Rohit Saraf

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Rohit Saraf
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Saraf in 2023
Born (1996-12-08) 8 December 1996 (age 27)
Kathmandu, Nepal
OccupationActor
Years active2012–present

Rohit Suresh Saraf (born 8 December 1996) is an Indian actor who primarily works in Hindi films and series. He began his career on television and made his film debut with a supporting role in Dear Zindagi (2016). He went on to feature in the Norwegian film What Will People Say (2017), the comedy-drama Hichki (2018), the biopic The Sky Is Pink (2019), the dark comedy Ludo (2020), and the thriller Vikram Vedha (2022). Since 2020, he has starred in the Netflix romantic comedy series Mismatched .

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Early life

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]

Career

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Saraf in 2019

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]

Media

Saraf was ranked at No. 39 in The Times Most Desirable Men [20] in 2020.

Filmography

Films

Key
†Denotes films that have not yet been released
YearTitleRoleNotesRef.
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 Vishq Rebound†TBAFilming [30]

Television

YearTitleRoleNotesRef.
2012–2013 Best Friends Forever? Sahil Mehta [31]
2013–2014Ek Boond IshqBunty [32]
2015 MTV Big F GyanEpisode: "Love Just Happens" [33]
2020–present Mismatched Rishi Singh SekhawatMain role [34]
2021 Feels Like Ishq AdityaEpisode: "Star Host" [35]

Music video

YearTitleSingerRef.
2021"Shola" Akasa Singh [36]

Awards and nominations

YearAwardCategoryWorkResultRef.
2023 Pinkvilla Style Icons Awards Mould Breaker (Male)—Won [37]
Bollywood Hungama Style Icons Most Stylish Trailblazer—Nominated [38]
Most Stylish Emerging Icon—Nominated

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  2. 1 2 Want to attract amazing work. Daily Pioneer .
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