Akash Khurana is an Indian actor, screenwriter, theatre artist and entrepreneur. His first screen appearance was in Shyam Benegal's '' Kalyug''. He has appeared in nearly 60 films, including ''Ardh Satya'', ''Saaransh'', ''Naam'', ''Beta'', ''Saudagar'', ''

Sarfarosh ''Sarfarosh'' () is a 1999 Indian action drama film written, produced and directed by John Matthew Matthan and starring Aamir Khan, Naseeruddin Shah, Sonali Bendre and Mukesh Rishi. John started working on ''Sarfarosh'' in 1992. Seven years ...

'', ''Company'' and '' Barfii''. He has written over 20 screen plays, including ''Aashiqui'' and ''Baazigar''. He won Nandi Award for Special Jury for the film Dr. Ambedkar (1992).

Early life and background

Khurana did his schooling from St. Francis de Sales school in Nagpur. He graduated from

National Institute of Technology, Rourkela National Institute of Technology Rourkela (NIT Rourkela or NITRKL or NITR), formerly Regional Engineering College Rourkela is a publicly funded institute of higher learning for engineering, science and technology located in the steel city of R ...

( Rourkela,

Odisha, India Odisha (English: , ), formerly Orissa ( the official name until 2011), is an Indian state located in Eastern India. It is the 8th largest state by area, and the 11th largest by population. The state has the third largest population of ...

) as a

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. He then obtained an

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degree from

XLRI – Xavier School of Management XLRI – Xavier School of Management (XLRI or formerly Xavier Labour Relations Institute) is a private business school run by the Society of Jesus (Jesuits) in Jamshedpur, Jharkhand, India. It was founded in 1949 in the steel city of J ...

( Jamshedpur, Jharkhand, India). Later he obtained an

M.Phil. The Master of Philosophy (MPhil; Latin ' or ') is a postgraduate degree. In the United States, an MPhil typically includes a taught portion and a significant research portion, during which a thesis project is conducted under supervision. An MPhil ...

degree and a

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from

Tata Institute of Social Sciences Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS) is a multi-campus public research university in Mumbai, India. It is Asia's oldest institute for professional social work education and was founded in 1936 in then Bombay Presidency of British India a ...

(

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), where he has been a visiting faculty member since 1995.TEDx GLIM Gurgaon Speakers
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Filmography

Actor

Writer

Television

Actor

* ''Satyajit Ray Presents'' * ''Sara Jahan Hamara'' * ''Guftagoo'' * ''Tamas'' * ''C. Rajagopalachari Stories'' * ''Faisla'' * ''Dhadkan'' * ''Asha'' * ''Rishtey'' * ''Untitled'' * ''Raahein'' * ''Kuch Ret Kuch Pani'' * ''Aakrosh'' * ''Ladies Special * ''24'' Season 2 * ''Humshakals'' * '' Leila'' * '' Mai: A Mother's Rage''

Director

* ''Front Page'' on Doordarshan * ''Kuch Ret Kuch Pani'' on Channel 9 Gold *''

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'' on Sun TV (2007-2011)

Writer

* ''Gulmohur'' (West) * ''Kismat'' * ''America...Amerika'' * ''Kabhie Kabhie'' * ''Viruddh'' * ''Dil Hai Hindustani'' * ''Kuch Ret Kuch Pani''

Theatre

Actor

Director

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Khurana, Akash Living people Male actors in Hindi cinema National Institutes of Technology alumni XLRI – Xavier School of Management alumni Year of birth missing (living people)