Aparshakti Khurana

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Aparshakti Khurana
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Khurrana at Dinesh Vijan's birthday bash in 2018
Born (1987-11-18) 18 November 1987 (age 36)
Chandigarh, India
Occupations
Years active2013–present
Spouse
Akriti Ahuja Khurana
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(m. 2014)​
Children1
Relatives Ayushmann Khurrana (brother)

Aparshakti Khurana (born 18 November 1987) is an Indian actor, radio jockey, comedian, singer, music director, television host and a former Indian cricketer who was the captain of Haryana U-19 Cricket Team. [1] He is the younger brother of actor Ayushmann Khurrana. [2]

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Khurrana's first Bollywood project came with the sports biopic Dangal (2016), which emerged as the highest-grossing Indian film of all time and earned him much recognition. He subsequently played supporting roles in several commercially successful films such as Badrinath Ki Dulhania (2017), Stree (2018), Luka Chuppi (2019) and Pati Patni Aur Woh (2019). In 2021, he acted in Helmet , his first film as a solo lead.

Early life

Khurrana was born on 18 November 1987 in Chandigarh. [3] His father P. Khurrana was an astrologer and an author on the subject of black magic , whereas his mother Poonam is a house wife of half-Burmese descent [4] and holds an M.A. in Hindi.[ citation needed ] He completed his schooling and graduation in law from Chandigarh. [5] He was also into sports at school [6] and captained the Haryana U-19 cricket team. [6] He completed his higher education in the field of Mass Communication from IIMC Delhi.

He is the younger brother of Bollywood actor Ayushmann Khurrana.

Personal life

He married Aakriti Ahuja, a businesswoman and an ISB graduate (whom he met at a dance class in Chandigarh) [6] on 7 September 2014. In June 2021, the couple announced that they were expecting their first child. The couple became parents to a baby girl on 27 August 2021, Arzoie A Khurana. [7]

Career

Aparshakti auditioned for MTV Roadies (Season 3, Episode 2). It was the first time he had faced the camera.

Debut and breakthrough (2016–18)

Khurana made his acting debut with Nitesh Tiwari's biographical sports drama Dangal (2016) which is the real story of Mahavir Singh Phogat. He is an Indian amateur Pehlwani wrestler, who trains his two daughters Geeta and Babita to become India's world class top-female wrestlers. Aamir Khan was cast as Mahavir, while Fatima Sana Shaikh and Sanya Malhotra featured as the two daughters, and Khurana played Omkar, Mahavir's nephew. The film garnered favorable reactions from critics and was highly anticipated. Dangal eventually proved to be the highest-grossing Indian film with over ₹20 billion (US$250 million) in global ticket sales, becoming Khurana's highest-grossing release ever and earning him praise along with a Screen Award for Best Male Debut and a nomination under the same category at the Filmfare Awards.

The Shashank Khaitan directed-romantic comedy Badrinath Ki Dulhania (2017) was Khurana's next film release. Co-starring Alia Bhatt and Varun Dhawan, the film narrated the story of an independent young woman (Bhatt) from rural India who refuses to conform to patriarchal expectations from her chauvinistic fiancé (Dhawan). Khurana was cast as Bhushan Mishra, Bhatt's brother-in-law. Badrinath Ki Dulhania proved to be one of the top-grossing productions of the year, grossing over ₹2 billion (US$25 million) worldwide.

In 2018, Khurana appeared in three films, the first of which was Mudassar Aziz's Happy Phirr Bhag Jayegi (a sequel to the 2016 film Happy Bhag Jayegi ), a comedy about two girls who both are named Happy. A critical and commercial failure, it co-starred Sonakshi Sinha and Diana Penty, with Khurana playing the supporting part of Aman Wadhwa, the eloped fiancé of Happy 2 (Sinha). His next role was in Amar Kaushik's directorial debut Stree , a horror comedy co-starring Rajkummar Rao, Shraddha Kapoor, and Pankaj Tripathi. Stree emerged as a major commercial success with a worldwide gross revenue of ₹1.80 billion (US$23 million), and his performance earned him a Best Supporting Actor nomination at Filmfare. Khurana's final release of 2018 was the Netflix film Rajma Chawal . Directed by Leena Yadav, it starred Rishi Kapoor, Anirudh Talwar and Amyra Dastur, and was poorly received.

