Rohit Khandelwal (born 19 August 1989) is an Indian actor, model, tv host and beauty pageant titleholder who the winner of Mr India 2015 and the first ever Indian and Asian to be crowned Mister World 2016.
Early life Khandelwal was born in Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh (now Telangana). He is a Marwari with family roots in Rajasthan. He is a graduate from Aurora Degree College and worked as a ground staff for SpiceJet and then as a technical support assistant for Dell Computers.
Career His first television advertisement was a jewellery advertisement with Kareena Kapoor. Later he appeared in other advertisements.
He made his television show debut in episode 76 of Yeh Hai Aashiqui, an Indian television series that presented dramatisation of love stories and aired on Bindass. Later he played role of Bhuvan, the leader of handloom weavers on the television series ‘’Million Dollar Girl’’, which was televised by Channel V. Growing up in Hyderabad, he was not fluent in Hindi so he had to take Hindi diction classes to learn the language.
In 2015, he won the Mr India 2015 contest held on 23 July 2015 at Club Royalty in Mumbai, Maharashtra. He also won two special awards at the contest, "Stay-On Mr Active" and "Provogue Personal Care Best Actor".
In 2016, he passed down his Mr India crown to Vishnu Raj Menon who was announced as Mr India 2016 by Hrithik Roshan who attended as main guest to the gala event which was held in Mumbai.
Mr World 2016 Khandelwal became the first Asian to win the title of Mister World on 19 July 2016 at Southport Theatre, Floral Hall, The Promenade, Southport. The competition saw 47 participants from around the world. Khandelwal received a cash prize of $50,000. He also competed for various sub-titles at the pageant, including Mr. World Multimedia Award, Mr. World Talent, Mobstar People's Choice Awards and Mr. World Sports Event, winning Mr. World Multimedia Award.
Filmography Films YearTitleRoleNotesRef.2011The JourneySiddarthShort film2024Chalti Rahe ZindagiAkash
Television YearTitleRoleNotesRef.2014Yeh Hai AashiquiVeerEpisodic appearance Million Dollar GirlBhuvan2015Pyaar Tune Kya KiyaChrisEpisodic appearance MTV Big FVarun KohliEpisode: "Pati, Patni aur Pilot" 2016Pyaar Tune Kya KiyaSreedharSeason 6, Episode 192024Cheakmate
Music videos YearTitleSinger(s)Ref.2021RihaeeYasser Desai2022Jo Mujhe Deewana KardeTulsi Kumar, Manan BhardwajHeer RanjhaRito Riba
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