Taking inspiration from his mother, Kirron Kher — who returned to the judges’ panel of India’s Got Talent after battling cancer — Sikander Kher focuses on staying busy with work. “My mother [believes] that an actor should wish to stay busy because the rest is not in your control.” Sikander is gearing up for the second season of the Sushmita Sen-lead Aarya, where he plays the silent hitman, Daulat protecting his boss’s family.

A still from Aarya