Rohit Khandelwal

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Rohit Khandelwal
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Khandelwal at Femina Miss India 2018
Born (1989-08-19) 19 August 1989 (age 35)
Alma materAurora Degree College [2]
Occupations
Beauty pageant titleholder
TitleMr World 2016
Mr India 2015
Years active2012present
Major
competition(s)
Mister World 2016 (winner)
Mister World Asia & Oceania
Mister World Multimedia (winner)
Mister World Mobstar People's Choice (winner)
Mr India 2015 (winner)
(Stay-On Mr Active)
(Provogue Personal Care Best Actor)

Rohit Khandelwal (born 19 August 1989) is an Indian actor, model, tv host and beauty pageant titleholder who the winner of Mr India 2015 and the first ever Indian and Asian to be crowned Mister World 2016. [3] [4] [5] [6]

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Early life

Khandelwal was born in Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh (now Telangana). He is a Marwari with family roots in Rajasthan. [7] [8] He is a graduate from Aurora Degree College and worked as a ground staff for SpiceJet and then as a technical support assistant for Dell Computers. [2]

His first television advertisement was a jewellery advertisement with Kareena Kapoor. Later he appeared in other advertisements. [2] [9]

He made his television show debut in episode 76 of Yeh Hai Aashiqui , an Indian television series that presented dramatisation of love stories and aired on Bindass. Later he played role of Bhuvan, the leader of handloom weavers on the television series ‘’Million Dollar Girl’’, which was televised by Channel V. Growing up in Hyderabad, he was not fluent in Hindi so he had to take Hindi diction classes to learn the language. [2] [10]

In 2015, he won the Mr India 2015 contest held on 23 July 2015 at Club Royalty in Mumbai, Maharashta. He also won two special awards at the contest, "Stay-On Mr Active" and "Provogue Personal Care Best Actor". [4] [6]

In 2016, he passed down his Mr India crown to Vishnu Raj Menon who was announced as Mr India 2016 by Hrithik Roshan who attended as main guest to the gala event which was held in Mumbai. [11] [12]

Filmography

Films

YearTitleRoleNotesRef.
2011The JourneySiddarthShort film
2022Chalti Rahe ZindagiAkash

Television

YearTitleRoleNotesRef.
2014 Yeh Hai Aashiqui VeerEpisodic appearance
Million Dollar GirlBhuvan [13]
2015 Pyaar Tune Kya Kiya ChrisEpisodic appearance
MTV Big F Varun KohliEpisode: "Pati, Patni aur Pilot" [14]
2016 Pyaar Tune Kya Kiya SreedharSeason 6, Episode 19

Music videos

YearTitleSinger(s)Ref.
2021Rihaee Yasser Desai [15]
2022Jo Mujhe Deewana Karde Tulsi Kumar, Manan Bhardwaj [16]
Heer RanjhaRito Riba [17]

Mr World 2016

Khandelwal became the first Asian to win the title of Mister World on 19 July 2016 at Southport Theatre, Floral Hall, The Promenade, Southport. The competition saw 47 participants from around the world. Khandelwal received a cash prize of $50,000. He also competed for various sub-titles at the pageant, including Mr. World Multimedia Award, Mr. World Talent, Mobstar People's Choice Awards and Mr. World Sports Event, winning Mr. World Multimedia Award. [18]

During his reign as Mister World, Rohit has travelled to Philippines, South Korea, South Africa, China, in addition to numerous trips to India and United Kingdom.

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Awards and achievements
Preceded by Mister World
2016
Succeeded by
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Jack Heslewood
Preceded by Mister World - Asia and Oceania
2016
Succeeded by
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Jody Baines Tejano Saliba
Preceded by Mister World - Multimedia Award
2016
Succeeded by
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Akshay Jung Rayamajhi
Preceded by Mr India World
2015
Succeeded by