Rohit Saraf

Rohit Suresh Saraf (born 8 December 1996) is an Indian actor who primarily works in Hindi films and series. He began his career on television and made his film debut with a supporting role in Dear Zindagi (2016). He went on to feature in the Norwegian film What Will People Say (2017), the comedy-drama Hichki (2018), the biopic The Sky Is Pink (2019), the dark comedy Ludo (2020), and the thriller Vikram Vedha (2022).

Rohit Saraf
Saraf in 2023
Born	(1996-12-08) 8 December 1996 (age 28) Kathmandu, Nepal
Nationality	Indian
Occupation	Actor
Years active	2012–present

Since 2020, Saraf has starred in the Netflix romantic comedy series Mismatched and in 2024, he had his first lead film role in the romantic comedy Ishq Vishk Rebound.

Early life

Rohit Saraf was born on 8 December 1996 in Nepal.^[1][2] He moved back with his family to Delhi. He was then raised in Delhi. At an young age of 15, he moved alone to Mumbai to pursue his late father's dream to make him an actor.^[2]

His father, Suresh Saraf, passed away when Rohit was 12 years old. He only completed his Grade 10 and then concentrated further on his passion of becoming a actor. ^[3][4]

Career

Saraf in 2019

Saraf began his career with several television shows, including the Channel V's teen drama Best Friends Forever?. He made his film debut as the younger brother of Alia Bhatt's character in the coming-of-age film Dear Zindagi (2016).^[5] Saraf then played the cousin of the lead character in the Norwegian drama What Will People Say, which was selected as the Norwegian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 91st Academy Awards.^[6][7]

In 2018, Saraf appeared in Yash Raj Films' comedy-drama Hichki, starring Rani Mukerji.^[8] He then starred alongside Priyanka Chopra and Zaira Wasim in the biographical drama The Sky Is Pink (2019).^[3] Reviewing the film for NDTV, Saibal Chatterjee wrote that Saraf "gives a solid account of himself" and Anna M. M. Vetticad of Firstpost opined that he "delivers a rock solid performance".^[9][10]

In 2020, Saraf appeared alongside an ensemble cast in Anurag Basu's black comedy Ludo.^[11] Sreeparna Sengupta of The Times of India commended him for standing out despite minimal dialogues.^[12] In the same year, he began starring alongside Prajakta Koli in the Netflix romantic drama series Mismatched.^[13] Raja Sen of Mint Lounge credited him for creating a "refreshingly non-alpha hero", and Poulomi Das of Firstpost labelled him "sincere".^[14][15]

Saraf played a leading role opposite Anandhi in the Tamil romantic drama Kamali From Nadukkaveri (2021),^[16] and appeared in Vikram Vedha (2022) as the younger brother of Hrithik Roshan's character.^[17] In 2024, Saraf had his first Hindi film lead role in the romantic comedy Ishq Vishk Rebound.^[18] Mayur Sanap of Rediff.com panned the film but took note of Saraf's "charming enough screen presence".^[19]

Saraf will next feature in Mani Ratnam's Tamil film Thug Life and in Dharma Productions' romantic comedy Sunny Sanskari Ki Tulsi Kumari.^[20][21]

Media

Saraf was ranked at No. 39 in The Times Most Desirable Men^[22] in 2020.

Filmography

Films

Key

†	Denotes film or TV productions that have not yet been released

• All films are in Hindi unless otherwise noted.

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
2016	Dear Zindagi	Kabir		[23]
2017	Dear Maya	Neil		[24]
	What Will People Say	Amir	Norwegian film	[25]
2018	Hichki	Akshay Verma		[26]
2019	The Sky Is Pink	Ishaan Chaudhary		[27]
2020	Ludo	Rahul Awasthi		[28]
2021	Kamali From Nadukkaveri	Ashwin Anand	Tamil film	[29]
2022	Vikram Vedha	Shatak		[30]
2024	Woh Bhi Din The	Rahul Sinha		[31]
	Ishq Vishk Rebound	Raghav Pandit		[32]
2025	Thug Life †	TBA	Tamil film; filming	[20]
	Sunny Sanskari Ki Tulsi Kumari †	TBA	Filming	[21]

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
2012–2013	Best Friends Forever?	Sahil Mehta		[33]
2013–2014	Ek Boond Ishq	Bunty		[34]
2015	MTV Big F	Gyan	Episode: "Love Just Happens"	[35]
2020–present	Mismatched	Rishi Singh Sekhawat		[36]
2021	Feels Like Ishq	Aditya	Episode: "Star Host"	[37]

Music video

Year	Title	Singer(s)	Ref.
2021	"Shola"	Akasa Singh	[38]

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Work	Result	Ref.
2023	Pinkvilla Style Icons Awards	Mould Breaker (Male)	—	Won	[39]
	Bollywood Hungama Style Icons	Most Stylish Trailblazer	—	Nominated	[40][41]
		Most Stylish Emerging Icon	—	Nominated
2024		Most Stylish Mould-Breaking Talent of the Year	—	Nominated	[42]