Sai Ketan Rao (born 10 July 1994) is an Indian actor. He is known for portraying the lead role of Raghav Rao in

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''. He was then seen in

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'' as Raunaq Babbar (Reddy). He currently plays the lead role of Agastya Singh Chaudhary in Star Plus' ''

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''. Ketan's television debut was with ''Agni Sakshi''. He also worked in Hindi

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and a few Telugu web series. His web series include ''Three Half Bottles'' (2019) on

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, ''Love Studio'' (2020) on

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, ''Lovely'' (2021) on ShreyasET, and ''Aham Bhramhasmi'' (2021) on

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and Hungama Digital. He acted in Tollywood films such as ''Ajay Passayyadu'' (2019) and ''Strangers'' (2021) on

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, and ''Mounam'' (2020) on Aha.

Early and personal life

Sai Ketan Rao was born into a middle-class family in

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. His father is an

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from Maharashtra, while his mother is a

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. He started his schooling in

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, Maharashtra but soon shifted to

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, Maharashtra and finally settled down in Hyderabad,

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. He completed his tenth grade in Hyderabad from Vignan School and pursued B. Tech in Computer Science from Hyderabad Institute of Technology and Management. After completing his graduation, he completed his MBA in System Operations from Gandhi Institute of Technology and Management, Hyderabad Campus. Ketan is a state-level

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Career

Rao worked for an

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n company after completing his education, but he had a strong inclination towards acting since childhood, and joined Ramanaidu Film School. He started his acting career after completing theatre arts and worked on short films and

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. He has a film production company by the name Aurum Motion Pictures.

Filmography

Films

Short films

Television

Web series

Music videos

Accolades

References

External links

* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Rao, Sai Ketan 1994 births Living people 21st-century Indian male actors Indian male film actors Indian male television actors Male actors in Telugu cinema Male actors in Telugu television Male actors in Hindi television