A biography for Abhimanyu Singhhasn’t been written yet.
“I was introduced to the world of films by Manoj Bajpayee and trained under theatre actor Makrand Deshpande.”
“The first eight years in Mumbai were specially tough. I knew during the first two months of my stay that there's no point waiting for hours to meet producers. They won't meet you and definitely won't give you a role.”
“I'd have gone berserk if I hadn't met Sargam Singh, an actress who soon became my wife. Within a year of our marriage our daughter Ameli was born. Sargam gave up her career to look after me and our daughter.”
“When I moved to Mumbai I had no acting background and so was unable to make a breakthrough for years.”
“In Bollywood, it is common for shoots to have unexpected delays and go well into the night, but shoot schedules in the South are mostly wrapped up by evening, unless absolutely required.”
“I had zero connection to Bollywood or movies when I started out. I worked in theatre for eight years where luckily Makarand Deshpande mentored me, helped me to improve my body language and voice modulation.”
“As for Bollywood, actors are no longer typecast there and I'm happy to be in that phase where the industry is evolving for the better.”
“I'm very much a family person.”
“In 'Rakht Charitra,' I had equal screen space to that of the lead.”
“I believe films are the mirror of society we live in.”
“I have stopped expecting from films. What I expect never happens.”
“10 Endradhukulla' is a thriller and the characters are all on the run. The film travels from South India traversing through the North, to the mountains where the climax takes place. Mine is a different kind of character; he is very suave and stylish and only later it is discovered that he is not what he looks like.”
“I've stopped making plans a long time back because they never work in my case. Now, I just take each day as it comes.”
“It is a big deal to play the antagonist in a Rohit Shetty film.”
“I decided to do theatre intensely. I joined Makarand Deshpande's group Ansh. He became my guru. That's where I met Anurag Kashyap and Kay Kay Menon. These were the people who supported and inspired me.”
“As a boy from Patna, I've always dreamt of a chance to showcase my talent.”
“People in the South want heroes to be their own, whereas it is easier for them to accept a villain who hails from another state.”
“A run-of-the-mill bad guy role does not satisfy me creatively.”
“Luckily, 'Rakta Charitra' did well in the South and I started getting a lot offers from the Tamil and Telegu film industry.”
“There is no such thing as playing someone else's character. Every actor takes a character and makes it his/her own while enacting it on screen.”