- Born
- Birth nameAalok Sharad Mehta
- Actor and musician Aalok Mehta was born in Edison, NJ and raised in Cherry Hill, NJ for the majority of his childhood. He is fluent in conversational Gujarati. In high school he was a first team all-state tennis player. He went on to play tennis in college. Aalok began his career as a musician performing in bands as a lead singer/songwriter. He also studied Indian Classical Music on Sitar with Pandit Nayan Ghosh at the renowned Sangit Mahabharati in Mumbai, India. His debut film, which he scored and starred in as the lead, American Chai, was the recipient of the Slamdance and GenArt Film Festival Audience Awards. He then created the role of Salim in the Original Broadway Cast of Lord Andrew Lloyd Weber and AR Rahman's Bombay Dreams. He met his wife Anisha Nagarajan while working on Bombay Dreams. He's been blessed to work for two decades as an interdisciplinary artist in different mediums from Film, TV, Theatre, and voice-over, to composition, sound design, and producing. He is a regular on The Chosen playing the role of Barnaby. He can also be seen in the feature film Dr. Brinks & Dr. Brinks on Amazon Prime and in the upcoming feature written and directed by Rebecca Miller, "She Came To Me" which premiered at Berlinale starring Peter Dinklage, Marisa Tomei, and Anne Hathaway.- IMDb Mini Biography By: A.S.M
- SpouseAnisha Nagarajan(September 24, 2005 - present) (2 children)
- Gender / Gender identityMale
- Pronounshe/him
- Race / EthnicityAsian
- Nationality / Religious or Ethnic identityIndian
- Brother of writer/director Anurag Mehta
- Is an accomplished singer-songwriter having been nominated for an LA music award for Best Independant Pop album for his original album "Technicolour". Has been a student of the Sitar under the tutelage of Pt. Nayan Ghosh since 1995.
- Studies in the advanced class at the prestigious Beverly Hills Playhouse with Milton Katselas,Gary Imhoff, and Richard Lawson
- Created the role of "Salim" in the original Broadway production of "Bombay Dreams" where he met his musician/actress wife Anisha Nagarajan who was the Lead of the show and created the role of "Priya".
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