Rohit Khurana

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Rohit Khurana
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Khurana in 2011
Born (1983-11-20) 20 November 1983 (age 41)
Delhi India
NationalityIndian
Occupation(s) Actor, Model
Years active2008–2019
Known for
SpouseNeha Khurana [1]
Children2

Rohit Khurana is an Indian television actor known for his work as Vansh Singh Bundela/Rocky in Uttaran and Shani in Karmaphal Daata Shani . [1]

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Personal life

Khurana is married to his school friend Neha. [2] They had a son and daughter. [3]

Career

Modelling, acting debut and breakthrough (2001–13)

Khurana started his career as a model in Delhi. [1] In TV, he had a small role in the serial Choti Maa: Ek Anokha Bandhan in 2001. [4] In 2008, he obtained a lead role as Abhiram in the Telugu film Sangamam. However, it failed to perform well commercially because of a lack of producers.[ citation needed ]

His first major breakthrough and official debut in TV occurred with the dual role of Vansh Singh Bundela / Rocky in the Indian soap opera Uttaran on Colors TV in 2009, opposite Tina Datta. [5] The show garnered him fame. [6]

In 2010, Khurana featured in Star One's Miley Jab Hum Tum . [7] He was next featured in Maayke Se Bandhi Dor on Star Plus in 2011. [8] That year he made his Bollywood debut with the Hindi movie Men Will Be Men . [9] It failed to perform well commercially. [10]

In 2012, Khurana was cast in the Tamil film Billa II . [11] He forayed into Punjabi cinema with rom-com Dil Tainu Karda Ae Pyar. [12] In 2013, his second Punjabi film, Singh vs Kaur , was released. [13]

Returning to Hindi television, Khurana performed the lead role in Sony Entertainment Television's 2013 love story Dil Ki Nazar Se Khoobsurat , opposite Soumya Seth. [14] He was praised for his performance as Madhav Periwal, an ugly man. [15] He left the series after his character's death. [16]

Further works and success (2013–present)

Towards the end of 2013, Khurana joined Colors TV's popular daily soap Sasural Simar Ka . [17] He was cast as Shaurya Singhania, an antagonist opposite Falaq Naaz. [18] He left the soap after three months. [19] Afterwards, he took a short break from acting. [20]

Khurana ended his break in 2015, and came back to TV playing Jamaal Peshawari in Zee TV's Lajwanti . [21] That year he had an extended cameo appearance in Star Plus's Suhani Si Ek Ladki as Rohan, a lawyer. [6] From 2015 to 2016, he portrayed the part of Viraat in Big Magic's Chatur Aur Chalak, Birbal aur Viraat. [22] He was chosen for the character of a garbage man in the Hindi short film Girl in Red. [23]

The role of Dr. Manav Garewal in Colors TV's reincarnation-based romance Kasam Tere Pyaar Ki marked Khurana's first television venture of 2017. [24] He then appeared in the film Hotel Beautifool. [25] He received immense praise for his portrayal of adult Shani in Colors TV's mythological series Karmaphal Daata Shani , a role he received in the last quarter of 2017. [26] He played the same role as a guest in another Colors TV mythological show, Mahakali — Anth Hi Aarambh Hai . [27] [28]

In 2019, Khurana was cast in Colors TV's supernatural series Tantra as Daksh Mehra. [29]

In 2020, he played as Shani Dev in Devi Adi Parashakti.[ citation needed ]

Filmography

Television

YearShowRoleChannelNotes
2009–2012 Uttaran Vansh Singh / Rocky Shah Colors TV
2010 Miley Jab Hum Tum Dhruv / Chintu Star One [7] [27]
2011 Maayke Se Bandhi Dor Bhaskar Star Plus [8]
2013 Dil Ki Nazar Se Khoobsurat Madhav Periwal / Ehsaas Sony TV [14] [15] [16]
Sasural Simar Ka Shaurya SinghaniaColors TV
2015 Lajwanti Jamaal Peshawari Zee TV
2015 Suhani Si Ek Ladki RohanStar Plus
2015–2016 Chatur aur Chalak, Birbal aur Viraat (Season 1& 2)Viraat Big Magic [23] [22]
2017 Kasam Tere Pyaar Ki Dr. Manav GarewalColors TV [24]
2017–2018 Karmaphal Daata Shani Shanidev [26]
2017 Mahakali — Anth Hi Aarambh Hai Shanidev
2019 Tantra Daksh Mehra [29]
2020 Devi Adi Parashakti Shani Dev DangalTV

Films

Year(s)FilmCharacterLanguageNotes
2011 Men Will Be Men Sunder Hindi [10]
2012 Billa II Satish Kumar Tamil [11]
SangamamAbhiram Telugu [30]
Dil Tainu Karda Ae PyarA cop Punjabi [31]
2013 Singh vs Kaur Roop [13]
2016 Girl in Red Kachre WalaHindi
2017Hotel Beautifool [20] [21]

Awards

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