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 | |
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![]() Khurana in 2011 | |
Born | Delhi India |
Nationality | Indian |
Occupation | Actor, Model |
Years active | 2008–present |
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Spouse | Neha Khurana[1] |
Children | 2 |
Khurana is married to his school friend Neha.[2] She bore him a son and daughter.[3]
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]
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 towards the end of the year.[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.
Television
Year | Show | Role | Channel | Notes |
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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 |
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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] |