Dhruv Bhandari (born 13 July 1985) is an Indian actor who has appeared in films and TV series such as ''

Rakt Sambandh ''Rakt Sambandh'' is an Indian television series which aired on NDTV Imagine from 19 July 2010 to 1 April 2011 airing weekdays at 10pm. It was a remake of Telugu series ''Ratha Sambandham'' which was aired on Gemini TV and it was produced by U ...

'' and Star Plus's ''

Tere Sheher Mein ''Tere Sheher Mein'' is an Indian television drama series which aired on Star Plus from 2 March 2015 to 14 November 2015. The show was created by producer Rajan Shahi of Director's Kut Productions and starred Hiba Nawab, Dhruv Bhandari, Rafi M ...

''. His father is

Mohan Bhandari Mohan Bhandari (31 July 1937 – 24 September 2015) was an Indian actor who featured in several popular TV serials such as '' Saat Phere: Saloni Ka Safar''. He died of brain tumor. His son Dhruv Bhandari is also a TV actor. Acting career Moh ...

Personal life

Dhruv Bhandari was born on 13 July 1985 in

Mumbai Mumbai (, ; also known as Bombay — List of renamed Indian cities and states#Maharashtra, the official name until 1995) is the capital city of the Indian States and union territories of India, state of Maharashtra and the ''de facto'' fin ...

. His bachelor's degree is in mass media. He has also done a lot of theater workshops and is a trained dancer. Dhruv Bhandari was born to

who was a talented actor. Mohan had a brain tumour and died on 25 September 2015 at the age of 78. He appeared as the lovable father in a popular show on Zee TV titled '' Saat Phere: Saloni Ka Safar''.

Filmography

Film

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*'' Dil Toh Baccha Hai Ji'' (2011, cameo) *'' Pathayeram Kodi'' (2013, as Ashwin)

Television

*''

'' (2010 – 2011, as Yuvraj Jagirdar) *''

'' (2015, as Abhimanyu (Mantu) Srivastav - lead role) *'' Bindiya Sarkaar'' (2022, as Abhay Bharadwaj - lead role)

Career

Dhruv was seen in an ad with

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for Luminous invertors and was also part of an ad campaign for

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for four months. Dhruv made his television debut in the show, '

' 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'', ' ...

where he played the role of Yuvraaj. He was supposed to start his career with Manish Goswami's 'Sixer' which was loosely based on

but the project was shelved. He next appeared in the movie ' Dil Toh Baccha Hai Ji' alongside Ajay Devgan where he played the role of Chris the cool dude. He bagged his first single lead in 'Pathaayiram Kodi', a

Tamil film Tamil cinema, also known as Kollywood is a part of Indian Cinema; primarily engaged in production of motion pictures in the Tamil language. Based out of the Kodambakkam neighbourhood in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, it is popularly called ''Kollywo ...

, directed by Sreenivasan Sundar.

Tere Sheher Mein

was a popular TV show aired on Star Plus by

Director's Kut Productions Director's Kut Productions is an Indian television production company based in Mumbai, which is owned by Rajan Shahi. Established in 2007, it produces television shows and web-series for various channels. Some of its notable works include: '' S ...

(production house of Rajan Shahi). Dhruv Bhandari played the lead role of Mantu alongside Hiba Nawab as Amaya Mathur in the show. Dhruv Bhandari quit the show because Mantu, who is in love with Amaya, in the coming days would have seen a shift in his personality to negative after a sudden story change in which Amaya is forced to marry Mantu's childhood friend, Rama. Dhruv thought otherwise and chose to opt out instead of playing a negative role.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Bhandari, Dhruv 21st-century Indian male actors Place of birth missing (living people) Indian male television actors Indian male film actors Living people 1985 births