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Born | Kathmandu, Nepal | 8 December 1996
Occupation | Actor |
Years active | 2012–present |
Rohit Suresh Saraf (born 8 December 1996) is an Indian actor who primarily works in Hindi films and series. He began his career in television and made his film debut with a brief role in Dear Zindagi (2016). Saraf has since briefly acted in the Norwegian film What Will People Say (2017) and Hindi films like Hichki (2018), The Sky Is Pink (2019), Ludo (2020) and Vikram Vedha (2022).
Since 2020, Saraf has starred in the Netflix romantic comedy series Mismatched . In 2024, he had his first lead film role in the romantic-comedy Ishq Vishk Rebound .
Rohit Saraf was born on 8 December 1996 in Kathmandu, Nepal into an Indian family. [1] [2] [3] He moved back with his family to Delhi. He was then raised in Delhi but moved to Mumbai when he started modelling. [2]
His father, Suresh Saraf, passed away when Rohit was 12 years old. He completed his early education at the Saint Francis D'Assisi High School. He then went to St. Xavier’s College, Mumbai for graduation. [4] [5]
Saraf began his career with several television shows, including the Channel V's teen drama Best Friends Forever? . He made his film debut as the younger brother of Alia Bhatt's character in the coming-of-age film Dear Zindagi (2016). [6] Saraf then played the cousin of the lead character in the Norwegian drama What Will People Say , which was selected as the Norwegian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 91st Academy Awards. [7] [8]
In 2018,Saraf appeared in Yash Raj Films' comedy-drama Hichki , starring Rani Mukerji. [9] He then starred alongside Priyanka Chopra and Zaira Wasim in the biographical drama The Sky Is Pink (2019). [4] Reviewing the film for NDTV, Saibal Chatterjee wrote that Saraf "gives a solid account of himself" and Anna M. M. Vetticad of Firstpost opined that he "delivers a rock solid performance". [10] [11]
In 2020, Saraf appeared alongside an ensemble cast in Anurag Basu's black comedy Ludo . [12] Sreeparna Sengupta of The Times of India commended him for standing out despite minimal dialogues. [13] In the same year, he began starring alongside Prajakta Koli in the Netflix romantic drama series Mismatched . [14] Raja Sen of Mint Lounge credited him for creating a "refreshingly non-alpha hero", and Poulomi Das of Firstpost labelled him "sincere". [15] [16]
Saraf played a leading role opposite Anandhi in the Tamil romantic drama Kamali From Nadukkaveri (2021). [17] He appeared in Vikram Vedha (2022) as the younger brother of Hrithik Roshan's character, [18] and will next star in the romantic comedy Ishq Vishq Rebound. [19]
Saraf was ranked at No. 39 in The Times Most Desirable Men [20] in 2020.
† | Denotes films that have not yet been released |
Year | Title | Role | Notes | Ref. |
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2016 | Dear Zindagi | Kiddo / Kabir | [21] | |
2017 | Dear Maya | Neil | [22] | |
What Will People Say | Amir | Norwegian film | [23] | |
2018 | Hichki | Akshay Verma | [24] | |
2019 | The Sky Is Pink | Ishaan Chaudhary | [25] | |
2020 | Ludo | Rahul Awasthi | [26] | |
2021 | Kamali From Nadukkaveri | Ashwin Anand | Tamil film | [27] |
2022 | Vikram Vedha | Shatak | [28] | |
2024 | Woh Bhi Din The | Rahul Sinha | [29] | |
Ishq Vishk Rebound | Raghav Pandit | [30] | ||
2025 | Sunny Sanskari Ki Tulsi Kumari† | TBA | Filming | [31] |
Year | Title | Role | Notes | Ref. |
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2012–2013 | Best Friends Forever? | Sahil Mehta | [32] | |
2013–2014 | Ek Boond Ishq | Bunty | [33] | |
2015 | MTV Big F | Gyan | Episode: "Love Just Happens" | [34] |
2020–present | Mismatched | Rishi Singh Sekhawat | 3 seasons | [35] |
2021 | Feels Like Ishq | Aditya | Episode: "Star Host" | [36] |
Year | Title | Singer(s) | Ref. |
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2021 | "Shola" | Akasa Singh | [37] |
Year | Award | Category | Work | Result | Ref. |
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2023 | Pinkvilla Style Icons Awards | Mould Breaker (Male) | — | Won | [38] |
Bollywood Hungama Style Icons | Most Stylish Trailblazer | — | Nominated | [39] [40] | |
Most Stylish Emerging Icon | — | Nominated | |||
2024 | Most Stylish Mould-Breaking Talent of the Year | — | Nominated | [41] |
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I was born in Nepal ... but my family has always been/were Indians.