Gaurav Chopra (born 4 April 1979) is an

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television actor. He is best known for starring on

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and

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as Raghuvendra Pratap Rathore and Prof Abhay Singh Ranawat respectively. He has appeared as a contestant on ''

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''. He has also acted in the Oscar nominated Hollywood movie '' Blood Diamond'', and appeared on the

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edition of international dance reality show '' Dancing with the Stars''. He was last seen in

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's web series titled Fourplay & Viu's Love Lust & Confusion. He is currently working on a theatrical adaptation of

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with Ashvin Gidwani Productions (AGP World).

Early life

Chopra studied at St. Columba's School and graduated from National Institute of Fashion Technology in 2000.

Career

In 2003, Chopra appeared in the

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film '' Ottran'', and in 2004 he had an appearance in the TV serial ''

Saara Akaash ''Saara Akaash'' is an Indian television series that was broadcast on Star Plus every Thursday at 9pm for one hour from 7 August 2003 to 28 July 2005. It starred Sai Deodhar, Shakti Anand, Sonal Sehgal, Kiran Kumar, Parmeet Sethi, Manav Gohil, and ...

'' and ''

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'' on Star Plus. In 2006, he was a contestant in the reality TV dance show ''

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'', and in 2008 he participated in the first season of another dance show, ''

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''. In 2006, he also acted in the Hollywood movie '' Blood Diamond'', and played Samay Khurana on '' Aisa Des Hai Mera''. He played the grey character of Raghuvendra Pratap Rathore on the Colors TV soap opera ''

'', and won the Colors Golden Petal Awards-Most Dumdar Personality in the year 2012 for this role. He was seen in the gangster film ''

Rangdari ''Rangdari'' ( hi, रंगदारी) is an upcoming action film starring Gaurav Chopra, Kajal Yadav, Manjul Aasim, Mushtaq Khan, Kiran Kumar, Shakti Kapoor, and others. Synopsis The film is about Taimur Ansaar, a criminal-cum-politicia ...

'', which was released in April 2013. In April 2016, he participated in the

edition of international dance reality show '' Dancing with the Stars'', where he was chosen as a cultural ambassador. After a sudden exit after 6 weeks, it was revealed that he left the show because of a prior commitment. Later in 2016 he participated in the 10th season of ''

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'' and was evicted on 1 January 2017. In 2018, he played the role of a casanova in

's web series, Fourplay.

Personal life

Chopra married his longtime girlfriend, Hitisha Cheranda, on 19 February 2018 in a private ceremony. They became parents of a boy in 2020.

Television

Reality Shows

* ''

'' - Contestant(evicted in 2nd week) * ''

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'' - Contestant with

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* '' Zor Ka Jhatka: Total Wipeout'' - Contestant (Evicted in 7th week) * '' Dancing with the Stars'' - Georgia Contestant (Evicted in 3rd week) * ''

''(2016-2017) - Contestant (Evicted on Day 78) * * ''

Savdhaan India ''Savdhaan India – India Fights Back'' ( ''Attention India! – India Fights Back'') is an Indian Hindi-language crime show aired by Star Bharat. The series is hosted by Ashutosh Rana, Tisca Chopra, Sushant Singh, Gaurav Chopra, Mohnish Be ...

'' (2017–present) Host

Films

* '' Bachchan Pandey'' (2022) * '' Blood Diamond'' (2006) - French journalist * ''

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'' (2006) - Balb

Dubbing roles

Live action films

Web Series

* ''2018

's Fourplay'' - Bobby Bhushan Chawla * ''2018 Viu's Love Lust and Confusion - Rahil Khan * ''2019 MX Player's Hello Mini - Aditya Grover * TBA ''

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References

External links

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