Rohan Mehra is an
Indian actor who works in films, web shows and
Indian television
The television industry in India is very diverse and produces thousands of programmes in many Indian languages. Nearly 87% of Indian households own a television. As of 2016, the country had over 900 channels of which 184 were Pay television, ...
He is known for his roles in
India
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n TV shows like ''
Yeh Rishta Kya Kehlata Hai
''Yeh Rishta Kya Kehlata Hai'' (), also known by the initialism ''YRKKH'', is an Indian Hindi-language romantic family drama television series that airs on StarPlus and streams on Disney+ Hotstar. It premiered on 12 January 2009 and is the Li ...
'' as Naksh Singhania and ''
Sasural Simar Ka
''Sasural Simar Ka'' () is an Indian Hindi-language television soap opera produced by Rashmi Sharma Telefilms that aired from 25 April 2011 to 2 March 2018 on Colors TV. It is the second longest-running Indian television series on Colors TV, a ...
'' as Sameer Kapoor. He was also a finalist on the
reality TV
Reality television is a genre of television programming that documents purportedly unscripted real-life situations, often starring ordinary people rather than professional actors. Reality television emerged as a distinct genre in the early 199 ...
show ''
Bigg Boss 10''.
Career
Initial career days (2009–15)
Mehra began his acting career in an episode of
Channel V India
Channel India was an Indian television channel affiliated to the international Channel launched on 27 May 1994, as Channel South Beam on the AsiaSat 2 satellite. The channel owned by STAR India and 21st Century Fox broadcasts a mix of mu ...
's crime drama ''
Gumrah: End of Innocence'' in 2012.
In 2013, he appeared as Varun Ashwin Khanna in
Sony Entertainment Television
Sony Entertainment Television (abbreviated as SET) is an Indian Hindi-language general entertainment pay television channel that was launched in 1995 and is owned by Culver Max Entertainment, a division of Sony Pictures.
History
This chann ...
's TV show ''
Bade Achhe Lagte Hain
''Bade Achhe Lagte Hain'' (; ''They Look So Good'') is an Indian soap opera that aired on Sony Entertainment Television from 30 May 2011 to 10 July 2014. Based on the Gujarati play ''Patrani'' by Imtiaz Patel, the soap opera was created and ...
''.
Mehra also made his
Bollywood
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debut as Kartik in the
film
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''
Sixteen''.
In 2014, he appeared in two episodes in ''
Yeh Hai Aashiqui
''Yeh Hai Aashiqui'' () is an Indian Hindi-language television romance anthology series
An anthology series is a written series, radio, television, film, or video game series that presents a different story and a different set of characte ...
'' and ''Webbed 2''. His second Bollywood film ''
Uvaa
''Uvaa'' () is a 2015 Indian comedy and social drama film, written and directed by Jasbir Bhatti and produced by Dhanraj Films about five friends in a boarding school and their daily life suddenly turning into a rebellious fight for justice an ...
'' was released in 2015.
Breakthrough and ''Bigg Boss'' (2015–17)
In 2015, Mehra portrayed Naksh Singhania in
Star Plus
StarPlus is an Indian Hindi-language general entertainment pay television channel owned by JioStar, a joint venture between Viacom18 and Disney India. Its programming consists of family dramas, romantic comedies, youth-oriented reali ...
's longest-running soap opera ''
Yeh Rishta Kya Kehlata Hai
''Yeh Rishta Kya Kehlata Hai'' (), also known by the initialism ''YRKKH'', is an Indian Hindi-language romantic family drama television series that airs on StarPlus and streams on Disney+ Hotstar. It premiered on 12 January 2009 and is the Li ...
'', which won him the
Gold Award for Best Debut Actor (Male). He left the show in September 2016 to participate in ''Bigg Boss''.
In October 2016, he entered as a celebrity contestant in the
10th season.
He was eliminated on Day 102 in January 2017 and placed 5th.
''Sasural Simar Ka'' and beyond (2017–present)
From June 2017 to March 2018, Mehra starred in
Colors TV
Colors TV is an Indian general entertainment pay television channel owned by JioStar, a joint venture between Viacom18 and Disney India. Its programming consists of Soap opera, family dramas, Comedy, comedies, fantasy shows, youth-oriented Rea ...
's long running daily soap ''
Sasural Simar Ka
''Sasural Simar Ka'' () is an Indian Hindi-language television soap opera produced by Rashmi Sharma Telefilms that aired from 25 April 2011 to 2 March 2018 on Colors TV. It is the second longest-running Indian television series on Colors TV, a ...
'' as Sameer Kapoor opposite
Krissann Barretto and
Vaishali Takkar.
His character was initially negative, before it slowly turned positive.
In 2018, portrayed Rohan in
&TV's ''
Laal Ishq''.
The same year, he playing on the Lucknow Nawabs team in the third season of ''Box Cricket League'' and won the trophy.
A year later, Mehra was a contestant in ''Kitchen Champion'' with
Kanchi Singh.
In 2020, he starred in the teen drama
web series
A web series (also known as webseries, short-form series, and web show) is a series of short scripted or non-scripted online videos, generally in episodic form, released on the Internet (i.e. World Wide Web), which first emerged in the late 1 ...
''
Class of 2020
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'' on
ALTBalaji
ALTT is an Indian subscription based video on demand platform which is a wholly owned subsidiary of Balaji Telefilms Ltd. Launched on 16 April 2017, ALTBalaji is the group foray into the digital entertainment sphere to create original OTT cont ...
.
In February 2021, his second web series ''
Crashh
''Crashh'' is an Indian Hindi-language original drama web series which is streaming on ALTBalaji and ZEE5. It stars Zain Imam, Rohan Mehra, Aditi Sharma, Kunj Anand and Anushka Sen. The web series released on 14 February 2021. It is written b ...
'' began streaming online on ALTBalaji and
ZEE5
ZEE5 or Z5 is an Indian subscription video on demand and over-the-top streaming service, owned by Zee Entertainment Enterprises. It was launched in India on 14 February 2018 with content in 12 languages. The ZEE5 mobile app is available on We ...
, co-starring
Zain Imam
Zain Imam is an Indian actor who predominantly works in Hindi television. He is best known for his portrayal of Neil Khanna in ''Star Plus'' show '' Naamkaran '' and Yuvraj Luthra in Zee TV's ''Tashan-E-Ishq'' which earned him Gold Awards for ...
and
Anushka Sen
Anushka Sen (born 4 August 2002) is an Indian actress. She is well-known for her work in ''Baalveer'', ''Jhansi Ki Rani (2019 TV series), Jhansi Ki Rani'', ''Fear Factor: Khatron Ke Khiladi 11'', and ''Dil Dosti Dilemma''.
Early life
Anushka ...
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Filmography
Films
Television
Web series
Music videos
Awards and nominations
References
External links
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21st-century Indian male actors
Living people
Place of birth missing (living people)
Indian male film actors
Indian male soap opera actors
1990 births
Indian male television actors