Aparshakti Khurana
Aparshakti Khurana (born 18 November 1987) is an Indian actor, radio jockey, comedian, singer, music director, television host and a former Indian cricketer who was the captain of Haryana U-19 Cricket Team.[1] He is the younger brother of actor Ayushmann Khurrana.[2]
Aparshakti Khurana | |
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Khurrana at Dinesh Vijan's birthday bash in 2018 | |
| Born | 18 November 1987 |
| Occupations | |
| Years active | 2013–present |
| Spouse | Akriti Ahuja Khurana (m. 2014) |
| Children | 1 |
| Relatives | Ayushmann Khurrana (brother) |
Khurrana's first Bollywood project came with the sports biopic Dangal (2016), which emerged as the highest-grossing Indian film of all time and earned him several recognitions. He subsequently played many supporting roles in several other commercially successful films such as Badrinath Ki Dulhania (2017), Stree (2018), Luka Chuppi (2019) and Pati Patni Aur Woh (2019). In 2021, he acted in Helmet, his first film as a solo lead.
Early and personal life
Khurrana was born on 18 November 1987 in Chandigarh.[3] His father P. Khurrana is an astrologer and an author on the subject of astrology, whereas his mother Poonam is a house wife of half-Burmese descent[4] and an M.A. in Hindi[citation needed]. He completed his schooling and graduation in law from Chandigarh.[5] He was also into sports at school[6] and captained the Haryana U-19 cricket team.[6] He completed his higher education in the field of Mass Communication from IIMC Delhi. He is also the younger brother of Bollywood actor Ayushmann Khurrana.
He married Aakriti Ahuja, a businesswoman and an ISB graduate (whom he met at a dance class in Chandigarh)[6] on 7 September 2014. In June 2021, the couple announced that they were expecting their first child. The couple became parents to a baby girl on 27 August 2021, Arzoie A Khurana.[7]
Career
Aparshakti auditioned for MTV Roadies (Season 3, Episode 2). It was the first time, he faced the camera.
Debut and breakthrough (2016–18)
Khurana made his acting debut with Nitesh Tiwari's biographical sports drama Dangal (2016) which is the real story of Mahavir Singh Phogat. He is an Indian amateur Pehlwani wrestler, who trains his two daughters Geeta and Babita to become India's world class top-female wrestlers. Aamir Khan was cast as Mahavir, while Fatima Sana Shaikh and Sanya Malhotra featured as the two daughters, and Khurana played Omkar, Mahavir's nephew. The film garnered favorable reactions from critics and was highly anticipated. Dangal eventually proved to be the highest-grossing Indian film with over ₹20 billion (US$250 million) in global ticket sales, becoming Khurana's highest-grossing release ever and earning him praise along with a Screen Award for Best Male Debut and a nomination under the same category at the Filmfare Awards.
The Shashank Khaitan directed-romantic comedy Badrinath Ki Dulhania (2017) was Khurana's next film release. Co-starring Alia Bhatt and Varun Dhawan, the film narrated the story of an independent young woman (Bhatt) from rural India who refuses to conform to patriarchal expectations from her chauvinistic fiancé (Dhawan). Khurana was cast as Bhushan Mishra, Bhatt's brother-in-law. Badrinath Ki Dulhania proved to be one of the top-grossing productions of the year, grossing over ₹2 billion (US$25 million) worldwide.
In 2018, Khurana appeared in three films, the first of which was Mudassar Aziz's Happy Phirr Bhag Jayegi (a sequel to the 2016 film Happy Bhag Jayegi), a comedy about two girls who both are named Happy. A critical and commercial failure, it co-starred Sonakshi Sinha and Diana Penty, with Khurana playing the supporting part of Aman Wadhwa, the eloped fiancé of Happy 2 (Sinha). His next role was in Amar Kaushik's directorial debut Stree, a horror comedy co-starring Rajkummar Rao, Shraddha Kapoor, and Pankaj Tripathi. Stree emerged as a major commercial success with a worldwide gross revenue of ₹1.80 billion (US$23 million), and his performance earned him a Best Supporting Actor nomination at Filmfare. Khurana's final release of 2018 was the Netflix film Rajma Chawal. Directed by Leena Yadav, it starred Rishi Kapoor, Anirudh Talwar and Amyra Dastur, and was poorly received.
