Karan Veer Mehra

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Karan Veer Mehra
Karan Veer Mehra at the Iconic Gold Awards 2025 (cropped).jpg
Mehra in 2025
Born (1982-12-28) 28 December 1982 (age 42) [1]
New Delhi, India
Alma mater University of Delhi
OccupationActor
Years active2005–Present
Spouses
  • Devika Mehta
    (m. 2009;div. 2018)
    [2] [3]
  • Nidhi Seth
    (m. 2021;div. 2023)
    [4]

Karan Veer Mehra (born 28 December 1982) [5] [6] [7] is an Indian actor. He began his career with the show Remix in 2004 and has later appeared in many shows. Mehra is best known in television for his role in the serial Pavitra Rishta. [8]

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Early life

Karan Mehra was born in Delhi in a Punjabi family on 28th December 1982. [9]

Personal life

Mehra married his childhood sweetheart, Devika Mehta, in 2009 at the age of 26. Nine years later, in 2018, they divorced. [2] In 2020 jan 21, he married actress Nidhi Seth during the COVID-19 pandemic, but the couple separated after two years. [10]

Career

Television debut (early 2005–2006)

His started his acting career from the youth-based show Remix in 2005 where he get the role of Aditya Sahani which marked his television debut. In the same year, he played Soham Mehta in the college drama Saath Rahega Always .

Acting debut in films (2007–2016)

In 2007-2008, Mehra had been cast in the soap opera Virrudh as a wealthy, devil-may-care youngster Vedant Raisinghania. He then went on to score the key role of a winsome aspiring director, Karan Mehra, in Star One's Pari Hoon Main opposite Rashami Desai. He secured his Bollywood debut with the movie Drona. He was also seen in the movie Aagey Se Right .

He was cast in Sony TV's Hum Ladkiyan , where he played the love interest of the protagonist Urmila Tiwari and then came an antagonistic character named Karan Rajvansh in StarPlus soap opera Behenein in 2010.

He played a homosexual male character, Harry, in a 2010 LGBTQ short film called Amen. [11] He also made a brief appearance in 2011’s thriller No One Killed Jessica.

In 2013, He got wider recognition for playing the role of Naren Karmarkar in Zee TV’s long-running serial Pavitra Rishta opposite Ankita Lokhande. [12] While the show was in the running and when it ended, he snagged a number of roles in Hindi films like the friend-turned-antagonist Dr Rahul in Bloody Isshq , an unexpected saviour brother-in-law Raj in Mere Dad Ki Maruti, and then Inspector Bobby Kapadia in the Kunal Khemu-led Blood Money and the comedy flick Badmashiyaan where he played a central character of a self-proclaimed detective. [13] He also play his role as Maddy in 2014 erotic horror film Ragini MMS 2 , directed by Bhushan Patel. [14]

In 2015, he also slipped-in an appearance in Zee TV miniseries Rishton Ka Mela , opposite Sargun Mehta as Karan Singh Gurjar.

Later years and Reality shows (2017–present)

After playing a caught-in-a-bind TV producer Rajeev Gupta in Sab TV’s comedy show TV Biwi Aur Main in 2017 where he collaborated onscreen with Shruti Seth as spouses, Mehra swerved to web shows and OTT projects. Cast opposite Swara Bhasker as Jayesh in the Voot/JioCinema web series It's Not That Simple in 2018.

He also appeared in the SonyLIV series Heartbreak Hotel as Rohit while doing a cameo of a key character Jaiveer Khanna in the ZEE5 action crime thriller Poison 2 .

Returning to television, after he caught the role of a famed journalist Rohit Khanna in the women empowerment comedy show Carry on Alia. Mehra did roles in Sony SAB’s Ziddi Dil Maane N Woh Toh Hai Albelaa , Baatein Kuch Ankahee Si .

