Nupur Shikhare Height, Age, Wife, Family, Biography & More

Nupur Shikhare is an Indian celebrity fitness trainer and consultant, specialising in Calisthenics and Movements who has been training former Miss Universe Sushmita Sen since 2008. In 2020, he came into the limelight when he started dating Ira Khan, Bollywood celebrity Aamir Khan‘s daughter.

Wiki/Biography

Nupur Shikhare was born on Thursday, 17 October 1985 (age 38 years; as of 2023), and he hails from Pune, Maharashtra. His zodiac sign is Libra.

Childhood picture of Nupur Shikhare

A keen sports player during his childhood, Nupur grew up playing tennis and wanted to pursue a career in it. He was a national-level tennis player. He did his schooling at Seth Dagaduram Katariya High School, Pune. He studied at Capoeira Pune and the University of Mumbai. He attended R. A. Podar College Of Commerce & Economics, Mumbai. ^[1]Nupur Popeye Shikhare – Facebook In 2004, when he moved to Mumbai, he inclined towards filmmaking. Thereafter, he started making short films and videos, which were noticed by a Marathi film director who extended a job offer as an assistant director to Nurpur. After working as an assistant director for a while, Nurpur became a fitness trainer.

Physical Appearance

Height (approx.): 5′ 10″

Hair Colour: Black

Eye Colour: Black

Body Measurements (approx.): Chest: 46″, Waist: 32″, Biceps: 17″

Family

Parents & Siblings

His mother, Pritam Shikhare, is a dance trainer.

Nupur Shikhare with his parents

Nupur Shikhare with his mother, Pritam Shikhare

Wife

Nupur Shikhare is married to Aamir Khan‘s daughter, Ira Khan, who is a film and theatre director. The duo registered their marriage at Taj Lands End in Mumbai on 3 January 2024.

Nupur Shikhare and Ira Khan on their wedding day

Nupur’s unique entry to the wedding venue went viral on the internet. He jogged for about 8 kilometres to the venue with baraat in a pair of shorts and a black vest.

Nupur Shikhare while jogging to his wedding venue

The couple celebrated their wedding festivities over three days at the Taj Lake Palace in Udaipur from 7 January 2024 to 10 January 2024.

A picture of Nupur Shikhare and Ira Khan from their Christian wedding ceremony held at the Taj Lake Palace, Udaipur

Relationships/Affairs

In 2020, amid the Covid-19 pandemic, Nupur Shikhare started dating Ira Khan.

Nupur Shikhare and Ira Khan

On 22 September 2022, Nupur proposed to Ira Khan in Emilia-Romagna, Italy, where he was participating in the 2022 Ironman championship. The couple got engaged on 18 November 2022.

A picture of Nupur Shikhare and Ira Khan from their engagement ceremony

Career

He had a brief stint as an assistant director and soon left the job to pursue a career in fitness and training. The manager of the gym where Nupur used to workout offered him to join as a trainer. Nupur used to roam around in Bandra handing over his business cards in fancy gyms, asking them to contact him if there was a vacancy. One day he got Sushmita Sen‘s contact number following which he texted “I am a fitness trainer and I want to train you” to her. On 28 March 2008, he started working as a personal trainer for Sushmita Sen.

Sushmita Sen training with Nupur Shikhare

In 2017, he represented India at Netflix’s Ultimate Beastmaster: India. He has a varied experience in fitness training which includes, gym training, circuit training, functional training, parkour, martial art, capoeira, cross fit, and bodyweight training. Apart from Sushmita Sen, Nupur also trains Aamir Khan, Ira Khan, and Kiran Rao.

Facts/Trivia

• His nickname is Popeye. ^[2]Vishay Khol – Facebook He refers to himself as Nupur Popeye Shikhare on Facebook. ^[3]Nupur Shikhare- Facebook

• Nupur Shikhare actively takes part in various marathons and has participated in events like Ironman Copenhagen 2017 and Ironman 70.3 Taiwan (his first triathlon). In 2019, he secured the 2nd runner-up position in Canthon – Cancer Awareness Run.
  

  Nupur Shikhare posing with the trophy that he won at Canthon (2019)

• A tattoo of Capoeira, an Afro-Brazilian martial art form, is inked on his right leg. “IAM” tattoo is inked on his right wrist. He has a tattoo on his back. An is anchor inked on the inside side of his left forearm.
  

  Nupur Shikhare’s anchor tattoo

  

  Nupur Shikhare’s back tattoo

  

  Nupur Shikhare’s Capoeira tattoo

  

  ‘I AM’ inked on Nupur Shikhare’s right hand

• He has got a matching tattoo inked along with Ira. While she chose two turtles to be inked near her left collarbone, Nupur opted for one on his right bicep.
  

  Ira Khan’s Instagram post about getting a tattoo inked with Nupur Shikhare

• In September 2022, Nupur Shikhare became a brand ambassador for Bicycle brand Scott Sports India.

• Nupur Shikhare occasionally consumes alcoholic beverages.
  

  Nupur Shikhare holding a beer bottle

• He is also an occasional smoker.
  

  Nupur Shikhare smoking a hookah