Further supporting roles (2019–present)
Khurana took on another supporting role in Laxman Utekar's 2019 romantic comedy Luka Chuppi, co-starring Kartik Aaryan, Kriti Sanon and Tripathi. Set in Uttar Pradesh, 'Luka Chupi' is about the story of a live-in-relationship between a headstrong woman (Rashmi, played by Kriti Sanon) and a television reporter (Guddu, played by Kartik Aaryan). His next film of the year was debutante Prashant Singh's Jabariya Jodi, starring Sidharth Malhotra and Parineeti Chopra, which deals with the prevalence of groom kidnapping in Bihar. After doing a special appearance in his brother Ayushmann's commercially successful satire Bala directed by Kaushik, he played Aaryan's best friend in his last film of 2019, the comedy-drama Pati, Patni Aur Woh directed by Aziz, a remake of the 1978 film with the same name, which relates the life of a philandering husband who gets attractive towards his female co-worker. While Luka Chuppi, Bala and Pati Patni Aur Woh were commercially successful, Jabariya Jodi performed poorly at the box office.
Khurana next starred in Remo D'Souza's dance film Street Dancer 3D, a spin-off to the 2015 dance film ABCD 2, starring Dhawan and Shraddha Kapoor, which was released on 24 January 2020. His first lead role came in the comedy film Helmet which premiered on ZEE5.[8] Khurana stars in Hum Do Hamare Do with Rajkummar Rao and Kriti Sanon, released on 29 October 2021 on Disney+ Hotstar.[9]
Filmography
Films
| Year | Title | Role | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Dangal | Omkar Singh Phogat | [10] |
| Saat Uchakkey | Khappe | [11] | |
| 2017 | Badrinath Ki Dulhania | Bhushan Mishra | [12] |
| 2018 | Happy Phirr Bhag Jayegi | Aman Singh Wadhwa | [13] |
| Stree | Bittu | [14] | |
| Rajma Chawal | Baljeet | [15] | |
| 2019 | Luka Chuppi | Abbas Sheikh | [16] |
| Jabariya Jodi | Santosh Pathak | [17] | |
| Kanpuriye | Jaitaan Mishra | [18] | |
| Bala | Arjun Singh | [19] | |
| Pati Patni Aur Woh | Fahim Rizvi | [20] | |
| 2020 | Street Dancer | Amrinder | [21] |
| 2021 | Helmet | Lucky | [22] |
| Hum Do Hamare Do | Sandeep "Shunty" Sachdeva | [23] | |
| 2022 | Dhokha: Round D Corner | Haq Riyaz Gul | [24] |
| Bhediya | Bittu | Cameo; reprises his role from Stree[24] |
Television
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | Box Cricket League | Commentator | |
| Popcorn | Dhijendra | Short film | |
| 2017 | You Have Been Warned | Host | Talk show |
| Super Night with Tubelight | |||
| Om Shanti Om | |||
| 2018 | Bigg Buzz | ||
| Ace of Space 1 | Himself | Guest | |
| Kanpur Wale Khuranas | Host/Pramod's brother-in-law | ||
| 2019 | Khatra Khatra Khatra | Himself | Guest |
Web series
Music videos
| Year | Song | Album | Singer | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Tere Do Naina | Naina | Ankit Tiwari | [27] |
| Ruka Ruka | Non-album single | Shalmali Kholgade | [28] | |
| 2021 | Aaya Jado Da | Asees Kaur | [29] | |
| 2022 | Yaaron Sab Dua Karo | Stebin Ben, Meet Bros, Danish Sabri | [30] | |
| Kaale Kaale Chashme | Stebin Ben | [31] | ||
| Hum Dono | Arko | [32] |
Discography
