Mukesh Sahani, the Vikassheel Insaan Party (VIP) chief, was on Thursday named the deputy chief minister nominee from Mahagathbandhan for the Bihar polls. Sahani, popularly referred to as “Son of Mallah”, joined the grand alliance last year in April after several weeks of negotiations.

Who is Mukesh Sahani and his connection with Bollywood?

Mukesh Sahani was born in 1981 in Darbhanga to a fisherman family. He embraced the moniker ‘Son of Mallah’ -- a tribute to his boatmen and fisherfolk community.

He was 19 when he ran away from his home to Mumbai. According to an India Today report, Sahani began his journey in Mumbai as a salesman and eventually found success in Bollywood as a set designer, working on major films such as Shah Rukh Khan-starrer Devdas and Salman Khan’s Bajrangi Bhaijaan

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