Rohit Khurana

Rohit Khurana is an Indian television actor known for his work as Vansh Singh Bundela/Rocky in Uttaran and Shani in Karmaphal Daata Shani.^[1]

Rohit Khurana
Khurana in 2011
Born	(1983-11-20) 20 November 1983 (age 39) Delhi India
Nationality	Indian
Occupation(s)	Actor, Model
Years active	2008–present
Known for	Uttaran Karmaphal Daata Shani
Spouse	Neha Khurana^[1]
Children	2

Personal life

Khurana is married to his school friend Neha.^[2] She bore him a son and daughter.^[3]

Career

Modelling, acting debut and breakthrough (2001–13)

Khurana started his career as a model in Delhi.^[1] In TV, he had a small role in the serial Choti Maa: Ek Anokha Bandhan in 2001.^[4] In 2008 he obtained a lead role as Abhiram in the Telugu film Sangamam. However it failed to perform well commercially because of a lack of producers.

His first major breakthrough and official debut occurred in TV with the dual role of Vansh Singh Bundela / Rocky in the Indian soap opera Uttaran on Colors TV in 2009 opposite Tina Datta.^[5] The show garnered him fame.^[6]

In 2010, Khurana featured in Star One's Miley Jab Hum Tum.^[7] He got selected next in Maayke Se Bandhi Dor on Star Plus in 2011.^[8] That year he debuted into Bollywood with Hindi movie Men Will Be Men.^[9] It failed to perform well commercially.^[10]

In 2012, Khurana was cast in the Tamil film Billa II.^[11] He forayed into Punjabi cinema with rom-com Dil Tainu Karda Ae Pyar.^[12] In 2013, his 2nd Punjabi film named Singh vs Kaur was released.^[13]

Returning back to Hindi television, Khurana got the chance to enact the lead role in Sony Entertainment Television's love story Dil Ki Nazar Se Khoobsurat opposite Soumya Seth in 2013.^[14] He was praised for his performance as Madhav Periwal, an ugly man.^[15] He quit the series after his character's death.^[16]

Further works and success (2013–present)

Towards the end of 2013, Khurana entered Colors TV's popular daily soap Sasural Simar Ka.^[17] He was cast as an antagonist, Shaurya Singhania opposite Falaq Naaz.^[18] He exited the soap after playing for 3 months.^[19] Afterwards, he took a short break from acting.^[20]

Khurana ended his break in 2015 and came back to TV playing Jamaal Peshawari in Zee TV's Lajwanti.^[21] That year he gave an extended cameo appearance in Star Plus's Suhani Si Ek Ladki as Rohan, a lawyer.^[6] From 2015 to 2016, he essayed the part of Viraat in Big Magic's Chatur Aur Chalak, Birbal aur Viraat.^[22] He was chosen for the character of a garbage man in the Hindi short film Girl in Red.^[23]

The role of Dr. Manav Garewal in Colors TV's reincarnation based romance Kasam Tere Pyaar Ki marked Khurana's first television venture of 2017.^[24] Then he appeared in the film Hotel Beautifool.^[25] He received immense appreciation for his portrayal of adult Shani in Colors TV's mythological series Karmaphal Daata Shani which he bagged in the last quarter of 2017.^[26] He played the same role as a guest in Colors TV's another mythological show Mahakali — Anth Hi Aarambh Hai.^[27][28]

In 2019, Khurana was roped in for Colors TV's supernatural series Tantra essaying Daksh Mehra.^[29]

In 2020, he played as shani dev in Devi adi parashakti.

Filmography

Television

Year	Show	Role	Channel	Notes
2009–2012	Uttaran	Vansh Singh Bundela / Rocky	Colors TV
2010	Miley Jab Hum Tum	Dhruv / Chintu	Star One	^[7]^[27]
2011	Maayke Se Bandhi Dor	Bhaskar	Star Plus	^[8]
2013	Dil Ki Nazar Se Khoobsurat	Madhav Periwal / Ehsaas	Sony TV	^[14]^[15]^[16]
	Sasural Simar Ka	Shaurya Singhania	Colors TV
2015	Lajwanti	Jamaal Peshawari	Zee TV
2015	Suhani Si Ek Ladki	Rohan	Star Plus
2015–2016	Chatur aur Chalak, Birbal aur Viraat	Viraat	Big Magic	^[23]^[22]
2017	Kasam Tere Pyaar Ki	Dr. Manav Garewal	Colors TV	^[24]
2017–2018	Karmaphal Daata Shani	Shanidev		^[26]
2017	Mahakali — Anth Hi Aarambh Hai	Shanidev
2019	Tantra	Daksh Mehra		^[29]
2020	Devi adi parashakti	Shanidev	DangalTV

Films

Year(s)	Film	Character	Language	Notes
2011	Men Will Be Men	Sunder	Hindi	^[10]
2012	Billa II	Satish Kumar	Tamil	^[11]
	Sangamam	Abhiram	Telugu	^[30]
	Dil Tainu Karda Ae Pyar	A cop	Punjabi	^[31]
2013	Singh vs Kaur	Roop		^[13]
2016	Girl in Red	Kachre Wala	Hindi
2017	Hotel Beautifool			^[20]^[21]

Awards

• 2010 - New Talent Award for Best Supporting Actor — Uttaran.^[6]

References

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9. Men Will Be Men - Cast, Actor, Actress, Director - Oneindia
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11. Billa 2 Movie Review {3/5}: Critic Review of Billa 2 by Times of India, retrieved 1 September 2019
12. Punjabi film Dil Tainu Karda Ae Pyar
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17. "Rohit Khurana to enter Sasural Simar Ka? - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 1 September 2019.
18. Sony to premiere "Dil Ki Nazar Se... Khoobsurat" | Indian Television
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20. "TV actor Rohit Khurana attempts to break his negative image - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 1 September 2019.
21. "TV actor Rohit Khurana plans makeover with Bollywood debut". The Indian Express. 22 September 2014. Retrieved 1 September 2019.
22. "Rohit in season two of 'Birbal aur Viraat' - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 1 September 2019.
23. "TV actors and movie actors are equally famous now: Rohit Khurana - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 1 September 2019.
24. "Rohit Khurana to enter 'Kasam Tere Pyaar Ki'". www.timesnownews.com. Retrieved 1 September 2019.
25. "Rohit Khurana gets abused! - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 1 September 2019.
26. "Rohit Khurana on playing the title role in 'Shani' | TV - Times of India Videos". timesofindia.indiatimes.com. Retrieved 1 September 2019.
27. "Looks that matter". Hindustan Times. 17 September 2010. Retrieved 1 September 2019.
28. "You learn new things with each passing year: Rohit Khurana - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 1 September 2019.
29. "Rohit Khurana to join 'Tantra' - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 1 September 2019.
30. "Sangamam (2008) | Sangamam Movie | Sangamam Telugu Movie Cast & Crew, Release Date, Review, Photos, Videos". FilmiBeat. Retrieved 1 September 2019.
31. "Dil Tainu Karda Ae Pyar is a romantic comedy - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 1 September 2019.

External links

• Rohit Khurana at IMDb  
• Rohit Khurana at Bollywood Hungama