Taaruk Raina is an Indian actor, singer, songwriter and composer. He is known for his portrayal of Anmol Malhotra in Mismatched.
Early life Raina has been singing since he was six years old. He grew up listening to a lot of rock music, rap, heavy metal, and ghazals, and used to sing in his school choir as well. Lacking technical knowledge about music, he began learning via YouTube. After some years, he started performing gigs at bars and weddings.
Career In 2015, Taaruk began working as Aditya Chopra's assistant at Yash Raj Films for Befikre.
He then performed in theatre plays, notably as the lead character in an Indian adaptation of Disney’s Aladdin, where he had to act in front of a live audience and sing iconic numbers.
In 2018, he made his film debut in High Jack as Parth. The following year, in 2019, he appeared in ZEE5's Dhumrapaan and Kaand.
In February 2020, he starred in MX Player's relationship-drama Pawan & Pooja as Pawan opposite Natasha Bharadwaj. In June 2020, he also featured in the short film Purple. Since November 2020, he has been portraying Anmol Malhotra in the Netflix teenage romantic drama Mismatched, where he acted as well as composed two songs for the show. He was next seen in Sony Music India's song "Sukoon", featuring himself opposite Aisha Ahmed.
In 2021, he appeared in the Netflix mini-series Aryan & Meera as Aryan opposite Zayn Marie Khan.
In 2022, he featured in two web shows, ZEE5's The Broken News, and Amazon Prime Video's Jugaadistan. In the same year, he also portrayed Rishi Kapoor's son Vinayak Sharma in Sharmaji Namkeen.
In January 2023, Raina released his first independent single, "Narazi". In May 2023, he was a part of Audible's podcast series called Desi Down Under, along with Adarsh Gourav and Prajakta Koli, directed by Mantra, where the story is set in Sydney about three 20-year-olds from Mangalore who go to Australia to learn surf-lifesaving skills at Coogee Beach.
In March 2025, he was seen playing advocate Kantilal Sahni in Ram Madhvani's historical drama The Waking of a Nation, a story about the Jallianwala Bagh massacre, on SonyLiv.
He will next be seen in Danish Renzu's musical drama Songs of Paradise.
Filmography Films Year Title Role Notes Ref.2015BefikreAssistant director2018High JackParth2019DhumrapaanOwenKaandUnnamedTeleplay2020PurpleNeilShort film2022Sharmaji NamkeenVinayak "Vincy" Sharma2025Songs of ParadiseRumi
Web series Year Title Role Ref.2020Pawan & PoojaPawan Srivastav2020–presentMismatchedAnmol Malhotra2021Aryan & MeeraAryan Khanna2022The Broken NewsAnuj SaxenaJugaadistanLucky Kohli2025The Waking of a NationKantilal SahniRangeenSunny2026Operation Safed SagarSangy
Dubbing Year Title Role Language Ref.2023Desi Down UnderRahulEnglish
Music videos YearTitleSingerRef.2025"Raazdaariyan"Sagar Bhatia
Discography +YearTitleFilm/Series Co-singerMusicLyricsRef.2018"Happy Ending Song" (Version 1)High JackSumedha KarmaheRajat TiwariAkarsh Khurana"Happy Ending Song" (Version 2)Manasi Mulherkar2020"Sukoon"Single Himself, Charan Singh Pathania, Bruno Gonçalves MotaHimself, Charan Singh Pathania "Main Chala"Mismatched (season 1)Chaitanya Sharma alias SlowCheetaHimself Shwetang Shankar2022"Kho Gaye"Mismatched (season 2)Himself 2023"Narazi"Single Himself, Charan Singh Pathania "Kaise Banu""Kalleyan"Akasa SinghHimself, Akasa Singh2024"Lost and Found"Himself, Charan Singh Pathania"Majboor"Himself References
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