| Year | Song | Co-singer | Music composer | Lyrics | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Ik Vaari | Ayushmann Khurrana | Himself, Ayushmann Khurrana | [33] | |
| 2019 | Kudiye Ni | Neeti Mohan | Himself | [34] | |
| 2020 | Teri Yaar | Millind Gaba, King Kaazi | Music MG | Millind Gaba, King Kaazi, Viruss, Stylish Singh | [35] |
| 2022 | Balle Ni Balle | — | Siddharth Amit Bhavsar | Gurpreet Saini | [36] |
| 2022 | Choti Choti Gal | — | Arjuna Harjai | Kumaar | [37] |
| Neendraan Ni Aandiyaan | — | Sushant-Shankar | Yash Eshwari | [38] | |
Awards and nominations
| Year | Award | Category | Film | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Star Screen Awards | Most Promising Newcomer (Male) | Dangal | Won | [39] |
| Best Actor in a Comic Role | Nominated | [40] | |||
| Filmfare Awards | Best Male Debut | [41] | |||
| 2019 | Best Supporting Actor | Stree | Nominated | [42] |
References
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- ^ "Ayushmann Khurrana's younger brother to make Bollywood debut with negative character". Daily News and Analysis. Retrieved 26 January 2017.
- ^ Singh, Veenu (6 October 2018). ""I'd swipe right for Meghan Markle on Tinder": Aparshakti Khurana". Hindustan Times. Archived from the original on 30 March 2019. Retrieved 30 March 2019.
- ^ "Ayushmann Khurrana has Burmese genes". Bollywood Hungama. 22 March 2017.
- ^ "8 Things you didn't know about Aparshakti Khurana | VeryShortNews.com". VeryShortNews.com. 19 November 2018. Retrieved 30 November 2018.
- ^ a b c "Ten things Ayushmann and Aparshakti Khurrana fight about". Hindustan Times. 1 October 2016.
- ^ "Aparshakti Khurana And Wife Aakriti Ahuja Announce Pregnancy With ROFL Posts". NDTV.com. Retrieved 5 June 2021.
- ^ "Aparshakti Khurrana bags his first lead role opposite Pranutan Bahl in 'Helmet'".
- ^ "Kriti Sanon, Rajkummar Rao's Hum Do Hamare Do to release on Disney+Hotstar on Oct 29".
- ^ "Aparshakti Khurana: People don't remember me from Dangal". www.mid-day.com. 4 September 2018. Retrieved 15 October 2021.
- ^ "Aparshakti Khurana's journey from the court to courting movies". Mumbai Mirror. Retrieved 7 March 2022.
- ^ "Aparshakti Khurrana to Feature in Badrinath Ki Dulhania". News18. 22 February 2017. Retrieved 15 October 2021.
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- ^ "Aparshakti Khurana on saying yes to Stree: I really wanted to work with Rajkummar Rao, that was the first kick". Hindustan Times. 2 September 2018. Retrieved 15 October 2021.
- ^ Rajma Chawal comedy, retrieved 15 October 2021
- ^ "Aparshakti Khurana roped in for Kriti Sanon's 'Luka Chuppi' even before release of 'Stree' - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 15 October 2021.
- ^ "Here's how Parineeti Chopra and Aparshakti Khurana prepping up for their next 'Jabariya Jodi' - Photos of Bollywood celebs from the film sets". The Times of India. Retrieved 15 October 2021.
- ^ "Kanpuriye to release on Hotstar on Oct 25". Business Standard India. Press Trust of India. 23 October 2019. Retrieved 15 October 2021.
- ^ "Aparshakti Khurana: I don't think an actor in my space has a lot of choices to make". www.indiatvnews.com. 9 April 2021. Retrieved 7 March 2022.
