted to be an interior designer and had even completed a formal course for the same.

Sidharth Shukla was the first Asian to bag the title of Best Model of the World, which was held in Turkey in the year 2015.

Sidharth was a fitness freak and he used to spend a significant amount of time at the gym. You will be shocked to know that he represented his school in football and tennis at various levels.

Sidharth hailed from a Hindu Brahmin family, his father Ashok Shukla was a civil engineer who was employed in the Reserve Bank of India and his mother Rita Shukla is a homemaker.

Sidharth made his TV debut with 'Babul Ka Aangann Chootey Na' in 2008. He came to the limelight after his splendid performance in 'Balika Vadhu.'

Sidharth breathed his last on September 2nd, 2021. Officials from Mumbai's Cooper Hospital said the 40-year-old actor was brought dead to the hospital, heart attack was believed to be the cause of death.