Ranvir Shorey

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Ranvir Shorey
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Shorey in 2015
Born (1972-08-18) 18 August 1972 (age 52)
Jalandhar, Punjab, India
Occupations
  • Actor
  • former video jockey
Years active1998–present
Spouse
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(m. 2010;div. 2020)​
Children1

Ranvir Shorey (born 18 August 1972) is an Indian actor and former video jockey. Since making his debut in Ek Chhotisi Love Story (2002), he has worked in both mainstream and independent cinema. His commercially successful ventures include Jism (2003), Lakshya (2004), Honeymoon Travels Pvt. Ltd. (2007), Singh Is Kinng (2008), Ek Tha Tiger (2012), Angrezi Medium (2020), and Tiger 3 (2023). He has also starred in the critically acclaimed films such as Khosla Ka Ghosla (2006), Traffic Signal and Bheja Fry (both 2007), Mithya (2008), Titli (2014), and A Death In The Gunj (2016). [1] [2] He was nominated for the Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actor for Sonchiriya (2019). [3]

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Subsequently, he hosted Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa 7 (2015) and Chalo Koi Baat Nahi (2021). He also appeared in various digital series such as Rangbaaz (2018), Sacred Games (2018-19), High and Hasmukh (both 2020), Metro Park and Tabbar (both 2021), and Sunflower (2021-24). In 2024, he participated in the reality show Bigg Boss OTT 3 and finished as the second runner-up. [4] [5]

Early and personal life

He was born to Bollywood producer Krishan Dev Shorey [6] on 18 August 1972 in Jalandhar, Punjab. He has a brother named Lokesh Shorey. [7] Ranvir Shorey did his early schooling from Dayanand Model Sr. Secondary School, Jalandhar. Shorey is a close friend of actor and director Rajat Kapoor and actor Vinay Pathak.

Shorey with his ex-wife Konkona Sen Sharma at the 53rd Annual Filmfare Awards. Konkona-and-Ranvir.jpg
Shorey with his ex-wife Konkona Sen Sharma at the 53rd Annual Filmfare Awards.

Ranvir Shorey dated Pooja Bhatt. He married his longtime girlfriend actress Konkona Sen Sharma on 3 September 2010. [8] The couple got engaged in 2008 in an intimate ceremony at their Goregaon residence. The couple had son Haroon Shorey on 15 March 2011 at a South Mumbai hospital. [9] The couple later separated after five years of marriage. They still continue to remain friends and share the custody of their son. [10] [11]

Career

He started his career along with his friend and co-actor Vinay Pathak. He was the host of the successful talk show Ranvir Vinay Aur Kaun? and The Great Indian Comedy Show which aired on STAR One. [12]

He made his debut opposite Manisha Koirala in the film Ek Chhotisi Love Story (2002). His next film Jism (2003) was a hit but he had a minor role. It was not until 2006 that he got noticed in the comedy Khosla Ka Ghosla . The film was released to much acclaim and his comic role was praised.[ citation needed ] He played Nanoo in the comedy Pyaar Ke Side Effects alongside Rahul Bose as his funny friend. He appeared in the multi-starrer Honeymoon Travels Pvt. Ltd. (2007) which was moderately successful. He appeared in a Yash Raj Films, titled Aaja Nachle which was released in November 2007. Mithya , which was released in February 2008, has Ranvir Shorey as the lead actor and has been critically acclaimed.[ citation needed ] In 2008, Ranvir was seen in movies like Ugly Aur Pagli and box office hit Singh Is Kinng . [13]

He hosted Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa season 7 in 2014, which aired on Colors (TV channel). [14]

In 2018, he starred in the short film Shame alongside Swara Bhaskar. [15] He also appeared in the 2019 film Sonchiriya alongside Sushant Singh Rajput, Ashutosh Rana and Manoj Bajpayee. [16]

Ranvir Shorey starrer Kadakh is a brilliant dark comedy which leaves the audiences glued to the screens. [17]

Shorey is currently a contestant on the reality TV show, Bigg Boss OTT Season 3. The series is streamed on JioCinema Premium. He entered the show on June 21, 2024. [18]

