Tanay Chheda

• Name — Tanay Hemant Chheda • Born — 27 June 1996 • Birthplace — Mumbai, Maharashtra, India • Occupation — Actor • Education — Choate Rosemary Hall • Years Active — 2006–2011 2024 • Notable Works — Don: The Chase Begins Again (2006) Taare Zameen Par (2007) Slumdog Millionaire (2008) My Name Is Khan (2010)

Chheda was born on 27 June 1996 and is a Gujarati Jain with roots in Mundra, Kutch. He was born in Mumbai, Maharashtra, where he currently lives. He attended the Choate Rosemary Hall in Wallingford, Connecticut, United States.

He was first seen in the movie Don: The Chase Begins Again in 2006. He has the critically acclaimed Taare Zameen Par (Like Stars on Earth) in 2007 to his name and the award-sweeping Slumdog Millionaire in 2008. In Don, he played the role of Deepu, the son of Jasjit (played by Arjun Rampal). In Taare Zameen Par, he played the role of Rajan, a disabled child who is an extremely helpful and supportive friend to the protagonist Ishaan (played by Darsheel Safary). In Slumdog Millionaire, Chheda played the role of Teenage Jamal, in adolescence, for which he has won the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture and received a nomination for Best Ensemble at the Black Reel Awards of 2008. He was also seen as Junior Rizwan in Karan Johar's My Name Is Khan (2010). His last appearance in a feature length film was in a German film Hexe Lilli: Die Reise nach Mandolan in 2011.

• Year — Title — Role — Notes • 2006 — Don: The Chase Begins Again — Deepak "Deepu" Ahuja — Debut film • 2007 — Taare Zameen Par (Like Stars on Earth) — Rajan Damodaran • 2008 — Slumdog Millionaire — Teenage Jamal • 2010 — My Name is Khan — Junior Rizwan • 2011 — Lilly the Witch: The Journey to Mandolan — Musa • 2021 — Oye Mamu! — Akhil • 2024 — Cadets: A Coming-Of-Age Journey of Brotherhood and Honor