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. He is the younger brother of actor
Ayushmann Khurrana.
Khurrana's first Bollywood project came with the sports biopic ''
Dangal'' (2016), which emerged as one of the
highest-grossing Indian films 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
''Badrinath Ki Dulhania'' () is a 2017 Indian romantic comedy film written and directed by Shashank Khaitan and produced by Dharma Productions. A spiritual successor to ''Humpty Sharma Ki Dulhania'' (2014), the film stars Varun Dhawan and Alia ...
'' (2017), ''
Stree'' (2018), ''
Luka Chuppi
''Luka Chuppi'' () is a 2019 Indian Indian Hindi-language romantic comedy film directed by Laxman Utekar and produced by Dinesh Vijan's Maddock Films. Set in Mathura, it is about a television reporter who cohabits with his headstrong intern a ...
'' (2019) and ''
Pati Patni Aur Woh'' (2019). In 2021, he acted in ''
Helmet
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'', his first film as a solo lead.
Early and personal life
Khurrana was born on 18 November 1987 in
Chandigarh
Chandigarh () is a planned city in India. Chandigarh is bordered by the state of Punjab to the west and the south, and by the state of Haryana to the east. It constitutes the bulk of the Chandigarh Capital Region or Greater Chandigarh, which al ...
.
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 and an M.A. in Hindi. He completed his schooling and graduation in law from
Chandigarh
Chandigarh () is a planned city in India. Chandigarh is bordered by the state of Punjab to the west and the south, and by the state of Haryana to the east. It constitutes the bulk of the Chandigarh Capital Region or Greater Chandigarh, which al ...
. He was also into sports at school
and captained the Haryana U-19 cricket team.
He completed his higher education in the field of Mass Communication from IIMC Delhi. He is also the younger brother of
Bollywood
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actor
Ayushmann Khurrana.
He married Aakriti Ahuja, a businesswoman and an ISB graduate (whom he met at a dance class in
Chandigarh
Chandigarh () is a planned city in India. Chandigarh is bordered by the state of Punjab to the west and the south, and by the state of Haryana to the east. It constitutes the bulk of the Chandigarh Capital Region or Greater Chandigarh, which al ...
)
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.
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
Nitesh Tiwari is an Indian film director, screenwriter, and lyricist known for his works in Bollywood. He debuted as a co-director in '' Chillar Party'' (2011) which won the National Film Award for Best Children's Film for that year. He then he ...
's biographical sports drama ''
Dangal'' (2016) which is the real story of
Mahavir Singh Phogat
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Phogat was awarded the Dronac ...
. He is an Indian amateur
Pehlwani
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wrestler, who trains his two daughters
Geeta and
Babita
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to become India's world class top-female wrestlers.
Aamir Khan
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was cast as Mahavir, while
Fatima Sana Shaikh
Fatima Sana Shaikh (born 11 January 1992) is an Indian actress, who works in Hindi films. Shaikh appeared as a child artist in such films as ''Chachi 420'' (1997) and ''One 2 Ka 4'' (2001). In 2016, she portrayed wrestler Geeta Phogat in the top ...
and
Sanya Malhotra
Sanya Malhotra (born 25 February 1992) is an Indian actress who works in Hindi films. She began her career with supporting roles in the biographical sports film '' Dangal'' (2016) and the comedy ''Badhaai Ho'' (2018), both of which rank among t ...
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 in global ticket sales, becoming Khurana's highest-grossing release ever and earning him praise along with a
Screen Award for Best Male Debut
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and a nomination under the
same category at the
Filmfare Awards
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.
The
Shashank Khaitan
Shashank Khaitan is an Indian film writer, director, actor and producer who works in Hindi films. He is known for his association with Dharma Productions.
