Varun Sood | |
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 Sood in 2024 | |
| Born | 1 April 1995 Calcutta, West Bengal, India |
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| Years active | 2015–present |
| Known for | MTV Roadies MTV Splitsvilla Ace of Space Khatron Ke Khiladi Karmma Calling |
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 was recently seen in Karmma Calling .
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]
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]
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 2024, he starred as Ahaan Kothari in Disney+ Hotstar's Karmma Calling alongside Raveena Tandon and Namrata Sheth. [12]
He will next be seen in Amazon Prime's Call Me Bae opposite Ananya Panday. [13]
| Year | Title | Role | Notes | Ref. |
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| 2022 | Jugjugg Jeeyo | Gaurav Kapoor | Cameo | [14] |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes | Ref. |
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| 2015 | MTV Roadies season 12 | Contestant | 7th place | [15] |
| 2016 | MTV Splitsvilla season 9 | Contestant | 1st runner-up | [16] |
| MTV Campus Diaries season 4 | Host | [17] | ||
| NBA Slam | Himself | [18] | ||
| 2017 | MTV Big F season 2 | Daljeet | Episode 2 | [19] |
| 2018 | UCypher | Host | [20] | |
| Box Cricket League season 3 | Himself | [21] | ||
| Ace of Space 1 | Contestant | 2nd runner-up | [22] | |
| 2019 | MTV Roadies: Real Heroes | Roadies Insider | [23] | |
| 2020 | Ace the Quarantine | Host | [24] | |
| 2020–2021 | MTV Roadies season 17 | Leader | 2nd runner-up | [25] |
| 2021 | Fear Factor: Khatron Ke Khiladi 11 | Contestant | 4th place | [26] |
| Bigg Boss OTT season 1 | Himself | Guest | [27] |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes | Ref. |
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| 2019 | Ragini MMS: Returns | Rahul | Season 2 | [28] |
| 2023 | Potluck | Jacob | Season 2 | [29] |
| 2024 | Karmma Calling | Ahaan Kothari | [30] | |
| TBA | Call Me Bae† | TBA | Completed | [31] |
| Year | Title | Singer | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Naam Ada Likhna | Madhubanti Bagchi, Shreyas Puranik | [32] |
| 2022 | Pyaar Ho Gaya | Paras Chopra | [33] |
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