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''.

Personal life

Gera completed his studies in

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. He was in a relationship with the actress

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, but they broke up in 2013. Later, he was in a relationship with his ''Sapne Suhane Ladakpan Ke'' co-star

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before they broke up in 2015. In 2019, he began dating the actress Sara Khan with whom he did a guest appearance in ''Santoshi Maa''.

Career

After completing his studies, Gera began his acting career in Hindi television with the

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'' on

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. His first big part was in 2009 in the television show ''

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'' as Adarsh Saxena which he left in 2011 and was replaced by

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. His first lead role came opposite

in 2012 in

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's soap opera ''

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'' as Mayank Garg, for which he received several nominations. The show ended in 2015. In 2015, he took part in ''Killer Karaoke Atka Toh Latkah''. That year he appeared as

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in the fantasy action series '' Maharakshak: Devi'' on Zee TV that failed commercially. In October 2015, Gera was a celebrity contestant in the 9th season of popular Indian reality game show ''Bigg Boss''. He was evicted on Day 7. In 2006, he was seen as Atish in an episode of ''

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'' with Pooja Sharma. In the same year, he gave a guest appearance in &TV's mythological drama '' Santoshi Maa'' produced by Rashmi Sharma Telefilms with his girlfriend, Sara Khan. In March 2017, Gera began as the main character alongside

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and Simraan Kaur in the TV series '' Agniphera'' as

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graduate Anurag Singh.
- He left the show in 2018, after his character's death.

Television

References

External links

Ankit Gera
news at

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