Birth and Education: Born on 12 December 1980 in a Hindu Brahmin family in Bombay (present-day Mumbai), Sidharth Shukla attended St. Xavier's High School, Fort, Mumbai. He was a very athletic child and represented his school in tennis and football. Shukla holds a bachelor's degree in Interior Design from Rachana Sansad School of Interior Design. His father, Ashok Shukla, served at the Reserve Bank of India as a civil engineer while his mother was a homemaker. During his modeling days, Sidharth lost his father due to a lung disease.