Varun Sood (actor)

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Varun Sood
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Sood in 2024
Born (1995-04-01) 1 April 1995 (age 29)
Calcutta, West Bengal, India
Occupation
  • Actor
Years active2015–present
Known for MTV Roadies
MTV Splitsvilla
Ace of Space
Karmma Calling
Call Me Bae

Varun Sood (born 1 April 1995) is an Indian actor, model and former VJ. He is known for participating in reality shows like MTV Roadies , MTV Splitsvilla , Ace of Space and Khatron Ke Khiladi . He made his acting debut with Ragini MMS: Returns , and is also recognized for his roles in Karmma Calling and Call Me Bae .

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Early life

Sood was born on 1 April 1995 in Calcutta (now Kolkata), West Bengal. [1] He grew up in Delhi. [2] His grandfather and father served in the Indian Army, and Varun had initially planned to follow in their footsteps. [3] He completed his primary school education at Army Public School. [4] During his school and college days, he played basketball and shot put, even competing at the national level. [5]

Personal life

In 2017, Sood was dating Benafsha Soonawalla but they broke up soon after Soonawalla's participation in Bigg Boss 11 . [6]

In 2018, he started dating Divya Agarwal. They worked together on MTV Roadies , MTV Ace of Space and Ragini MMS: Returns . After four years of relationship, they split in March 2022. [7]

Career

Varun started his career as a fitness trainer, and then went on to become an MTV VJ. [8]

Sood then started participating in reality shows. He has taken part in multiple reality shows so far, including MTV Roadies season 12 , MTV Splitsvilla season 9 , Ace of Space 1 , MTV Roadies: Real Heroes , MTV Roadies season 17 and Fear Factor: Khatron Ke Khiladi 11 .

In 2019, he made his acting debut with ALTBalaji's Ragini MMS: Returns as Rahul opposite Divya Agarwal. [9] In 2022, he made a special appearance in Karan Johar's Jugjugg Jeeyo as Gaurav opposite Prajakta Koli. [10] In 2023, he was seen as Jacob in season 2 of Potluck on SonyLIV. [11]

In January 2024, he starred as Ahaan Kothari in Disney+ Hotstar's Karmma Calling alongside Raveena Tandon and Namrata Sheth. [12] Later that year, he appeared in Amazon Prime Video's Naam Namak Nishan opposite Helly Shah, [13] and in Call Me Bae alongside Ananya Panday. [14] He also hosted Reality Ranis Of The Jungle on Discovery Channel. [15]

Filmography

Films

YearTitleRoleNotesRef.
2022 Jugjugg Jeeyo Gaurav Kapoor [16]

Television

YearTitleRoleNotesRef.
2015 MTV Roadies season 12 Contestant7th place [17]
2016 MTV Splitsvilla season 9 Contestant1st runner-up [18]
MTV Campus Diaries season 4 Host [19]
NBA Slam Himself [20]
2017 MTV Big F season 2 DaljeetEpisode 2 [21]
2018 UCypher Host [22]
Box Cricket League season 3Himself [23]
Ace of Space 1 Contestant2nd runner-up [24]
2019 MTV Roadies: Real Heroes Roadies Insider [25]
2020 Ace the Quarantine Host [26]
2020–2021 MTV Roadies season 17 Leader2nd runner-up [27]
2021 Fear Factor: Khatron Ke Khiladi 11 Contestant4th place [28]
Bigg Boss OTT season 1 HimselfGuest [29]
2024 Reality Ranis Of The Jungle Host [30]

Web series

YearTitleRoleNotesRef.
2019 Ragini MMS: Returns RahulSeason 2 [31]
2023 Potluck JacobSeason 2 [32]
2024 Karmma Calling Ahaan Kothari [33]
Naam Namak NishanYuvraj Singh Chauhan [34]
2024 Call Me Bae Prince Bhasin [35]

Music videos

YearTitleSingerRef.
2019Naam Ada LikhnaMadhubanti Bagchi, Shreyas Puranik [36]
2022Pyaar Ho GayaParas Chopra [37]

Awards and nominations

YearAwardCategoryWorkResultRef.
2024 Filmfare OTT Awards Best Supporting Actor in a Series (Male): Drama Karmma Calling Nominated [38]

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