Akash Khurana

Akash Khurana
Khurana (right) playing Vladimir in Waiting for Godot (opposite Benjamin Gilani's Estragon) in 2009 at The Doon School, Dehradun
Occupation(s)	Actor, screenwriter, director, author, theatre artist, entrepreneur
Spouse	Meera Khurana
Children	Akarsh Khurana and Adhaar khurana

Akash Khurana is an Indian actor, screenwriter, director, author, theatre artist and entrepreneur. ^[1]

His first screen appearance was in Shyam Benegal's Kalyug . ^[2] He has appeared in nearly 60 films, including Ardh Satya, Saaransh, Naam, Beta, Saudagar, Sarfarosh , Company and Barfii . ^[3]

He has written over 20 screen plays, including Aashiqui and Baazigar. He won the Nandi Award for Special Jury for the film Dr. Ambedkar (1992). ^[4]

Early life and background

Khurana did his schooling at St. Francis de Sales school in Nagpur. ^[5] He graduated from the National Institute of Technology, Rourkela (Rourkela, Odisha, India) as a mechanical engineer. He then obtained an MBA degree from XLRI – Xavier School of Management (Jamshedpur, Jharkhand, India). ^[6] Later he obtained an M.Phil. degree and a Ph.D. in Social Sciences from Tata Institute of Social Sciences (Mumbai, India), where he has been a visiting faculty member since 1995. ^{[7] [8]}

Filmography

Actor

Year	Film	Role
1981	Kalyug	Sandeep Raj
1983	Ardh Satya	Khanna - Mill Owner
1984	Party	Agashe
	Saaransh	Chief Minister Shashikant
1985	Trikal	Renato
	Janam	Asghar
1986	Naam	Aftab Ahmed
1987	Jalwa	Inspector Hosi Wadia
	Kaash	Doctor Anil - Ritesh's friend
1988	Mere Baad
	Falak (1988 film)	Jamuna Das
	Kabzaa	Arun Date
	Tamas (film)	Dr. Kapoor
1989	Jurrat	Police Commissioner
	Daddy (TV movie)
1990	Jurm	Ritesh Nandy
1991	Vishkanya	Trilokchand (Sonal's dad)
	Saudagar	Police Commander
1992	Maarg	Abhay
	Beta	Prem
	Raat	Mr. Sharma
	Antham
	Drohi	Chief Minister
1993	Phool	Rajeshwar Dayal
	Gunaah	Mahender Singh
	Roop Ki Rani Choron Ka Raja	D'souza
1995	Milan	Raja's brother
	Prem	SP Verma
	Bombay (Tamil film)
1996	Jaan
	Diljale	Shyam's Father
1999	Sarfarosh	Ajay's Father
2000	Badal	Satyaprakash, Chief Minister
2001	One 2 Ka 4	Commissioner of Police
2002	Filhaal...	Mr. Sheth
	Company	Vilas Pandit
	Encounter: The Killing	Sudhakar Rao
	Zindagi Khoobsoorat Hai
2003	Koi... Mil Gaya	Catholic School Principal
2006	Taxi No. 9211 Nau Do Gyarah	Shyam Mittal
	Banaras	Dr. Gopal Bhattacharya
	Krrish	Catholic School Principal
	Yun Hota Toh Kya Hota : What If...?
	Sarhad Paar	Bade Miyan
2008	Black & White	Wazir Shah - Rajya Sabha Member
2009	Ladies Special (TV series)	Vipul Joshi
	Kurbaan	Ahuja
2010	Aakrosh
2011	Always Kabhi Kabhi	Principal Elton Phillips
2012	Barfi!	Barfi's Father
2013	David	Iqbal Ghani
	Once Upon a Time in Mumbai Dobaara!	DK (Film Director)
2014	Real FM	Saloni's Father
	UnIndian	Ashok
	Humshakals	Mr. Singhania; Ashok's father
2018	Karwaan	Prakash Rajpurohit
2020	Sadak 2	Psychiatrist
2021	Rashmi Rocket	Dr. Ejaz Qureshi
2022	The Broken News [9]	Ketan Kedia
2024	Sector 36	Mr Bassi

Writer

Year	Films
2014	Kaanchi: The Unbreakable
2010	Aakrosh
2008	Black & White
2006	Sarhad Paar
2001	Yeh Raaste Hain Pyaar Ke
1999	Daag: The Fire
1999	Agar Tum Na Aate
1999	Kartoos
1999	Silsila Hai Pyar Ka
1998	Angaaray
1998	Duplicate
1998	Yeh Aashiqui Meri
1997	Betaabi (screenplay / story)
1996	Chaahat (written by)
	Sanam O Sanam
1995	Milan
1993	Baazigar (written by)
1992	Drohi (dialogue)
1991	Do Pal
1991	Saathi (dialogue / screenplay / story)
1990	Aashiqui (dialogue / screenplay / story)
	Swayam

