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Varun Badola (born 7 January 1974) is an Indian actor, known largely for his roles in television.[1]

Varun Badola
Born	(1974-01-07) 7 January 1974 (age 48) New Delhi, India
Occupation	Actor dialogue writer
Spouse	Rajeshwari Sachdev ​ (m. 2004)​
Children	1
Family	Alka Kaushal

Early life

Varun Badola was born on 7 January 1974.[2] His father is a known artist, Vishwa Mohan Badola. He has two elder sisters – Alka, who is married and has appeared in the TV serial Kumkum and Qubool Hai,[3] and Kalindi, who is a radio jockey. His family hails from Garhwal, Uttarakhand.[4][5]

Badola spent the early part of his childhood in Allahabad after which he lived in New Delhi. He did his schooling from Sardar Patel Vidyalaya in New Delhi. After completing college, he started working to fulfill his ambition to become an actor.[5]

Acting career

Badola started his creative career as a costume coordinator followed by eight years experience of writing and directing.[4] He assisted Tigmanshu Dhulia in Haasil and Charas, apart from acting in the two films.[4] He had decided to take a break from directing to do some acting when he was offered the television serial Astitva.. Ek Prem Kahani[4].

Some of his successful soaps are include Banegi Apni Baat, Koshish - Ek Asha, Aroona Irani's Des Mein Nikla Hoga Chand, and Astitva... Ek Prem Kahani.[4] He shot to fame when he played the role of a mentally disabled person on the television show Koshish produced by Balaji Telefilms, which proved to be a super-hit on Zee TV. Badola has directed and written the script for the show Aek Chabhi Hai Padoss Mein.

He is an accomplished singer and dancer as well, having shown his talents on reality television shows including the celebrity dance show named Nach Baliye 2 with his wife Rajeshwari where he was one of the semi-finalists.[5] He is known to be an extremely hard-working actor and has been called television's Aamir Khan for his dedication[6] and Dev Anand for his intense on-screen romance.

Badola and his wife Rajeshwari worked together on a play for the first time in a production called Shabd Leela which was based on Dr. Dharamveer Bharati's powerful love letters to his wife.[7] He participated in the Celebrity Cricket League as a member of the team Mumbai Heroes, as an all-rounder.

Personal life

Varun married dancer/singer/actress Rajeshwari Sachdev on 24 November 2004. They met on the sets of the television show Antakshari and were engaged the same year. They have a son, born on 10 May 2010 at the Benzer Hospital, Lokhandwala. Badola has a farm house in his native Uttarakhand at a place called Bhabher in Kotdwar.[5]

Television

Fiction shows

Year	Show	Role	Notes
1994	Banegi Apni Baat	Ayushman
2000	Rajdhani	Sunny
2000–02	Koshish – Ek Aashaa	Neeraj Khanna
2001	Yeh Hai Mumbai Meri Jaan	Balkrishna (Balu)	Nominated—Indian Telly Award for Best Actor in a Comic Role (2002)
2001–05	Des Mein Niklla Hoga Chand	Dev Malik / Rohit Sharma / Bhola	Nominated—Indian Telly Award for Best Actor in a Lead Role (2002)
2002	Kutumb	Advocate Rahul
2002–06	Astitva...Ek Prem Kahani	Abhimanyu (Abhi) Saxena / Writer Anand	Nominated—Indian Telly Award for Best Actor in a Lead Role (2003—05)
2003	Awaz - Dil Se Dil Tak	Aman
2005–06	Rabba Ishq Na Hove	Kushan
2005–09	Ghar Ek Sapnaa	Gautam, Vanshika's husband
2006–07	Sohni Mahiwal	Suresh	Nominated—Indian Telly Award for Best Actor in a Comic Role (2006) (2007)
2006–08	Aek Chabhi Hai Padoss Mein	Sandeep Shukla	Nominated—Indian Telly Award for Best Actor in a Lead Role (2007)
2007	Jersey No. 10	Abhay Singh Rana
2008	Bhabhi	Himself	Special Appearance
	Ajeeb	Aditya Thapar
2009	Ladies Special	Vinay Joshi
	Khaufnaak	Anand
2009–10	Sonu Sweety	Sonu
2010	Mann Kee Awaaz Pratigya	Love Guru
	Maan Rahe Tera Pitaah	Kaliprasad Kalka
	Gili Gili Gappa	Vishnu Narayan
2012–13	Phir Subah Hogi	Thakur Vikram Singh	Nominated—Indian Telly Award for Best Actor in a Negative Role (2013) Nominated—Indian Telly Jury Award for Best Actor in a Negative Role (2013)
2013	Savdhaan India – India Fights Back	Inspector Varun
2014	Tumhari Paakhi	Veer Pratap Singh
	Yeh Rishta Kya Kehlata Hai	Ruhan Rajput
2015	Lete Hai Khabar Khabron Ki	News Reporter
	Tedi Medi Family	Vivek's friend
2015–17	Mere Angne Mein	Raghav Shrivastav
2018	Apharan (web series)	Laxman Saxena	Web series streaming on the ALTBalaji App
2018–19	Internet Wala Love	Shubhankar Verma
2019	Fixerr	Digvijay Dalmia	Web series released on ALTBalaji and ZEE5
2019	Mere Dad Ki Dulhan	Ambar Sharma
2020	Your Honor	Kaashi Samthar	Web series[8]

Reality shows

Year	Show	Role	Notes
2002	Chalti Ka Naam Antakshari	Guest	Episode 83 (Winner)
2005	Nach Baliye 1	Contestant
2006	Nach Baliye 2	Host	1 episode
	Jodi Kamal Ki	Contestant
2007	Comedy Circus	Contestant
	Jjhoom India	Contestant
	Kuch Kar Dikhana Hai	Judge	Episode 7
2008	Kaho Na Yaar Hai	Contestant
	Yeh Hai Jalwa	Participant
	Ustaadon Ka Ustaad
2009	Laughter Ke Phatke	Guest	Episodes 26, 33, 34
	Comedy Ka King Kaun	Guest	Episode 52
2013	BIG Fame Star	Mentor
2016	Box Cricket League	Captain of Pune anmol ratn team

Filmography

Year	Title	Role
2003	Haasil	Javed
2004	Charas	Manthan
2005	Main, Meri Patni Aur Woh	Saleem
2009	Sunset Shift (short film)	Taxi Driver
2013	Mickey Virus	Inspector Devender Bhalla
2014	Jai Ho	Mr. D'souza
	Lekar Hum Deewana Dil	Chacha
2015	Solid Patels	Hetal's father
2016	7 Hours To Go	Ramesh Dhadke
	Azhar	Kapil Dev
2019	Fraud Saiyaan	Badri
2021	Rashmi Rocket	Dilip Chopra

References

External links

• Varun Badola at IMDb
• Varun Badola at Bollywood Hungama

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