Further supporting roles (2019–present)

Khurana took on another supporting role in Laxman Utekar's 2019 romantic comedy Luka Chuppi , co-starring Kartik Aaryan, Kriti Sanon and Tripathi. Set in Uttar Pradesh, 'Luka Chupi' is about the story of a live-in-relationship between a headstrong woman (Rashmi, played by Kriti Sanon) and a television reporter (Guddu, played by Kartik Aaryan). His next film of the year was debutante Prashant Singh's Jabariya Jodi , starring Sidharth Malhotra and Parineeti Chopra, which deals with the prevalence of groom kidnapping in Bihar. After doing a special appearance in his brother Ayushmann's commercially successful satire Bala directed by Kaushik, he played Aaryan's best friend in his last film of 2019, the comedy-drama Pati, Patni Aur Woh directed by Aziz, a remake of the 1978 film with the same name, which relates the life of a philandering husband who gets attractive towards his female co-worker. While Luka Chuppi, Bala and Pati Patni Aur Woh were commercially successful, Jabariya Jodi performed poorly at the box office.

Khurana next starred in Remo D'Souza's dance film Street Dancer 3D , a spin-off to the 2015 dance film ABCD 2 , starring Dhawan and Shraddha Kapoor, which was released on 24 January 2020. His first lead role came in the comedy film Helmet which premiered on ZEE5. [8] Khurana then starred in Hum Do Hamare Do with Rajkummar Rao and Kriti Sanon, released on 29 October 2021 on Disney+ Hotstar. [9]

Filmography

Films

YearTitleRoleRef.
2016 Dangal Omkar Singh Phogat [10]
Saat Uchakkey Khappe [11]
2017 Badrinath Ki Dulhania Bhushan Mishra [12]
2018 Happy Phirr Bhag Jayegi Aman Singh Wadhwa [13]
Stree Bittu [14]
Rajma Chawal Baljeet [15]
2019 Luka Chuppi Abbas Sheikh [16]
Jabariya Jodi Santosh Pathak [17]
Kanpuriye Jaitaan Mishra [18]
Bala Arjun Singh [19]
Pati Patni Aur Woh Fahim Rizvi [20]
2020 Street Dancer Amrinder [21]
2021 Helmet Lucky [22]
Hum Do Hamare Do Sandeep "Shunty" Sachdeva [23]
2022 Dhokha: Round D Corner Haq Riyaz Gul [24]
Bhediya BittuCameo; reprises his role from Stree [24]
2024 Stree 2 †BittuFilming

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
2014 Box Cricket League Commentator
PopcornDhijendraShort film
2017You Have Been WarnedHostTalk show
Super Night with Tubelight
Om Shanti Om
2018Bigg Buzz
Ace of Space 1 HimselfGuest
Kanpur Wale Khuranas Host/Pramod's brother-in-law
2019 Khatra Khatra Khatra HimselfGuest

Web series

YearTitleRoleNotesRef.
2018Dhatt Tere Ki
2022Business Baazi [25]
2023 Jubilee Binod Das [26]

Music videos

YearSongAlbumSingerRef.
2019Tere Do NainaNaina Ankit Tiwari [27]
Ruka RukaNon-album single Shalmali Kholgade [28]
2021Aaya Jado Da Asees Kaur [29]
2022Yaaron Sab Dua Karo Stebin Ben, Meet Bros, Danish Sabri [30]
Kaale Kaale Chashme Stebin Ben [31]
Hum Dono Arko [32]

Discography

YearSongCo-singerMusic composerLyricsRef.
2016Ik Vaari Ayushmann Khurrana Himself, Ayushmann Khurrana [33]
2019Kudiye Ni Neeti Mohan Himself [34]
2020Teri Yaar Millind Gaba, King Kaazi Music MG Millind Gaba, King Kaazi, Viruss, Stylish Singh [35]
2022Balle Ni Balle—Siddharth Amit BhavsarGurpreet Saini [36]
2022Choti Choti Gal— Arjuna Harjai Kumaar [37]
Neendraan Ni Aandiyaan—Sushant-ShankarYash Eshwari [38]

Awards and nominations

YearAwardCategoryFilmResultRef.
2017 Star Screen Awards Most Promising Newcomer (Male) Dangal Won [39]
Best Actor in a Comic RoleNominated [40]
Filmfare Awards Best Male Debut [41]
2019 Best Supporting Actor Stree Nominated [42]
2023 2023 Filmfare OTT Awards Best Actor in a Drama Series Jubilee Nominated [43]

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