Karan Kundrra

Karan Kundrra (born 11 October 1984) is an Indian actor who works in Hindi-language television and films. One of the highest-paid television actors in India,^[2] he made his acting debut with Ekta Kapoor's popular television show Kitani Mohabbat Hai (2009).

Karan Kundrra
Kundrra in 2022
Born	(1984-10-11) 11 October 1984 (age 40)[1] Jalandhar, Punjab, India
Alma mater	MBA Florida, US
Occupations	Actor model host
Years active	2009–present
Known for	Kitani Mohabbat Hai MTV Roadies Bigg Boss 15

Kundrra went on to star in several TV shows like Kitani Mohabbat Hai 2, Yeh Kahan Aa Gaye Hum, Dil Hi Toh Hai, Yeh Rishta Kya Kehlata Hai and Tere Ishq Mein Ghayal. He has also hosted reality shows like MTV Roadies, MTV Love School , Dance Deewane Juniors and Temptation Island India and featured in the Hindi films Mubarakan, 1921 and Tera Kya Hoga Lovely. In 2021, he participated in Bigg Boss 15 and emerged as the 2nd runner-up.^[3]

Career

Kundrra made his acting debut in 2009 with the lead role of Arjun Punj in Kitani Mohabbat Hai on NDTV Imagine. In late 2009, he played the lead character of Veeru in Bayttaab Dil Kee Tamanna Hai on Sony TV. After appearing in an episodic role as a ghost Prince in Aahat on Sony TV, he went on to participate in the dance reality show Zara Nachke Dikha on Star Plus in May 2010. Later, he played the lead role of Arjun Singhania in Kitani Mohabbat Hai on Imagine TV. He was then seen as a host in the first two seasons of Gumrah – End Of Innocence on Channel V. He played the role of Karan Kapoor in Teri Meri Love Stories on Star Plus. Kundrra was next seen in V The Serial on Channel V in 2012. He was also seen as a gangleader in the reality show Roadies on MTV. He also hosted another reality show Love School on MTV for 3 seasons.

In 2017, he was cast as Manpreet Sandhu in Anees Bazmee's film Mubarakan alongside Arjun Kapoor and Ileana D'Cruz. In 2018, he starred as the lead Ayush Asthana in Vikram Bhatt's horror film 1921. The same year, he made a comeback to television with Ekta Kapoor's romantic drama Dil Hi Toh Hai, which extended for two more seasons on the OTT platform ALTBalaji and mx player 2019 and 2020.

In 2020 Kundrra appeared in ALT balaji web series It happened in Calcutta where he portrayed the lead character of Ronobir Chatterjee. In April 2021, he played the role of Ranveer Chauhan in Yeh Rishta Kya Kehlata Hai.^[4] In October 2021, Kundrra participated in the popular reality show Bigg Boss 15 and emerged as the second runner-up. In March 2022, he was seen as a jailor on the reality show LockUpp which streamed on ALTBalaji and MX Player. In April 2022, Kundrra hosted the dance reality show Dance Deewane Juniors 1 on Colors TV.

In 2023, he was seen portraying Veer, a shape shifting werewolf, in Colors TV’s series Tere Ishq Mein Ghayal.^[5]

In 2024, he took part in the reality show called Laughter Chef where his pair with Arjun Bijlani was applauded for their teamwork and performance.^[6]

Personal life

Karan Kundrra has been dating actress Tejasswi Prakash since 2021. The two met while working on Ladies vs Gentlemen and started dating in Bigg Boss 15 house.^[7]

Awards

Kundrra ranked at 84th and 92nd position on the Forbes India list for top 100 celebrities in 2018 and 2019 respectively.^[8]

He was the 'Guest of Honour' at Asia’s largest youth conference held in 2013.^[9] He was awarded the ‘Outstanding Talent of the Year’ at Filmfare Middle East 2022 held in Dubai.^[10]

