Ayushmann Khurrana is an Indian actor, playback singer and television host who works in Hindi films. Khurrana first appeared in 2004 teen drama reality show MTV Roadies, winning the second season of the show. He went to star in many other MTV shows, including MTV Fully Faltoo Movies, Cheque De India and Jaadoo Ek Baar, and hosted multiple television shows, including India's Got Talent and Music Ka Maha Muqqabla. In 2012, he made his feature film debut with the romantic comedy Vicky Donor, about sperm donation, which received critical acclaim and performed strongly at the box office. Khurrana won the Filmfare Award for Best Male Playback Singer (for the song "Pani Da Rang"). He then starred in a series of commercially unsuccessful films, including the comedy-drama Nautanki Saala (2013), romantic comedy Bewakoofiyaan (2014), and drama Hawaizaada (2015).
In 2015, Khurrana starred in the Sharat Katariya-directed romantic drama Dum Laga Ke Haisha opposite Bhumi Pednekar. His performance was praised, and the film emerged as a commercial success. He then starred in Meri Pyaari Bindu (2017), Bareilly Ki Barfi (2017), and Shubh Mangal Saavdhan (2017). The latter two were commercially successful. In 2018, he starred in the black comedy Andhadhun and the comedy-drama Badhaai Ho. The former grossed ₹4.56 billion (US$64 million) worldwide, and became one of Indian cinema's biggest grossers; for his performance he won the National Film Award for Best Actor (shared with Vicky Kaushal for Uri: The Surgical Strike) and the Filmfare Critics Award for Best Actor. Badhaai Ho became a sleeper hit, earning over ₹2.21 billion (US$31 million) worldwide. This success continued with Khurrana's 2019 releases, Article 15, Dream Girl, and Bala. For the first of these, he won the Filmfare Critics Award for Best Actor. In the comedy Bala, he played a man plagued with premature balding.
Khurrana's 2020 release, Shubh Mangal Zyada Saavdhan, was the first mainstream Bollywood film to be led by openly gay characters. Following several films that failed commercially despite positive reviews, Khurrana had a box-office hit in the spiritual sequel Dream Girl 2 (2023).
Films
Year Title Role Notes2012Vicky Donor Vicky Arora2013Nautanki SaalaRam Parmar2014Bewakoofiyaan Mohit Chaddha2015Hawaizaada Shivkar Bapuji Talpade Dum Laga Ke Haisha Prem Prakash Tiwari2017Meri Pyaari Bindu Abhimanyu "Bubla" Roy Bareilly Ki Barfi Chirag DubeyShubh Mangal Saavdhan Mudit Sharma2018Andhadhun Akash Saraf Badhaai Ho Nakul Kaushik2019Article 15ACP Ayan Ranjan Dream Girl Karamveer "Karam" Singh/Pooja Bala Balmukund "Bala" Shukla2020Shubh Mangal Zyada SaavdhanKartik Singh Gulabo SitaboBaankey Rastogi 2021 Chandigarh Kare Aashiqui Manvinder "Manu" Munjal 2022 Anek Aman/Joshua Doctor G Dr. Uday GuptaAn Action Hero Manav Khurana 2023Dream Girl 2Pooja/Karamveer "Karam" Singh 2025Thamma Alok Goyal 2026Pati Patni Aur Woh Do Prajapati Pandey Vikrant / Bilal Ahmed PremPost-production 2027 Filming
Television Year Title Role Note(s) 2004MTV Roadies Contestant Winner 2007Kayamath Saket Shergil 2008 MTV Wassup, The Voice of Youngistaan Video Jockey Co-hosted the show with MTV VJs Bani J and Vineet Modi MTV Fully Faltoo Movie – Cheque De India Fakir Khan Spoof of Chak De! India MTV Fully Faltoo Movie – Jadoo Ekbar Prince Jalebi Spoof of Jodhaa AkbarMTV Roadies Hell Down Under Anchor Anchor for the auditions only Ek Thi RajkumariPrem 2009India's Got Talent Anchor Co-hosted the show with Nikhil Chinapa Rock on with MTV Anchor for the auditions onlyStripped 2010Taarak Mehta Ka Ooltah ChashmahHimselfGuest appearance (to promote IPL 3)Extra Innings T20 for Indian Premier League Presenter Co-hosted the show with Gaurav Kapur, Samir Kochhar and Angad Bedi India's Got Talent Anchor Co-hosted the show with Nikhil Chinapa Rock on with MTV Co-hosted the show with Lisa Haydon 2011MTV Grind Just Dance 20141st Star Box Office India Awards Ceremony2018 25th Star Screen AwardsCo-host 2026 India's Got Latent Guest judge Season 2; Bonus episode 4
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