- ^ "Aparshakti Khurana on Pati, Patni Aur Woh: Kartik and I share a great chemistry on screen". The Indian Express. 20 July 2019. Retrieved 15 October 2021.
- ^ "Street Dancer posters: Varun Dhawan and Shraddha Kapoor ready for dance battle". The Statesman. 5 February 2019. Retrieved 15 October 2021.
- ^ "'Helmet' will always be close to my heart: Aparshakti Khurana". Zee News. 24 September 2021. Retrieved 15 October 2021.
- ^ "Kriti Sanon introduces her entire Hum Do Hamare Do family with new poster". India Today. Retrieved 15 October 2021.
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- ^ India's first most entertaining business quiz show 'Business Baazi' is here Zee News. Retrieved 12 December 2022
- ^ "Aparshakti Khurana, Aditi Rao Hydari's web series 'Jubilee' trailer out now". ANI. Retrieved 24 March 2023.
- ^ "Latest Hindi Song 'Tere Do Naina' Sung By Ankit Tiwari | Hindi Video Songs - Times of India". timesofindia.indiatimes.com. Retrieved 15 October 2021.
- ^ "Pop Diva, Shalmali's new Gaana Original 'Ruka- Ruka' makes you rethink love in this digital age | Hindi Video Songs - Times of India". timesofindia.indiatimes.com. Retrieved 15 October 2021.
- ^ "Watch Latest 2021 Punjabi Song 'Aaya Jado Da' Sung By Asees Kaur Feat Aparshakti Khurana and Parul Gulati | Punjabi Video Songs - Times of India". timesofindia.indiatimes.com. Retrieved 16 October 2021.
- ^ Yaaron Sab Dua Karo | Aparshakti K, Jasmin B| Meet Bros, Stebin Ben, Danish, Kumaar, Zee Music Company, retrieved 4 March 2022
- ^ Kaale Kaale Chashme - Aparshakti Khurana, Eisha Singh | Stebin Ben | Zee Music Originals, retrieved 17 August 2022
- ^ "Aparshakti Khurana & Jasmin Bhasin Song Out: Feel The Romance in Arko's 'Hum Dono'!". Mayapuri. Retrieved 3 November 2022.
- ^ "Ayushmann Khurrana's 'Ik vaari' is the ultimate romantic number you had been waiting for - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 15 October 2021.
- ^ "Kudiye Ni: Aparshakti Khurana debuts as singer-composer-lyricist with a romantic melody - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 15 October 2021.
- ^ "Aparshakti Khurana on his new single and the uncertainty facing his first film as a solo lead". www.telegraphindia.com. Retrieved 15 October 2021.
- ^ "Aparshakti Khurana Opens Up About New Song 'Balle Ni Balle' and How Actors Are Connected to Music". Rolling Stone India. 8 April 2022. Retrieved 22 April 2022.
- ^ Choti Choti Gal - Aparshakti Khurana & Samriddhi Mehra | Arjuna Harjai, Kumaar | Zee Music Originals, retrieved 17 May 2022
- ^ Neendraan Ni Aandiyaan - Aparshakti Khurana, Nikita Dutta | Zee Music Originals, retrieved 12 December 2022
- ^ "Winners of Star Screen Awards 2017 : Bollywood News - Bollywood Hungama". Bollywood Hungama. 3 December 2017. Retrieved 15 October 2021.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "Celebs walk the red carpet of Star Screen Awards 2017 (13) | Aparshakti Khurana, Akriti Khurana Images - Bollywood Hungama". Bollywood Hungama. Retrieved 15 October 2021.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "62nd Jio Filmfare Awards 2017 Nominations". filmfare.com. Retrieved 15 October 2021.
- ^ "Nominations for the 64th Vimal Elaichi Filmfare Awards 2019". filmfare.com. Retrieved 15 October 2021.
External links
- Aparshakti Khurana at IMDb
- Aparshakti Khurana at Bollywood Hungama