Filmography

Films

Year	Title	Role	Language
2012	Pure Punjabi	Prem	Punjabi
2013	Horror Story	Neel	Hindi
	Jatt Romantic	Vijay Singh	Punjabi
2014	Mere Yaar Kaminey	Ketan
2015	Control Bhaji Control	Dicky Brar
2017	Mubarakan	Manpreet Sandhu	Hindi
2018	1921	Ayush Ashthana
2020	Dolly Kitty Aur Woh Chamakte Sitare	DJ Gurjar Teja
2023	Thank You for Coming	Arjun Malhotra
2024	Tera Kya Hoga Lovely	Gurdeep Dagar
2025	Missing Face	Aryan Mehera

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
2009	Kitani Mohabbat Hai	Arjun Punj		[11]
2009–2010	Bayttaab Dil Kee Tamanna Hai	Veeru
2010	Zara Nachke Dikha 2	Contestant
2010–2011	Kitani Mohabbat Hai 2	Arjun Singhania		[12]
2012	Teri Meri Love Stories	Karan Kapoor
	V The Serial	Himself
	Gumrah End Of Innocence	Host
2014	MTV Fanaah	Vivan
2015–2016	Yeh Kahan Aa Gaye Hum	Rahul Sabarwaal		[13]
2015	MTV Roadies 12	Gang Leader
2015–2016	Pyaar Tune Kya Kiya	Host		[14]
2016	MTV Roadies 13	Gang Leader	Winner
2016–2017	MTV Love School 2	Host		[15]
2017	MTV Roadies Rising	Gang Leader
2018	MTV Love School 3	Host		[16]
	Dil Hi Toh Hai	Ritwik Noon	Season 1
2019	MTV Love School 4	Host
2021	Yeh Rishta Kya Kehlata Hai	Ranveer Chauhan		[17]
2021–2022	Bigg Boss 15	Contestant	2nd runner-up	[18]
2022	Dance Deewane Juniors	Host		[19]
2023	Tere Ishq Mein Ghayal	Veer Oberoi		[20]
2024	India's Ultimate Motostar	Host
2024	Laughter Chefs – Unlimited Entertainment	Contestant	Season 1	[21]
2025	Laughter Chefs – Unlimited Entertainment	Contestant	Season 2

Special appearances

Year	Title	Role	Ref.
2013	Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa 6	Himself
2014	MTV Splitsvilla 7
2015	Comedy Nights with Kapil
	MTV Splitsvilla 8		[22]
	Bigg Boss 9		[23]
	Bad Company		[24]
2016	Comedy Nights Bachao
2018	Ace of Space 1
	MTV Troll Police		[25]
2019	Ace of Space 2
	Nach Baliye 9
	The Greedy Closet
2021	Candid Yaari by Mahreen Khan
2022	The Khatra Khatra Show
	Hunarbaaz: Desh Ki Shaan		[26]
2023	Entertainment Ki Raat Housefull		[27]
	Bigg Boss 16		[28]
	Bigg Boss 17		[29]
2024			[30]
	Playground
	Dance Deewane 4		[31]
	Bigg Boss 18
2025	Celebrity MasterChef (Hindi TV series)

Music videos

Year	Title	Singer(s)	Ref.
2016	Do Chaar Din	Rahul Vaidya	[32]
2020	Kangna Lede	Aditi Singh Sharma	[33]
2021	Jiss Waqt Tera Chehra	Amit Mishra, Tarannum Malik
	Na Maar	Afsana Khan	[34]
	Sukoon	Mannat Noor	[35]
	Pind Baluchi	Shahid Mallya
2022	Rula Deti Hai	Yasser Desai	[36]
	Kamle	Akasa Singh, Yasser Desai	[37]
	Bechari	Afsana Khan	[38]
	Baarish Aayi Hai	Stebin Ben, Shreya Ghoshal	[39]
	Akhiyaan	Shekhar Khanijo	[40]
	Inni Si Gal	Stebin Ben	[41]

Web shows

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
2019–2020	Dil Hi Toh Hai	Ritwik Noon	Seasons 2 & 3	[42]
2020	It Happened In Calcutta	Ronobir Chatterjee		[43]
2021	Dating Aaj Kal	Host		[44]
2022	Lock Upp	Jailor		[45][46]
2023	Temptation Island: Pyaar Ki Pariksha	Host		[47]
2024	Love Adhura	Sumit		[48]
2025	The Traitors	TBA		[49]

See also

• List of Bollywood actors
• List of Indian television actors