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Karan Kundrra (born 11 October 1984) is an Indian actor which works in
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and Punjabi films and television. He has starred in several TV shows like ''
Kitani Mohabbat Hai ''Kitani Mohabbat Hai'' ''(How Much I Love You)'' is an Indian soap opera which aired on Imagine TV from 19 January 2009 to 25 September 2009. '' Kitani Mohabbat Hai 2'' started airing on 1 November 2010. Season 2 is not a continuation; it star ...
'', '' Kitani Mohabbat Hai 2'', ''
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'', ''
Dil Hi Toh Hai ''Dil Hi Toh Hai'' (English: It Is The Heart After all) is a romantic drama that is created and produced by Ekta Kapoor under Balaji Telefilms. It aired on Sony TV and streams on Alt Balaji. It premiered on 18 June 2018 and stars Karan Kundra a ...
'' and ''
Yeh Rishta Kya Kehlata Hai ''Yeh Rishta Kya Kehlata Hai'' (), popularly known as ''YRKKH'' is an Indian Hindi-language romantic family drama television series that airs on StarPlus and streams on Disney+ Hotstar. It premiered on 12 January 2009 and is the longest run ...
'' and hosted the reality shows ''
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'', '' MTV Love School'' and '' Dance Deewane Juniors''. Kundra has also featured in films like ''
Mubarakan ''Mubarakan'' () is a 2017 Indian Hindi-language romantic comedy film directed by Anees Bazmee. The film stars Anil Kapoor, Arjun Kapoor (in a dual role), Ileana D'Cruz, Athiya Shetty, Neha Sharma, Karan Kundra and Ratna Pathak Shah in the lea ...
'' and ''
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''. He participated in ''
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'' in 2021, finishing as second runner-up, and as a jailor in '' Lock Upp'' in 2022.He hosted ''Dance Deewane Juniors''.


Career

Kundrra made his acting debut in 2009 with the lead role of Arjun Punj in ''
Kitani Mohabbat Hai ''Kitani Mohabbat Hai'' ''(How Much I Love You)'' is an Indian soap opera which aired on Imagine TV from 19 January 2009 to 25 September 2009. '' Kitani Mohabbat Hai 2'' started airing on 1 November 2010. Season 2 is not a continuation; it star ...
'' on
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. In late 2009, he went on to play the lead character of Veeru in ''
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'' on
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. After appearing in an episodic role as a ghost Prince in ''
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'' on
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, he went on to participate in the dance reality show ''
Zara Nachke Dikha ''Zara Nachke Dikha'' ''(English: Show Me Your Dance)'' is an Indian dance reality show originally aired on STAR One but then aired on STAR Plus. The series debuted on 14 July 2008 and was hosted by Karan Singh Grover and Shweta Gulati. All t ...
'' on
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in May 2010. Later on, he played the lead role of Arjun Singhania in ''
Kitani Mohabbat Hai ''Kitani Mohabbat Hai'' ''(How Much I Love You)'' is an Indian soap opera which aired on Imagine TV from 19 January 2009 to 25 September 2009. '' Kitani Mohabbat Hai 2'' started airing on 1 November 2010. Season 2 is not a continuation; it star ...
'' on
Imagine TV Imagine TV was a Hindi general entertainment channel owned by Turner Broadcasting System, and based in New Delhi. The channel was known for shows such as '' Ramayan (2008), Chandragupta Maurya, '' Swayamvar'', ''Baba Aiso Varr Dhoondo'', ''M ...
. He was then seen as a host in the first two seasons of ''
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'' on
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. He played the role of Karan Kapoor in ''
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'' on
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. Kundrra was next seen in ''
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'' on
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in 2012. He was also seen as a gangleader in the reality show ''
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'' on
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. He also hosted another reality show '' Love School'' on
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for 3 seasons. In 2017, he was cast as Manpreet Sandhu in
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's film ''
Mubarakan ''Mubarakan'' () is a 2017 Indian Hindi-language romantic comedy film directed by Anees Bazmee. The film stars Anil Kapoor, Arjun Kapoor (in a dual role), Ileana D'Cruz, Athiya Shetty, Neha Sharma, Karan Kundra and Ratna Pathak Shah in the lea ...
'' alongside Arjun Kapoor and Ileana D'Cruz. In 2018, he starred as the lead Ayush Asthana in
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's horror film ''
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''. The same year, he made a comeback to television with
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's romantic drama ''
Dil Hi Toh Hai ''Dil Hi Toh Hai'' (English: It Is The Heart After all) is a romantic drama that is created and produced by Ekta Kapoor under Balaji Telefilms. It aired on Sony TV and streams on Alt Balaji. It premiered on 18 June 2018 and stars Karan Kundra a ...
,'' which extended for two more seasons on the OTT platform
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and mx player 2019 and 2020. In 2020 Kundrra appeared in
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web series ''It happened in Calcutta'' where he portrayed the lead character of Ronobir Chatterjee. In April 2021, he played the role of Ranveer Chauhan in ''
Yeh Rishta Kya Kehlata Hai ''Yeh Rishta Kya Kehlata Hai'' (), popularly known as ''YRKKH'' is an Indian Hindi-language romantic family drama television series that airs on StarPlus and streams on Disney+ Hotstar. It premiered on 12 January 2009 and is the longest run ...
''. In October 2021, Kundrra participated in the popular reality show ''
Bigg Boss 15 ''Bigg Boss 15'', also known as ''Bigg Boss: "Sankat in Jungle"'' or ''Bigg Boss: Pan Pana Pan Pandrah'' was the fifteenth season of the Indian reality TV series ''Bigg Boss''. It premiered on 2 October 2021 on Colors TV Salman Khan hosted the ...
'' and emerged as the second runner-up. In March 2022, he was seen as a jailor on the reality show ''LockUpp'' which streamed on
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and
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. In April 2022, Kundrra hosted the dance reality show '' Dance Deewane Juniors 1'' on
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. In 2023, he will be seen in
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’s upcoming series ''Ishq Mein Ghayal'' as Veer.


Personal life

The actor is currently dating actress
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. The two met inside the ''
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'' house and eventually started dating after that.


In the media

Kundrra ranked at 84th and 92nd position on the
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India list for top 100 celebrities in 2018 and 2019 respectively.


Filmography


Films


Television


Special appearances


Music videos


Web series


See also

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List of Bollywood actors Following is a list of Indian male actors who have worked in Hindi cinema, the commercial Hindi-language film industry based chiefly in Mumbai. For actresses please see List of Hindi film actresses Actors are listed alphabetically by given name ...
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List of Indian television actors This is an alphabetical list of notable male Indian television actors. * List of Hindi actors List of regional language actors ; Bengali ; Tamil ;Telugu ; Kannada ; Marathi ; Malayalam See also * List of Indian television actr ...


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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Kundrra, Karan Living people Place of birth missing (living people) Indian male models Indian male television actors Indian television presenters Punjabi people Male actors from Punjab, India Male actors in Punjabi cinema 1984 births Bigg Boss (Hindi TV series) contestants