Ranvijay Singh Singha
is an Indian actor, television personality and VJ. Ranvijay is known for his appearance in
MTV Roadies
''MTV Roadies'' is a youth-based reality show. It was launched in 2003 and airs on MTV India. The show is also digitally available on Voot.
In this show, a group of contestants travel to different destinations and participate in various tasks ...
, where he won the show. He was a part of the show from 2004 to 2020, earlier as a gang leader and then as a host. He also appeared in judging panel for auditions from
8: Shortcut to Hell to
18: Roadies Revolution. He made his
Bollywood
Hindi cinema, popularly known as Bollywood and formerly as Bombay cinema, refers to the film industry based in Mumbai, engaged in production of motion pictures in Hindi language. The popular term Bollywood, is a portmanteau of "Bombay" (fo ...
debut in ''
Toss: A Flip of Destiny'' (2009). Ranvijay has also acted in ''
London Dreams
''London Dreams'' is a 2009 Indian Hindi-language musical drama film directed and produced by Vipul Amrutlal Shah. The film stars
Ajay Devgn in lead role with Salman Khan in blowing supporting role while Asin plays the female lead.Rannvijay S ...
'' (2009) and ''
Action Replayy
''Action Replayy'' is a 2010 Indian Hindi-language science-fiction romantic comedy film directed by Vipul Amrutlal Shah and starring Akshay Kumar and Aishwarya Rai Bachchan. Aditya Roy Kapur, Neha Dhupia, Rannvijay Singh, Om Puri, Kirron Kher a ...
'' (2010). Singha made his
Punjabi movie debut in 2011, starring in
Jimmy Shergill
Jimmy Sheirgill (born Jasjit Singh Gill; 3 December 1970), also credited as Jimmy Shergill, is an Indian actor and film producer who works in Hindi and Punjabi films.
Sheirgill began his film career with the 1996 thriller '' Maachis''. His bre ...
's ''
Dharti''.
Early life
Singha's father, Iqbal Singh Singha is retired
Lt. General of
Indian Army
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and his mother Baljeet Kaur is a housewife, although his father is retired but is currently posted in
Syria
Syria ( ar, سُورِيَا or سُورِيَة, translit=Sūriyā), officially the Syrian Arab Republic ( ar, الجمهورية العربية السورية, al-Jumhūrīyah al-ʻArabīyah as-Sūrīyah), is a Western Asian country loc ...
as the UN Force Commander, his mother is a poet in her own right. Owing to his father's transferable jobs across India, he went to nine different schools, and finally graduated from
Army Public School Army Public School may refer to:
* Indian Army Public Schools
* Army Public Schools & Colleges System
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, Dhaula Kuan,
New Delhi
New Delhi (, , ''Naī Dillī'') is the capital of India and a part of the National Capital Territory of Delhi (NCT). New Delhi is the seat of all three branches of the government of India, hosting the Rashtrapati Bhavan, Parliament House ...
, he graduated from
Hansraj College
Hansraj College is a constituent college of the University of Delhi, in Delhi, India. The departments of Hansraj college includes science, liberal arts and commerce.
History
The was founded on 26 July 1948 in memory of the prominent Indian ...
(
University of Delhi
Delhi University (DU), formally the University of Delhi, is a collegiate central university located in New Delhi, India. It was founded in 1922 by an Act of the Central Legislative Assembly and is recognized as an Institute of Eminence (IoE) ...
doing
B. Com
A Bachelor of Commerce (abbreviated BComm or BCom; also, ''baccalaureates commercii'') is an undergraduate degree in business, usually awarded in Canada, Australia, India, Sri Lanka, Pakistan, Ireland, New Zealand, Ghana, South Africa, Myanmar, ...
hons). He wanted to win the
Hero Honda Karizma R
The Hero Honda Karizma is a motorcycle manufactured in India by a partnership of Hero Honda. It was first launched in 2003 and was given a cosmetic upgrade Karizma R in 2007. In September 2009, it was supplemented by another variant Karizma ZMR. ...
. Singh used to work for a construction worker in
New Jersey
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, United States. His younger brother Harman Singha is also an actor, VJ and television personality.
