Raaghav Chanana

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Raaghav Chanana
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Raaghav Chanana in 2013.
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Raaghav Chanana

(1983-08-20) 20 August 1983 (age 40)
New Delhi, India
NationalityIndian
Occupation Actor
Height(5 ft 8 in (1.73 m))

Raaghav Chanana is an Indian actor and stage director. Chanana studied Economics at London School of Economics before taking up the acting career. He was cast in Shakespeare's Twelfth Night , directed by Stephen Beresford, and performed for 10 weeks in London's West End. [1] He also played the lead role of Rahim, a singing-dancing hero in a Bollywood style musical, Yeh Hai Mumbai Meri Jaan (This Is Mumbai, My Dear), directed by Sanjoy Roy, and which toured across the UK, performed at the Belfast Festival at Queen's, Ireland, and at the Esplanade Festival in Singapore. [2]

He directed Patrick Marber's Closer [3] and John Donnelly's Bone, [4] and then proceeded to form his own theatre company, Fly On The Wall, under which he produced and directed avant-garde theatre. [5]

He has continued working as an actor including with theatre directors Roysten Abel, Sunil Shanbag, Atul Kumar and Rehaan Engineer. He is performing as the NRI American groom in Girish Karnad's Wedding Album, directed by Lilette Dubey. [6]

Chanana played the romantic lead in a telefilm produced by Shahrukh Khan's Red Chillies Entertainment, when he won a nationwide acting contest held by MTV.[ citation needed ] He hosted travel shows and also worked in music videos and commercials. Chanana's English feature film debut was in Lessons in Forgetting. [7] The film won the National Award for Best English Film. [8] [9]

Chanana has the series regular role of Prithvi Singhania in the Indian version of the American TV series, 24 . The cast of the show received the 2013 Golden Petal Award for Best Ensemble Cast on Indian Television. [10]

Filmography

YearTitleRoleLanguageNotes
2010Luv Ho Jaane DeRick (Romantic Lead) Hindi TV movie
2011 Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara Nikhil Hindi Blockbuster Movie Directed by Zoya Akhtar
2011 Lessons in Forgetting Soman (Lead Antagonist) English National Award for Best English Film
2011Among UsAbhay (Lead) English Short Film
2013 Rangrezz Joy (Lead Antagonist) Hindi Directed by Priyadarshan, Cinematography by Santosh Sivan
2013 24 Season 1 Prithvi Singhania (Lead Ensemble) Hindi Award-winning TV Series
2014 M Cream Niz (Lead Ensemble) Hindi Award-winning Independent Film
2015 Zubaan Surya Kapoor Sikand (Lead Ensemble) Hindi Opened Busan Film Festival
2016 24 Season 2 Prithvi Singhania (Lead Ensemble) Hindi Award-winning TV Series

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References

  1. Twelfth Night Press Release
  2. Raaghav Chanana's Online CV & Portfolio
  3. Review Mention by Kavita Nagpal for Closer Archived 19 December 2013 at the Wayback Machine
  4. Review by Pragya Tiwari for Bone Archived 19 December 2013 at the Wayback Machine
  5. Bone Press Release
  6. Performance Review in Dubai for Wedding Album
  7. Review in Mid-Day for Lessons in Forgetting
  8. "Untitled Page" (PDF).
  9. "National award-winning film 'Lessons in Forgetting' to be screened in Kerala". Deccan Chronicle . Archived from the original on 9 January 2015.
  10. "Golden Petal Awards 2013 Winners List (Colors) : Photos & Videos | FirstReporter.org". Archived from the original on 31 December 2013. Retrieved 9 January 2015.