Shakti Arora

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Shakti Arora
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Arora in 2020
Born (1986-05-16) 16 May 1986 (age 38) [1]
Occupation
  • Actor and Entrepreneur
Years active2006–present
Spouse
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(m. 2018)​
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Shakti Arora (born 16 May 1986) is an Indian television actor. [1] [2]

Contents

Career

Initial days and critical appreciation (2006–2014)

Arora made his television debut in 2006 with Ssshhhh...Phir Koi Hai and then played Kamran in Sony SAB's Left Right Left that year. [3]

In 2007, he signed Star Plus's medical based series Dill Mill Gaye for the supporting role of Sumit. [4]

After a two-year break, he was back to television in 2009 as Jigar Thakkar in Baa Bahoo Aur Baby . [5]

In 2010, he joined Star Plus's Tere Liye as Taposh Banerjee. [6]

In 2011, he was roped in as Mukul in Zee TV's Agle Janam Mohe Bitiya Hi Kijo and as Angad Purohit in Sanskaar Laxmi . [7]

Arora gained high appreciation for his performance as Onir Dutt, a doctor in one of Zee TV's most popular soap operas, Pavitra Rishta , which he did from 2012 to 2013. [8]

In 2012, he also hosted Gyaan Guru and Gumrah: End of Innocence . [9]

His first show as a contestant came with Rasoi Ki Rani.

In 2013, he hosted Science With BrainCafe and acted in Yeh Hai Aashiqui as Mayank opposite Kapoor and in MTV Webbed as Kavish Mehta apart from a special cameo in Star Plus's Yeh Hai Mohabbatein . [10]

His first project of 2014 was playing Avinash opposite Charlie Chauhan in Zing's Pyaar Tune Kya Kiya .

Establishment as a leading actor (2014–present)

Arora achieved his first leading role in June 2014, as Ranveer Vaghela, a successful business tycoon in Colors TV's Meri Aashiqui Tum Se Hi opposite Radhika Madan and later also played Ranveer's twin brother Milan Vaghela in it. [11] He earned several awards and nomination for the show, before it ended in February 2016. [12] Simultaneously, he also took part in the dance reality show Nach Baliye 7 in 2015. [13]

Arora additionally gave guest appearances in Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa 7 and Krishnadasi as his character Ranveer Vaghela from Meri Aashiqui Tum Se Hi. [14]

As himself he was a guest in Comedy Nights Bachao and narrated Colors TV's Kasam Tere Pyaar Ki . [15]

In 2016, he contested in season 2 of Box Cricket League. [16] That year he also participated in the dance reality show Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa 8 as a contestant.

He then hosted Man Mein Hai Visshwas 2 . [17]

In June 2018, Arora begun starring alongside Drashti Dhami and Aditi Dev Sharma in Colors TV's Silsila Badalte Rishton Ka as pediatrician Kunal Malhotra. [18] He quit the show in 2019.

He next appeared in Colors TV's cooking show Kitchen Champion 5. [19]

In June 2022, he replaced Dheeraj Dhoopar as lead Karan Luthra in Zee TV's Kundali Bhagya . [20] [21] However, he quit the series in March 2023 owing to a generation leap in the show and to explore different projects. [22]

From June 2023 to June 2024, he portrayed Ishaan Bhosale in Star Plus's Ghum Hai Kisikey Pyaar Meiin opposite Bhavika Sharma. The writers took out the character Ishaan and the entire Bhosale family due to time leap. [23]

Filmography

Television

YearTitleRoleNotesRef.
2006–2009 Ssshhhh...Phir Koi Hai Various
2006 Left Right Left Kamran [3]
2007 Dill Mill Gayye Sumit [24]
2009 Baa Bahoo Aur Baby Jigar Thakkar [5]
2010 Tere Liye Taposh Banerjee [6]
2011 Agle Janam Mohe Bitiya Hi Kijo Mukul [7]
Sanskaar Laxmi Angad Purohit [12]
2012–2013 Pavitra Rishta Dr. Onir Dutt [8]
2012Gyaan GuruHost [10]
Gumrah: End of Innocence Rambo [9]
2013–2014Rasoi Ki RaniContestant
2013Science with Brain Café
Yeh Hai Aashiqui Mayank [25]
MTV WebbedKavish Mehra
Yeh Hai Mohabbatein Vyom Chauhan
2014 Pyaar Tune Kya Kiya Avinash
2014–2016 Meri Aashiqui Tum Se Hi Ranveer Vaghela/Milan Vaghela [11]
2015 Nach Baliye 7 Contestant12th place [26]
2016 Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa 9 8th place
Man Mein Hai Visshwas 2 Host [17]
2017 Cinta di Pangkuan Himalaya Sakti

[27]

2018–2019 Silsila Badalte Rishton Ka Dr. Kunal Malhotra [18]
2022–2023 Kundali Bhagya Karan Luthra / Arjun Sooryavanshi [28] [21] [22]
2023–2024 Ghum Hai Kisikey Pyaar Meiin Ishaan Bhosale [29]

Special appearances

YearTitleRoleRef.
2014 Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa 7 Ranveer Vaghela
2016Box Cricket League 2Himself [30]
Krishnadasi Ranveer Vaghela [31]
Comedy Nights Bachao [32]
Kasam Tere Pyaar Ki Narrator
2017 Yeh Rishta Kya Kehlata Hai Himself
2019Kitchen Champion 5 [33]
2024 Udne Ki Aasha Ishaan Bhosale [34]

Films

YearTitleRoleLanguageNotes
2018Arwah Tumbal Nyai: Part ArwahShaktiIndonesian
2020Tera Yaar Hu MainSahilHindiShort film

Awards and nominations

YearAwardCategoryWorkResult
2014 Indian Television Academy Awards GR8! Performer of the Year - Male Meri Aashiqui Tum Se Hi Nominated
2015 Indian Telly Awards Best On-screen Couple
Best Actor in Lead role
Indian Television Academy Awards Youth Icon of the YearWon
2019 Indian Telly Awards Best Actor In Lead Role (Male) Silsila Badalte Rishton Ka Nominated
2020 Gold Glam and Style Awards Stylish Influencer (Male)—Won
2023 Star Eminence Award The Best TV Actor of the year (Male) Kundali Bhagya Won
2024Bollywood Life AwardsMost Popular TV Dude–Won
Best Onscreen Jodi On TV Ghum Hai Kisikey Pyaar Meiin Won

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