Khaitan made his directorial debut with ''Humpty Sharma Ki Dulhania'' and went on to dire ...
directed-romantic comedy ''
Badrinath Ki Dulhania
''Badrinath Ki Dulhania'' () is a 2017 Indian romantic comedy film written and directed by Shashank Khaitan and produced by Dharma Productions. A spiritual successor to ''Humpty Sharma Ki Dulhania'' (2014), the film stars Varun Dhawan and Alia ...
'' (2017) was Khurana's next film release. Co-starring
Alia Bhatt
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and
Varun Dhawan
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, 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 worldwide.
In 2018, Khurana appeared in three films, the first of which was
Mudassar Aziz
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's ''
Happy Phirr Bhag Jayegi'' (a sequel to the 2016 film ''
Happy Bhag Jayegi
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''), a comedy about two girls who both are named Happy. A critical and commercial failure, it co-starred
Sonakshi Sinha
Sonakshi Sinha (; born 2 June 1987) is an Indian actress who works in Hindi films. After working as a costume designer in independent films, she made her acting with the action film ''Dabangg'' in 2010, which won her the Filmfare Award for Bes ...
and
Diana Penty
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, with Khurana playing the supporting part of Aman Wadhwa, the eloped fiancé of Happy 2 (Sinha). His next role was in
Amar Kaushik
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Amar Kaushik grew up in Medo, Arunachal Pradesh w ...
's directorial debut ''
Stree'', a horror comedy co-starring
Rajkummar Rao
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,
Shraddha Kapoor
Shraddha Kapoor (born 3 March 1987 or 1989[Pankaj Tripathi
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. ''Stree'' emerged as a major commercial success with a worldwide gross revenue of , and his performance earned him a
Best Supporting Actor nomination at Filmfare. Khurana's final release of 2018 was the Netflix film ''
Rajma Chawal
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''. Directed by
Leena Yadav
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, it starred
Rishi Kapoor
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, Anirudh Talwar and
Amyra Dastur, and was poorly received.
Further supporting roles (2019–present)
Khurana took on another supporting role in
Laxman Utekar
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Utekar started his career as a director of photography in Hindi cinema with films such as ''English Vinglish'' and ''Dear Zindag ...
's 2019 romantic comedy ''
Luka Chuppi
''Luka Chuppi'' () is a 2019 Indian Indian Hindi-language romantic comedy film directed by Laxman Utekar and produced by Dinesh Vijan's Maddock Films. Set in Mathura, it is about a television reporter who cohabits with his headstrong intern a ...
'', co-starring
Kartik Aaryan
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,
Kriti Sanon
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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
Kriti Sanon (born 27 July 1990) is an Indian actress who works in Hindi and Telugu-language films. After pursuing a degree in engineering from the Jaypee Institute of Information Technology, she briefly worked as a fashion model. Sanon began ...
) and a television reporter (Guddu, played by
Kartik Aaryan
Kartik Aaryan Tiwari (born 22 November 1990), is an Indian actor who works in Hindi films. After pursuing a degree in engineering, he made his acting debut with Luv Ranjan's buddy film ''Pyaar Ka Punchnama'' (2011). He went on to star in the ...
). His next film of the year was debutante Prashant Singh's ''
Jabariya Jodi'', starring
Sidharth Malhotra
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and
Parineeti Chopra
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, which deals with the prevalence of groom kidnapping in
Bihar
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. 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
Remo D'Souza (born Ramesh Gopi Nair; 2 April 1974), is an Indian choreographer, actor, film director and producer, based in Mumbai. He is best known for his works in ''Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani'' (2014) and ''Bajirao Mastani'' (2016). In a career ...
's dance film ''
Street Dancer 3D'', a spin-off to the 2015 dance film ''
ABCD 2
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'', starring Dhawan and Shraddha Kapoor, which was released on 24 January 2020. His first lead role came in the comedy film ''
Helmet
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'' which premiered on
ZEE5
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. Khurana stars in ''
Hum Do Hamare Do
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'' with
Rajkummar Rao
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and
Kriti Sanon
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, released on 29 October 2021 on
Disney+ Hotstar
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.
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