Rannvijay Singha

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Rannvijay Singha
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Born
Jalandhar, Punjab, India
NationalityIndian
Occupations
  • Actor
  • television personality
  • host
  • VJ
Known for MTV Roadies
MTV Splitsvilla
Spouse
Priyanka Vohra
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(m. 2014)​
Children2

Rannvijay Singha is an Indian film actor, television personality, host, and VJ. [1] He is known for his role in MTV Roadies . He was a part of the show from 2004 to 2020, earlier as a gang leader and then as a host. He was also a part of the auditions judging panel from season 8 to season 18 and a gang leader.

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He made his Bollywood debut in Toss: A Flip of Destiny (2009). Rannvijay has also acted in London Dreams (2009) and Action Replayy (2010). Singha made his Punjabi movie debut in 2011, starring in Jimmy Shergill's Dharti .

Early life

Singha's father, Iqbal Singh Singha is a retired Lt. General of the Indian Army and his mother Baljeet Kaur is a housewife. However, his father is retired but is currently posted in Syria as the UN Force Commander, his mother is a poet in her own right. [2] Owing to his father's transferable jobs across India, he went to nine different schools. Finally, he graduated from Army Public School, Dhaula Kuan, New Delhi. He also attended Hansraj College (the University of Delhi and graduated with a B. Com hons). He wanted to win the Hero Honda Karizma R. Singh used to work for a construction worker in New Jersey, United States. His younger brother Harman Singha is also an actor, VJ and television personality. [3] Singha is the only exception in his family not to serve in the Indian military as his family has been serving in the Indian military for six generations. [4]

Personal life

Rannvijay married Priyanka Vohra on 10 April 2014. The couple has a daughter named Kainaat who was born on 17 January 2017. [1] In March 2021, Singha and his wife Priyanka announced that they were expecting their second child, a son named Jahaanvir. [5]

Rannvijay is a comics and bikes fan and is known for collecting Wolverine and Batman merchandises, he owns Suzuki GSX-R600, Kawasaki Ninja, Hero Honda Karizma R and Royal Enfield. He is a Warriors fan. [6] He is also a football enthusiast, and became co-owner of then I-League club Minerva Punjab in October 2017. [7]

Career

Singha with Ashish Parmar and Prince Narula at the shoot of MTV Roadies. Ashish Parmar shot MTV Roadies with host Rannvijay Singh and main leader Prince Narula.jpg
Singha with Ashish Parmar and Prince Narula at the shoot of MTV Roadies.

MTV India

Singha appeared in the first season of MTV Roadies and further hosted all the seasons from 2.0 to Roadies Revolution. He has also hosted other MTV shows, such as MTV Stuntmania, MTV Force India The Fast and The Gorgeous, MTV Splitsvilla, MTV Scooty Pep Diva and MTV Troll Police. He took an exit from the MTV Roadies. [8]

Film career

Rannvijay made his Bollywood debut in Toss: A Flip of Destiny in 2009. He then acted in London Dreams along with Ajay Devgn and Salman Khan. He further appeared in Action Replayy in 2011. He made his Punjabi cinema debut in 2011, starring in Jimmy Shergill's Dharti . He also acted in the horror film "3 AM".

Filmography

Films

YearTitleRoleNotes
2009 Toss: A Flip of Destiny RyanFilm debut
London Dreams Wasim Hayaat Khan
2010 Action Replayy Kundalal Kapoor
2011 Mumbai Cutting Himself
Dharti RannvijayPunjabi language film
Mod Andy/Abhay
2012 Taur Mittran Di RanbirPunjabi language film
2013Saadi Love StoryVikramPunjabi language film; Cameo
Ishq Garaari Punjabi
2014 3 A.M. A Paranormal Experience Sunny
2015 Sharafat Gayi Tel Lene Sam

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
2003 MTV Roadies 1 ContestantWinner
2004–2021; 2025 MTV Roadies Gang Leader/Host
2008; 2015–2021 MTV Splitsvilla Host
2009 MTV Force India The Fast and The Gorgeous
2013MTV Rann VJ Run[ citation needed ]Himself
2011 MTV Stuntmania Host
2014 Pukaar Major Rajveer Shergill [9]
Savdhaan India Presenter
2014–2016Box Cricket LeagueContestant [10]
2017 Himalaya Roadies HimselfGuest
2018MTV Troll Police [11] Host/presenter
2021–2022 Shark Tank India Host [12]
2023 IRL - In Real Life Host [12]

Web series

YearTitleRoleNotesRef.
2020 Forbidden Love ACP AdityaEpisode: "Diagnosis Of Love"[ citation needed ]
2020–present Mismatched Professor Siddharth Sinha [13]

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