Himanshi Khurana

Himanshi Khurana (born 27 November 1991) is an Indian model, actress and singer who works in Punjabi films.^[1] She appeared in the Punjabi movie Sadda Haq. In 2019, she participated in the reality show Bigg Boss 13 as a contestant.^[2]

Himanshi Khurana
Born	(1991-11-27) 27 November 1991 (age 33)
Occupations	Actress model
Years active	2010–present
Known for	Bigg Boss 13
Notable work	Sadda Haq

Early life

Khurana was born on 27 November 1991 and hails from Kiratpur Sahib, Punjab.^[1][3][4]

Career

Khurana started her modelling career at the age of 16 when she became Miss Ludhiana. She was one of the finalists in Miss PTC Punjabi 2010. In the same year she won Miss North Zone contest organised in Chandigarh.^[5]

She made her debut in the Punjabi Music industry with the song "Jodi - Big Day Party" (Panjabi MC & Kuldeep Manak) in 2010. Later, in 2012, she starred in the music videos for (Fasli Bateray) by (Feroz Khan) and Izhaar (Harjot). In 2013, Khurana was seen in Soch (Hardy Sandhu) and the hit movie Sadda Haq.^[6] The year 2015 proved to be a very successful year for Khurana as she worked with many singers, including Jassi Gill, Badshah, J Star, Ninja, Mankirt Aulakh and others. In March 2016 she starred alongside Sukh-E (Muzical Doctorz) in Sad Song. In 2018, Khurana made her debut as a singer with the song High Standard.

Khurana made her debut in Punjabi cinema as an actor with the Punjabi movie Sadda Haq which helped her to gain fame.^[1] Although her first Bollywood film was Jeet Lengey Jahaan (2012). She then appeared as a lead role in Punjabi movie Leather Life^[7] (featuring Aman Dhaliwal as male lead).2015 Punjabi language film 2 Bol also features Khurana as a lead actress.^[1] She also acted in six south Indian Movies - 2 Kannada, 2 Tamil, 1 Telugu, 1 Malayalam.^[5]

In November 2019, Khurana participated as a celebrity contestant in the thirteenth season of the Indian version of the reality TV show Big Brother, Bigg Boss.^[8]

Personal life

In November 2019, Khurana confirmed on Bigg Boss 13 that she is in a committed relationship with her boyfriend of nine years named Chow.^[9][10] In January 2020, she confirmed on Twitter that her relationship had ended with her fiancé.^[11] She was in a relationship with her Bigg Boss co-contestant Asim Riaz from January 2020 to December 2023.^[12][13]

Media

Himanshi Khurana was ranked in the Chandigarh Times Most Desirable Woman at No. 2^[14] in 2016 as well as 2017, at No. 14^[15] in 2018, at No. 9^[16] in 2019 as well as 2020.

Khurana was ranked in the Times Most Desirable Women on TV at No. 11^[17] in 2019, at No. 17^[18] in 2020.

In 2021, Himanshi became the first female Punjabi actor to feature at the New York's Times Square.^[19]

Filmography

Films

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
2012	Jeet Jangey Jahaan	Unknown		[20]
2013	Sadda Haq	Sukhpreet		[21]
2015	Leather Life	Siffat		[22]
	2 Bol	Unknown
2018	Afsar	Unnamed	Song: "Udhar Chalda"	[23]
2021	Shava Ni Girdhari Lal	Surjeet Kaur		[24]

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
2019	Bigg Boss 13	Contestant	14th place	[25][26]

Music videos

Year	Title	Singer(s)	Ref.
2010	Jodi - Big Day Party	Kuldeep Manak, Panjabi MC	[27]
2012	Supna	Manna Dhillon	[28]
	Fasli Batteray	Feroz Khan	[29]
	Izhaar	Harjot	[30]
	Naina De Buhe	Lakhwinder Wadali	[31]
2013	Soch	Hardy Sandhu	[32]
2014	Back to Bhangra	Roshan Prince, Sachin Ahuja	[33]
	Insomnia	Sippy Gill	[34]
2015	Laden	Jassi Gill	[35]
	Na Na Na Na	J-Star	[36]
	Thokda Reha	Ninja	[37]
	Bingo Mad Angles Song	Badshah, A-Kay, Maninder Buttar	[38]
	Go Baby Go	Ronnie	[39]
	Gal Jattan Wali	Ninja	[40]
	Gabru 2	J-Star	[41]
	Charda Siyaal	Mankirt Aulakh	[42]
	Soorma	Harjot	[43]
2016	Gallan Mithiyan	Mankirt Aulakh	[44]
	Sad Song	Sukhe	[45]
	Be Mine	Amar Sajaalpuriya	[46]
	Jetha Putt	Goldy Desi Crew	[47]
	Teri Call	Harsimran	[48]
	Brakefail	Harnav Brar Feat Sukhe	[49]
	Bhabhi	Major	[50]
2017	Athra Subha	Ninja	[51]
	Mann Bharrya	B Praak	[52]
	Saade Munde Da Viah	Dilpreet Dhillon and Goldy	[53]
	Palazzo	Kulwinder Billa and Shivjot	[54]
	Door	Kanwar Chahal	[55]
	Black n White	Gurnazar	[56]
	Peg Di Waashna	Amrit Maan	[57]
2018	Ajj Vi Chaunni Aah	Ninja	[58]
	Handsome Jatta	Jordan Sandhu	[59]
	Digde Athru	Jaskaran Riar	[60]
	Collar Bone	Amrit Maan	[61]
	Udhaar Chalda	Gurnam Bhullar and Nimrat Khaira	[62]
2019	Gabru Nu Tarsengi	Jordan Sandhu	[63]
	Bloodline	Sippy Gill	[64]
2020	Kalla Sohna Nai	Neha Kakkar	[65]
	O Jaanwaale	Akhil Sachdeva	[66]
	Tamasha	Marshall Sehgal	[67]
	Khyaal Rakhya Kar	Preetinder	[68]
	Bazaar	Afsana Khan	[69]
	Dil Ko Maine Di Kasam	Arijit Singh	[70][71]
	Afsos Karoge	Stebin Ben	[72]
	Allah Khair Kare	Saajz	[73]
	Keh Len De	Kaka	[74]
2021	Palazzo 2	Kulwinder Billa and Shivjot	[75]
	Zyada Vadia	Nishawn Bhullar	[76]
	Sky High	Asim Riaz	[77]
	Farq Nahi Padta	Stebin Ben	[78]
2022	Propose	Ajam Khan	[79]
	Aakad	Simar Sethi	[80]
	Challa	Dilraj Grewal	[81]
	Gawara Nahi	Ankit Tiwari	[82]
2023	Eid	Garry Sandhu ft. Asim Riaz	[83]

Discography

Year	Title	Ref.
2018	High Standard	[84]
2019	Agg	[85]
	I Like It	[86]
2020	Ohdi Shreaam	[87]
	Suit Dwaade	[88]
	Distance	[89]
2021	Surma Bole	[90]
	Gallan Bholiyan	[91]
2022	Pinjra	[92]