Filmography

Films

YearTitleRoleNotes
1999Samne Yeh KaunShort [19]
2002 Ek Chotisi Love Story Manisha's boyfriend
2003 Jism Vishal
Freaky Chakra The Writer
Waisa Bhi Hota Hai Part II Ranveer Shourie
2004 Lakshya Tarsem Singh
2005 Hum Dum Anthony
The Film Director Kaushik
2006 Shiva Daksh
Mixed Doubles Sunil Arora
Yun Hota Toh Kya Hota Sports Bar Manager
Pyaar Ke Side Effects Nanoo (Narayanan Balgopal Swami Iyer)
Khosla Ka Ghosla Balwant K. 'Bunty' Khosla
2007 Traffic Signal Dominic D'Souza
Honeymoon Travels Pvt. Ltd. Hitesh
Bheja Fry Asif Merchant
No Smoking Abbas Tyerwalla
Aaja Nachle Mohan Sharma
2008 Mithya VK/Raje Bhai
Sirf Akash
Ugly Aur Pagli Kabir
Good Luck A Jiglo
Singh Is Kinng Puneet
8 ArifSegment: "How can it be?"
Dasvidaniya Jagtap
Fashion HimselfCameo
2009A Rectangular Love Story [20]
Chandni Chowk to China Chop Stick
Quick Gun Murugan Sansani ReporterCameo
Thanks Maa M. C. Motwani
Do Knot Disturb A detective
Raat Gayi, Baat Gayi? Gagandeep 'Gags' Singh
2010 Aap Ke Liye Hum
The Film Emotional Atyachar Leslie
Kaam Ka PlotDashrath SrivastavaTV film [21]
I M 24 Gagandeep Singh
Iti Mrinalini Mahinder
2012 Life Ki Toh Lag Gayi Amol Ganguly
Fatso! Sudeep
Ek Tha Tiger Gopi Arya
Heroine Tapanda
Midnight's Children LaurelCanadian-British film
2013 Bombay Talkies Vicky's father
Bajatey Raho Ballu
Ankhon Dekhi Tourist photographerUncredited cameo
2014 Happy Ending Montu
2015 Gour Hari Dastaan Rajiv Singhal
Titli Vikram
2016 Moh Maya Money Aman
2017 Blue Mountains Om Mehra
A Death In The Gunj Vikram
Gali Guliyan Ganeshi
Kadvi Hawa Banker
2018 Halkaa Ramesh
Manto Ishar Singh
2019 Sonchiriya Vakeel Singh
Tennis Buddies [22] Mr. Singh
ShameSumer SethShort [23]
2020 Angrezi Medium Balashankar Tripathi / Bablu
Kadakh Sunil
Lootcase Inspector Kolte
2021 420 IPC Savak Jamshedji
Murder at Teesri Manzil 302 Abhishek Deewan
2022 RK/RKay KN Singh / Ranvir
2023 Mumbaikar PKP (Prabal Kant Patil)
Tiger 3 Gopi Arya
Everybody Loves Sohrab Handa [24] Madhvan
2024 Accident or Conspiracy: Godhra Mahmood Qureshi
The Signature Hindi film [25]

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
1998OyeHostEnglish language show [26]
House Arrest
1999Saba
2000Chat Room
2004–2007 The Great Indian Comedy Show Various Characters
2007 Ranvir Vinay Aur Kaun? Host
2012 Savdhaan India
2014 Fear Factor: Khatron Ke Khiladi 5 ContestantReality show
Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa 7 Host
2018 Rangbaaz Siddharth Pandey
2019 Sacred Games Shahid Khan
2019–2021 Metro Park Kalpesh Patel
2019 Bombers Debu
The Office Prem Chopra
Flip [27] Eros Now series; in the episode "Bully"
2020 High Jackson Lakda
Hasmukh Jimmy the Maker
PariWar Shishupal Narayan
A Suitable Boy Waris
Metro Park: Quarantine Edition [28] Kalpesh Patel
2021-2024 Sunflower Inspector S. Digendra ZEE5 series
2021 Tabbar Ajeet Sodhi
Chalo Koi Baat Nahi Host
2024 Bigg Boss OTT 3 ContestantReality show
Shekhar Home [29] Jayavrat Sahni

Awards and nominations

YearAwardCategoryNominated workResultRef.
2016 IBNLive Movie Awards Best Supporting Actor Titli Nominated [30]
2019 FOI Online Awards Sonchiriya Won [31]
IReel Awards Best Actor (Comedy) Metro Park Nominated [32]
Gold Awards Best Performance by an Actor in a Comic Role Metro Park Won [33]
2020 Filmfare Awards Best Supporting Actor Sonchiriya Nominated [3]
2021 Asian Television Awards Best Supporting Actor Sunflower Nominated [34]

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