Rajat Tokas is an Indian television actor. He appeared in television series like ''

Dharti Ka Veer Yodha Prithviraj Chauhan ''Dharti Ka Veer Yodha Prithviraj Chauhan'' ( en, Prithviraj Chauhan, the Brave Warrior of the Land) is an Indian historical drama broadcast on Star Plus. It was produced by Sagars which is based on ''Prithviraj Raso'', a Brajbhasha poem by ...

'', '' Dharam Veer'', '' Tere Liye'', ''

Jodha Akbar ''Jodha Akbar'' is an Indian Historical drama television series that aired from 18 June 2013 to 7 August 2015 on Zee TV and is also digitally available on ZEE5. The show was produced by Ekta Kapoor under Balaji Telefilms. Starring Rajat Tokas a ...

'', '' Naagin'' season 1 & 3 and ''

Chandra Nandini ''Chandra Nandini'' is an Indian Hindi-language Historical fictional drama television series which aired on Star Plus from 10 October 2016 until 10 November 2017. It was produced by Ekta Kapoor under her banner Balaji Telefilms and is directed b ...

''.

Career

Tokas started his television career with show ''Bongo'' as Ashu on DD national. He then did many shows including ''Lighthouse for children'', Jadui Chirag, Tarang, and Ye Hawayan. In 2005, he came to Mumbai with his father & bagged the role of Tantya, who was Sai Baba's brother, in ''Sai Baba''. In 2006, Tokas was selected by

Sagar Arts Sagar Pictures Entertainment is an Indian film and television production company based in Mumbai, India. It was founded by Ramanand Sagar and is a part of the Sagar Group of companies owned by the Sagar family. Sagar Pictures is also a dubbing ...

to play his first lead role of young

Prithviraj Chauhan Prithviraja III (IAST: Pṛthvī-rāja; reign. – 1192 CE), popularly known as Prithviraj Chauhan or Rai Pithora, was a king from the Chauhan (Chahamana) dynasty who ruled the territory of Sapadalaksha, with his capital at Ajmer in present- ...

in the series ''

'' for which he won best actor in ITA 2007. In 2008 he was again selected by

to play Veer in the NDTV imagine show '' Dharam Veer''. In 2010-11,

Ekta Kapoor Ekta Kapoor (born 7 June 1975) is an Indian television producer, film producer and director who works in Hindi cinema and soap opera. She is the joint managing director and creative head of Balaji Telefilms Limited, which was founded in 1994. ...

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chose Rajat to play the parallel lead in '' Tere Liye'' where he played the character of Robindo Ganguly. Later, he did episodic roles in '' Bandini'' and '' Fear Files: Darr Ki Sacchi Tasvirein''. Ekta Kapoor, Paridhi Sharma, Rajat Tokas, Ajay Bhalwankar at ‘Jodha Akbar’ launch

Ekta Kapoor, Paridhi Sharma, Rajat Tokas, Ajay Bhalwankar at ‘Jodha Akbar’ launch

In 2013, he was once again selected by Kapoor to reprise the role of the Mughal Emperor Jalaluddin Mohammed Akbar in her historical drama, ''

'' for which he went on to win ''

BIG Star Most Entertaining Television Actor - Male The Big STAR Entertainment Awards was an annual award show presented by Reliance Broadcast Network Limited in association with STAR India to honour personalities from the field of entertainment across movies, music, television, sports, theatr ...

'', ''

Star Guild Award for Best Actor in a Drama Series ''Producers Guild Film Award for Best Actor in a Drama Series'' is an award given by Apsara Producers Guild to recognize excellence in film and television, to recognize a male actor in television drama series who has delivered an outstanding perf ...

'', '' Boroplus Gold Award for Best Actor in Lead Role (Critics)'', ''

Indian Telly Award for Best Actor in a Lead Role Indian Telly Award for Best Actor in a Lead Role (Male) is an award given as a part of the annual Indian Telly Awards. The award was first awarded in 2002 under the title TV Actor Of The Year. A special award called Best Actor Jury was also awar ...

''. In 2016, he played the negative role of Kabir (Icchadhari Nevla) in Naagin, a fantasy drama which was aired on Colors TV. Also in 2016 he was selected by Balaji Telefilms to play the lead role of Chandragupta Maurya in Star Plus show Chandra Nandini. He also played the role Vikrant on

Naagin 3 ''Naagin'' () is an Indian supernatural fiction television series about shape-shifting serpents produced by Ekta Kapoor under Balaji Telefilms. The first season aired from 1 November 2015 to 5 June 2016. It starred Mouni Roy, Arjun Bijla ...

, again produced by

Early and personal life

He studied in the Hope Hall Foundation School, R. K. Puram, Delhi and later on completed his graduation through distance mode. On 30 January 2015, he married Shrishti Nayyar, a theatre actor.

Filmography

Television

Special appearances

Awards

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Tokas, Rajat 21st-century Indian male actors Living people Indian male television actors People from South West Delhi district Indian male soap opera actors Male actors from Delhi 1991 births