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Occupation | Actor |
Years active | 2012–present |
Rohit Suresh Saraf (born 8 December 1996) is an Indian actor who primarily works in Hindi films and television. He began his career on television and made his film debut with the comedy drama Dear Zindagi (2016). Saraf is best known for the comedy drama Hichki (2018), the biopic The Sky Is Pink (2019), the dark comedy Ludo (2020), and the romantic comedy Ishq Vishk Rebound (2024). He earned recognition with his portrayal in the Netflix romantic comedy series Mismatched (2020–2024). In 2025, Saraf was placed by Forbes Asia in their 30 Under 30. [1]
Rohit Saraf was born on 8 December 1996 in Kathmandu, Nepal to a Marwadi family. [2] [3] [4] He later moved back with his family to Delhi, being raised there. At the age of 15, he moved alone to Mumbai to pursue his late father's dream to make him an actor. [4]
His father, Suresh Saraf, died when Rohit was 12 years old. He had only completed his 10th standard before focusing on his passion of becoming an actor. [5] [6]
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). [7] 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. [8] [9]
In 2018, Saraf appeared in Yash Raj Films' comedy-drama Hichki , starring Rani Mukerji. [10] He then starred alongside Priyanka Chopra and Zaira Wasim in the biographical drama The Sky Is Pink (2019). [5] 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". [11] [12]
In 2020, Saraf appeared alongside an ensemble cast in Anurag Basu's black comedy Ludo . [13] Sreeparna Sengupta of The Times of India commended him for standing out despite minimal dialogues. [14] In the same year, he began starring alongside Prajakta Koli in the Netflix romantic drama series Mismatched . [15] Raja Sen of Mint Lounge credited him for creating a "refreshingly non-alpha hero", and Poulomi Das of Firstpost labelled him "sincere". [16] [17]
Saraf played a leading role opposite Anandhi in the Tamil romantic drama Kamali From Nadukkaveri (2021), [18] and appeared in Vikram Vedha (2022) as the younger brother of Hrithik Roshan's character. [19] In 2024, Saraf had his first Hindi film lead role in the romantic comedy Ishq Vishk Rebound . [20] Mayur Sanap of Rediff.com panned the film but took note of Saraf's "charming enough screen presence". [21]
Saraf will next feature in Mani Ratnam's Tamil film Thug Life and in Dharma Productions' romantic comedy Sunny Sanskari Ki Tulsi Kumari. [22] [23]
Saraf was ranked at No. 39 in The Times Most Desirable Men [24] in 2020.
† | Denotes film or TV productions that have not yet been released |
Year | Title | Role | Notes | Ref. |
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2016 | Dear Zindagi | Kabir | [25] | |
2017 | Dear Maya | Neil | [26] | |
What Will People Say | Amir | Norwegian film | [27] | |
2018 | Hichki | Akshay Verma | [28] | |
2019 | The Sky Is Pink | Ishaan Chaudhary | [29] | |
2020 | Ludo | Rahul Awasthi | [30] | |
2021 | Kamali From Nadukkaveri | Ashwin Anand | Tamil film | [31] |
2022 | Vikram Vedha | Shatak | [32] | |
2024 | Woh Bhi Din The | Rahul Sinha | [33] | |
Ishq Vishk Rebound | Raghav Pandit | [34] | ||
2025 | Thug Life | Ranvijay "Raanu" Yadav | Tamil film | [22] |
Sunny Sanskari Ki Tulsi Kumari † | Vikram | Filming | [23] |
Year | Title | Role | Notes | Ref. |
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2012–2013 | Best Friends Forever? | Sahil Mehta | [35] | |
2013–2014 | Ek Boond Ishq | Bunty | [36] | |
2015 | MTV Big F | Gyan | Episode: "Love Just Happens" | [37] |
2020–present | Mismatched | Rishi Singh Sekhawat | [38] | |
2021 | Feels Like Ishq | Aditya | Episode: "Star Host" | [39] |
2026 | The Revolutionaries | TBA | Period drama on Amazon Prime Video | [40] |
Year | Title | Singer(s) | Ref. |
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2021 | "Shola" | Akasa Singh | [41] |
Year | Award | Category | Work | Result | Ref. |
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2023 | Pinkvilla Style Icons Awards | Mould Breaker (Male) | — | Won | [42] |
Bollywood Hungama Style Icons | Most Stylish Trailblazer | — | Nominated | [43] [44] | |
Most Stylish Emerging Icon | — | Nominated | |||
2024 | Most Stylish Mould-Breaking Talent of the Year | — | Nominated | [45] |
I was born in Nepal ... but my family has always been/were Indians.