Television

Actor

• Satyajit Ray Presents
• Sara Jahan Hamara
• Guftagoo
• Tamas
• C. Rajagopalachari Stories
• Faisla
• Dhadkan
• Asha
• Rishtey
• Untitled
• Raahein
• Kuch Ret Kuch Pani
• Aakrosh
• Ladies Special'
• 24 Season 2
• Humshakals
• Leila
• Mai: A Mother's Rage

Director

• Front Page on Doordarshan
• Kuch Ret Kuch Pani on Channel 9 Gold
• Magal on Sun TV (2007-2011)
• The River of Love (2021 film)

Writer

• Gulmohur (West)
• Kismat
• America...Amerika
• Kabhie Kabhie
• Viruddh
• Dil Hai Hindustani
• Kuch Ret Kuch Pani

Theatre

Actor

Play	Playwright	Director
The Miser	Molière	K. Janardhan
Equus	Peter Schaffer	K. Janardhan
Adhe Adhure	Mohan Rakesh	K. Janardhan
The Memorandum	Vaclav Havel	Anmol Vellani
The Unknown General	Rene de Obaldia	Sunil Shanbag
Abe Bewaqoof	Slavomir Mrozek	Satyadev Dubey
Aur Tota Bola	C’shekhar Kambhar	Satyadev Dubey
Aah	Vijay Tendulkar	Satyadev Dubey
Ajnabi	Albert Camus	Satyadev Dubey
Ooljulool	A. Rangachari	Satyadev Dubey
Don Juan in Hell	Bernard Shaw	Satyadev Dubey
Chowkidar	Harold Pinter	Sunil Shanbag/Akash Khurana
Circus	Slavomir Mrozek	Sunil Shanbag
Mat Yaad Dila	Vijay Tendulkar	Akash Khurana
Arms and the Man	Bernard Shaw	Naseeruddin Shah
Julius Caesar	Shakespeare	Naseeruddin Shah
The Caine Mutiny Court Martial	Herman Wouk	Naseeruddin Shah
Waiting for Godot	Samuel Beckett	Benjamin Gilani
Ramu aur Maalik	Milan Kundera	Sunil Shanbag
A Life in the Theatre	David Mamet	Zubin Driver
Women in Waiting, Men on the Line	Various Poets	Akash and Akarsh Khurana
A Special Bond	Ruskin Bond	Akarsh Khurana
Antigone	Jean Anouilh	Satyadev Dubey
Blackbird	David Harrower	Akarsh Khurana
Super 8	Various	Akarsh Khurana
Our Town	Thornton Wilder	Akash Khurana
Stories in a Song	Vikram Phukan	Sunil Shanbag
Tuesdays with Morrie	Mitch Albom	Meera Khurana

Director

Play	Playwright
Chowkidar	Harold Pinter
Mat Yaad Dila	Vijay Tendulkar
Women in Waiting, Men on the Line	Various Poets
Our Town	Thornton Wilder
A Friend's Story	Vijay Tendulkar
The Hound of the Baskervilles	Steven Canny & John Nicholson
Under the Gypsy Moon	Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyaya/Akash Khurana

References

1. "Akash Khurana" . Retrieved 11 September 2013.
2. "Hindi Movie Celebrities | Akash Khurana (Aakash Khurana) | Bollymints". www.bollymints.com. Retrieved 13 April 2024.
3. Kumar, Anuj (13 March 2018). "It is a different kind of assembly line: Akash Khurana". The Hindu .
4. "నంది అవార్డు విజేతల పరంపర (1964–2008)" [A series of Nandi Award Winners (1964–2008)](PDF) (in Telugu). Information & Public Relations of Andhra Pradesh . Retrieved 21 August 2020.
5. "Akash Khurana: The Eclectic Entrepreneur". 6 January 2014. Archived from the original on 8 January 2014. Retrieved 8 January 2014.
6. "Ranbir Kapoor is a very energetic and promising actor, says Akash Khurana". The Times of India. Retrieved 16 December 2020.
7. Biographia (14 May 2020). "Akash Khurana Wiki-Biography-Age-Weight-Height-Profile Info". Biographia. Archived from the original on 13 September 2020. Retrieved 10 August 2020.
8. TEDx GLIM Gurgaon Speakers - website of the media organization TED
9. "Sonali Bendre to make OTT debut with 'The Broken News'". The Times of India. Retrieved 23 May 2022.

External links

• Akash Khurana at IMDb