AYUSHMANN
KHURRANA – Film Actor
Ayushmann
Khurrana
(born 14th September, 1984)is a native of Chandigarh.
His father Mr. P Khurrana, is a renowned astrologer and an author on the
subject of astrology, while his mother Poonam is a house wife and a qualified
M.A. in Hindi. His brother Aparshakti is a Radio Jockey
at OYE 104.8 FM in Delhi. Ayushmann studied at St. John’s High School and
DAV College
in Chandigarh. He majored in English Literature and has done Masters in Mass
Communication from School of
Communication Studies, Panjab University, Chandigarh. He has been
active in theatre for 5 years. He was the founder member of DAV College’s
Aaghaaz and Manchtantra, which are active theatre groups in Chandigarh. He has
conceptualised and enacted in street plays and won prizes in national fests
like Mood Indigo (IIT Bombay),
Oasis (Birla
Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani) and St. Bedes Simla. He
also won a Best Actor award for playing Ashwatthama
in Dharamvir Bharati’s Andha Yug.
Ayushmann
Khurrana started his career when he turned out to be the winner in MTV Roadies
Season 2.[3]
After finishing studies, his first job was a Radio Jockey
at BIG FM, Delhi. He hosted the show Big
Chai – Maan Na Maan, Main Tera Ayushmann and also won the Young
Achievers Award in 2007 for it. After radio, Khurrana moved on to become a Video Jockey
on MTV
with Pepsi MTV Wassup, The Voice of Youngistaan, an informative
show for the youth.
He
also worked in many other MTV shows as well like MTV Fully Faltoo
Movies, Cheque De India and Jaadoo Ek Baar. He then turned as
Television
Anchor with a multiple-talent based reality show India's Got Talent on Colors TV which he co-anchored with Nikhil
Chinapa and Stripped which gave latest updates on the Indian
TV industry with comic tinge, again on MTV.
At the end of the year he was also the anchor of a singing reality show Music Ka Maha Muqqabla on STAR Plus.
Apart
from hosting the second seasons of MTV Rock On
on MTV
and India's Got Talent on Colors. Khurrana was also a part of the
anchoring team of Extra Innings T20 for Indian Premier League Season 3
on SET Max
with Gaurav Kapur, Samir Kochhar and Angad Bedi. Instead of
hosting the 3rd season of India's Got Talent, Khurrana took up the offer
of anchoring the dance-based reality show Just Dance on STAR Plus
judged by Hrithik Roshan, Vaibhavi
Merchant and Farah Khan.
In
2012, he made his Bollywood debut with Shoojit
Sircar's Vicky Donor opposite Yami Gautam.
The film marked actor John Abraham's
debut as a producer. Vicky Arora who marries a Bengali girl without telling her
about his past as a sperm donor. Despite its small budget, the movie became a
major commercial success and received critical acclaim. For the film, he also
sang a song Pani Da Rang composed by him and Rochak Kohli.
Both the movie and song were well received. Khurrana received critical acclaim
for his performance. Khurrana went on to receive many accolades for his
performance, including the Filmfare Award for Best Male Debut
and Filmfare Award for Best Male Playback
Singer. in spite of his successful Bollywood
debut, Khurrana did not quit television completely, and was seen anchoring the IIFA Awards 2012, People's Choice Awards India 2012 and the Screen Awards
2013.
Khurrana
was next seen in Rohan Sippy's Nautanki
Saala co-starring Pooja Salvi, Kunal Roy
Kapoor, and Evelyn Sharma. The film opened to positive
reviews from critics. Khurrana has sung two songs in this movie namely Saddi
Gali and Tu Hi Tu, one of which he has composed himself again in
collaboration with Rochak Kohli. Nautanki
Saala was released on 12 April 2013.
Khurrana
is also set to reunite with his Vicky Donor
team, in Hamara Bajaj, in which he will play the role of a struggling actor. He
has also been roped in for Yash Raj Films's next untitled project, under
the direction of Sunil Kumar Pathela; Nupur Asthana; in which he will star
opposite Sonam Kapoor.
He is married to
his childhood sweetheart Tahira.
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