Mehra started the year 2024 with a cameo in Sony Entertainment revenge thriller show Pukaar - Dil Se Dil Tak . [15]

In 2024, Mehra participated in the 14th season of Fear Factor: Khatron Ke Khiladi [16] and he brought home the trophy of Khatron Ke Khiladi 14 . [17]

In the same year, he also participated in the eighteenth season of Bigg Boss, and became the winner of the show. [18] [19] On May 26 2025, he was announced as the key antagonist in acclaimed director Omung Kumar led romance action movie, tentatively titled, Silaa, also starring Harshvardhan Rane and Sadia Khateeb. The film went on floors on 1st July respectively. [20]

Awards and nominations

YearAwardCategoryWorkResultRef.
2017 Indian Television Academy Awards Best Actor In A Comic Role TV Biwi Aur Main Nominated [21]
2025 Iconic Gold Awards Most Influential Personality TV Male Bigg Boss Won
Pinkvilla Screen and Style Icons Awards Most Stylish Reality Show Star - Male Bigg Boss Won [22]

Filmography

Films

YearTitleRoleNotes
2008Pathan
Drona Rajesh/Roger
2009 Aage Se Right Rocky
2011 No One Killed Jessica ModelCameo
2012 Blood Money Inspector Bobby Kapadia
Love PossibleGaurav Jetlly
2013 Bloody Isshq Rahul
Mere Dad Ki Maruti Raj
2014 Ragini MMS 2 Maddy
2015 Badmashiyaan Pinkesh Kapoor
2021 Choices TarunCameo
TBASILAAZehraakFilming [23]

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
2005 Remix Aditya Sahani
Saath Rahega Always Soham Mehta
2006 Sati...Satya Ki Shakti Rajdeep Sikand
Twinkle Beauty Parlour Lajpat NagarRocky
Shanno Ki Shaadi Kunnu
Ssshhhh...Phir Koi Hai Karan/Kunal/SahdevEpisode 12/32
2007 Aahat SushantSeason 3, Episode 5
2007–2008 Virrudh Vedant Raisinghania
2008 Pari Hoon Main Karan Mehra
2008–2009 Hum Ladkiyan Yuvraj Goel
2009 Agle Janam Mohe Bitiya Hi Kijo Ganesia Sardesai
2010–2011 Behenein Karan Rajvansh
2011 Surya – The Super Cop Inspector Rajhans
2011 Bade Achhe Lagte Hain Bhanu Shergill
2012–2013 Amrit Manthan Yug Prakashan Mehra
2013–2014 Pavitra Rishta Naren Karmarkar
2015 Rishton Ka Mela Karan Singh Gurjar
2017 TV Biwi Aur Main Rajeev Gupta
2020 Carry On Alia Rohit Khanna
2021–2022 Ziddi Dil Maane Na Abhay Mehra
2022–2023 Woh Toh Hai Albelaa Dr. Vikrant Desai
2023–2024 Baatein Kuch Ankahee Si Vaibhav Joshi
2024 Pukaar – Dil Se Dil Tak Gautam Rathore
Fear Factor: Khatron Ke Khiladi 14 ContestantWinner [16]
2024–2025 Bigg Boss 18

Web series

YearTitleRoleNotes
2010 Amen HarryShort film
2018 It's Not That Simple Jayesh
2019 Heartbreak Hotel RohitEpisode 2
Lights OutBhaskarZee Theatre Play
Sacred Games Rajeev ChawlaSeason 2
2020 Poison 2 JaiveerCameo

Music videos

YearTitleSinger(s)Ref.
2020AadatAaman Trikha, Lizza Malik
2024Kehna Galat Galat Jyoti Nooran, Javed–Mohsin [24]

References

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  11. "'Amen' — A gay rights activist's life on 70mm - Latest News & Updates at Daily News & Analysis". 24 February 2012. Retrieved 3 March 2018.
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  13. "Movie Badmashiyaan 2015, Story, Trailers". The Times of India.
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  23. "Harshvardhan Rane-Sadia Khateeb's Film Titled 'Silaa', Karan Veer Mehra Plays Antagonist". News18. 30 June 2025.
  24. "Kehna Galat Galat Out: Sana Makbul-Karan Veer Mehra's Song Is All About Intense Love And Betrayal", Times Now , October 2024, retrieved 1 October 2024