Personal life
Singha is the only exception in his family to not serve in Indian military as his family is serving Indian military since six generations. Rannvijay married Priyanka Vohra on 10 April 2014. The couple has a daughter named Kainaat who was born on 17 January 2017.
Rannvijay is a
comics superhero
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and bikes fan and is known for collecting
Wolverine
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and
Batman
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merchandises, he owns
Suzuki GSX-R600
The Suzuki GSX-R600 is a ''600 cc'' class, or supersport, sport bike in Suzuki's GSX-R series of motorcycles.
History
;1992–1993
Launched with a water-cooled inline-4 engine. The first model had the same body specifications as the 1 ...
,
Kawasaki Ninja
The Kawasaki Ninja is a name given to several series of Kawasaki sport bikes that started with the 1984 GPZ900R. Kawasaki Heavy Industries trademarked a version of the word Ninja in the form of a wordmark, a stylised script, for use on "motorcyc ...
,
Hero Honda Karizma R
The Hero Honda Karizma is a motorcycle manufactured in India by a partnership of Hero Honda. It was first launched in 2003 and was given a cosmetic upgrade Karizma R in 2007. In September 2009, it was supplemented by another variant Karizma ZMR. ...
and
Royal Enfield. He is a
Warriors
A warrior is a person specializing in combat or warfare, especially within the context of a tribal or clan-based warrior culture society that recognizes a separate warrior aristocracies, class, or caste.
History
Warriors seem to have be ...
fan. On 4 March 2021, Singha and his wife Priyanka announced that they are expecting their second child.
Career
MTV India
Singha appeared in first season of MTV Roadies and further hosting all the season from 2.0 to Roadies Revolution. He has also hosted other MTV shows,
MTV Stuntmania,
MTV Force India The Fast and The Gorgeous
''MTV Force India The Fast and The Gorgeous'' is a reality show by MTV India produced in association with Indian Formula 1 team Force India. The show’s concept was to find four new face of Force India Formula One, F1 for the 2009 season.
The ...
,
MTV Splitsvilla
''MTV Splitsvilla'' is an Indian television dating reality show that airs on MTV India. The show was formerly hosted by Nikhil Chinapa and Rannvijay Singha. In 2022, Arjun Bijlani replaced Rannvijay, hosting the 14th season alongside Sunny Leo ...
, MTV Scooty Pep Diva and MTV Troll Police. He took an exit from the MTV Roadies.
Film career
Rannvijay made his
Bollywood
Hindi cinema, popularly known as Bollywood and formerly as Bombay cinema, refers to the film industry based in Mumbai, engaged in production of motion pictures in Hindi language. The popular term Bollywood, is a portmanteau of "Bombay" (fo ...
debut in ''
Toss: A Flip of Destiny'' in 2009. He then acted in ''
London Dreams
''London Dreams'' is a 2009 Indian Hindi-language musical drama film directed and produced by Vipul Amrutlal Shah. The film stars
Ajay Devgn in lead role with Salman Khan in blowing supporting role while Asin plays the female lead.Rannvijay S ...
'' along with
Ajay Devgn
Vishal Veeru Devgan (born 2 April 1969), known professionally as Ajay Devgn, is an Indian actor, film director and producer who works in Hindi cinema. Devgn has appeared in over a hundred films and has won numerous accolades, including four ...
and
Salman Khan
Abdul Rashid Salim Salman Khan (; 27 December 1965) is an Indian actor, film producer, and television personality who works in Hindi films. In a film career spanning over thirty years, Khan has received numerous awards, including two Nation ...
. He further appeared in ''
Action Replayy
''Action Replayy'' is a 2010 Indian Hindi-language science-fiction romantic comedy film directed by Vipul Amrutlal Shah and starring Akshay Kumar and Aishwarya Rai Bachchan. Aditya Roy Kapur, Neha Dhupia, Rannvijay Singh, Om Puri, Kirron Kher a ...
'' in 2011. He made his Punjabi cinema debut in 2011, starring in Jimmy Shergill's ''
Dharti''. He also acted in a horror film "
3 AM".
Filmography
Films
Television
Web series
References
External links
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1983 births
Living people
Male actors from Punjab, India
MTV Roadies
21st-century Indian male actors
Male actors in Punjabi cinema
Indian VJs (media personalities)
Indian game show hosts