Gaurav Chopra

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Gaurav Chopra
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Gaurav at Vogue Beauty Awards
Born (1979-04-04) 4 April 1979 (age 45)
New Delhi, India
NationalityIndian
Occupation(s) Actor, Voice acting
Years active2002–present
Spouse
Hitisha Cheranda
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(m. 2018)​
Partner(s) Narayani Shastri (2004–2010)
Mouni Roy (2010–2012)
Children1

Gaurav Chopra (born 4 April 1979) [1] is an Indian television actor. He is best known for starring on Uttaran and Sadda Haq as Raghuvendra Pratap Rathore and Prof Abhay Singh Ranawat respectively. [2] [3] He has appeared as a contestant on Bigg Boss 10 . [4] [5] [6] [7] He has also acted in American film Blood Diamond , and appeared on the Georgian edition of international dance reality show Dancing with the Stars . He was last seen in ALT Balaji's web series titled Fourplay and Viu's Love Lust & Confusion. [8] [9] [10]

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Early life

Chopra studied at St. Columba's School and graduated from National Institute of Fashion Technology in 2000. [11]

Career

In 2003, Chopra appeared in the Tamil film Ottran , and in 2004 he had an appearance in the TV serial Saara Akaash and Karma – Koi Aa Rahaa Hai Waqt Badalney on Star Plus. In 2006, acted in American film Blood Diamond , he was also a contestant in the reality TV dance show Nach Baliye 2 , and in 2008 he participated in the first season of another dance show, Zara Nachke Dikha . In 2006, he also acted in the Hollywood movie Blood Diamond , and played Samay Khurana on Aisa Des Hai Mera . He played the grey character of Raghuvendra Pratap Rathore on the Colors TV soap opera Uttaran , and won the Colors Golden Petal Awards-Most Dumdar Personality in the year 2012 for this role. He was seen in the gangster film Rangdari , which was released in April 2013.

In April 2016, he participated in the Georgian edition of international dance reality show Dancing with the Stars , [12] [13] where he was chosen as a cultural ambassador. [14] After a sudden exit after 6 weeks, it was revealed that he left the show because of a prior commitment. [15] [16]

Later in 2016 he participated in the 10th season of Bigg Boss and was evicted on 1 January 2017. [17] In 2018, he played the role of a casanova in ALT Balaji's web series, Fourplay. [18]

Personal life

Chopra married Hitisha Cheranda, on 19 February 2018 in a private ceremony. [19] [20] They became parents of a boy in 2020. [21]

Filmography

Television

YearShowRole
2002 Ssshhhh...Koi Hai Vineet Singh
2004 Saara Akaash Abhay Singh Rathore
Lavanya Sandy
Ruby Duby Hub Dub Ballu
Vikraal Aur Gabraal Vineet Singh
Piya Ka Ghar Prem
Karma – Koi Aa Rahaa Hai Waqt Badalney Gunshot
2004–2005Dil Kya Chahta HaiRaghuveer Shetty
Kabhi Haan Kabhi Naa Kabir Jairath
2006 Aisa Des Hai Mera [22] Samay
Nach Baliye 2 [22] Contestant
2007–2008 Left Right Left Captain Abhimanyu Rai Chauhan
2008Solhah Singaarr Shiv Chopra
Ghar Ki Lakshmi Betiyann Kapil Singhania
2008–2009 Pati Patni Aur Woh [23] Contestant
2009 Ssshhhh...Phir Koi Hai Yuvraj
2010-2014 Uttaran Raghuvendra Rathore
2010 C.I.D. - ApaharanVikramjeet
2011 Zor Ka Jhatka: Total Wipeout Contestant
2011–2016 Adaalat Vishwajeet Ranawat
2013–2016 Sadda Haq Abhay Singh Ranawat
2015 Doli Armaano Ki Akash Kumar
Gulmohar Grand Aniruddh Dutt
2016 Dancing with the Stars Georgia Contestant
2016–2017 Bigg Boss 10 Contestant
2017 Savdhaan India Host
2019 Aghori Adhvik
2020 Sanjivani [24] Navratan (NV) Singh
2023 Rana Naidu Prince Reddy

Films

YearFilmRoleLanguage
2003 Ottran Ghazi BabaTamil
2006 Ghoom Balbir [25] Hindi
2006 Blood Diamond Journalist [23] English
2011 Men Will Be Men Jimmy [26] Hindi
2022 Bachchan Pandey [24] BheemaHindi
2023 Gadar 2 [27] Lt. Col. Devendra RawatHindi
2023 Lakeerein [28] Vivek AgnihotriHindi

Web series

YearFilmRole
2018FourplayBobby Bhushan Chawla
2018Love Lust and ConfusionRahil Khan
2019 Hello Mini Aditya Grover

Dubbing roles

Live action films

Hollywood films

Film titleActorCharacterDub LanguageOriginal LanguageOriginal Year ReleaseDub Year ReleaseNotes
Thor: Ragnarok [29] Chris Hemsworth Thor HindiEnglish2017
Avengers: Infinity War [29] 2018
Avengers: Endgame 2019
Thor: Love and Thunder [24] 2022
Jungle Cruise Dwayne Johnson Frank WolffHindiEnglish2021

Indian films

Film titleActorCharacterDub LanguageOriginal LanguageOriginal Year ReleaseDub Year ReleaseNotes
Roberrt Darshan Thoogudeepa Srinivas Roberrt, who changes his identity as Raghav after the latter's demiseHindiKannada20212021
Bheemla Nayak Konidela 'Pawan' Kalyan Babu SI Bheemla NayakHindiTelugu20222022
Vettaiyan Rana Daggubati Nataraj "Nat" ShanmugamHindiTamil20242024

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