Viraf Patel

Viraf Patel (born Viraf Phiroz Patel on 12 June 1980) is an Indian actor, model and screenwriter. He was a sailor in the merchant navy between 1999 and 2004 and was titled as The Grasim Mr. India 2005. He is best known for his roles in Mahi Way, Kismat, Teri Meri Love Stories and Ek Boond Ishq. He made his debut in Theatre with Vikram Kapadia's Bombay Talkies in 2012.

Viraf Phiroz Patel
Born	(1980-06-12) 12 June 1980 (age 44) Pune, Maharashtra, India
Occupations	Actor model screenwriter
Years active	2005–present
Spouse	Saloni Khanna ​ (m. 2021)​

Early life

Viraf was born and brought up in a Parsi Zoroastrian family in Pune, Maharashtra, India. Following encouragement from his brothers, he participated in Grasim Mister India Contest by Aditya Birla Group in 2005 and won the title of Grasim Mr India. He has two elder brothers.

Personal life

Viraf got engaged to his long-time girlfriend Saloni Khanna on 20 February 2021.^[1][2] The couple got married on 6 May 2021.^[3][4]

Career

After completing five years of sailing in the Merchant Navy, Patel participated in the Grasim Mister India Contest in 2005, of which he won.^[5] He would go on to pursue a modelling career where he would feature in various shows and TV commercials.^[6] He most notably modeled for Limca in 2010.

Patel was the face of India's largest garment retail brand Pantaloon from 2005 to 2009. Prior to his acting career, he modeled for many designers and was seen modelling at the India Fashion Week and Lakme Fashion Week.

In 2010, he made his acting debut in the mini-series Mahi Way. The following year he acted in another TV series Kismat where he played the lead character of Aditya Raj Merchant. Patel portrayed the role of a businessman in the BBC telefilm Tere Meri Love Stories where he starred alongside Shilpa Anand. He also acted in the drama, Ek Boondh Ishq, a BBC worldwide production and his first daily soap. The show stopped airing in October 2014.

From 2016-2017, Patel featured in Mahesh Bhatt's Naamkaran as Ashish Mehta, which aired on StarPlus. In addition to acting, he is also pursuing screenwriting under actor Boman Irani.^[7]

Patel had also directed and produced a documentary based on the daughters of sex workers.^[8] He made his web-series debut with 13 Mussoorie which aired on Viu. ^[9]

Television

Year	Show	Role	Channel	Co-Star
2010	Mahi Way	Shiv Deshraj	Sony Entertainment Television (India)	Pushtiie Shakti
	Rishta.com	Arjun Khanna(cameo)	Sony Entertainment Television (India)	Shruti Seth
2011	Kismat[10][11]	Aditya Raj Merchant[12]	Sony Entertainment Television (India)[13]	Khalida Turi
2012	Teri Meri Love Stories	Shreshth Kashyap[14]	Star Plus	Shilpa Anand[15]
2013–2014	Ek Boond Ishq	Mrityunjay Singh Shekhawat[16]	Life OK	Chhavi Pandey
2015	Hunnarbaaz Season 2	Host	DD National
2016-2017	Naamkarann	Ashish Mehta	Star Plus	Barkha Bisht
2017	MTV Big F S2E06[17]	Samrat S.[18]	MTV	Charu Mehra
2018	Showbiz with Vahbiz E09	Guest	Indian WikiMedia	Freddy Daruwala
	13 Mussoorie	Rishi Pant	Viu	Shriya Pilgaonkar[19]
	Laal Ishq E38[20]	Amar	&TV	Debina Bonnerjee
2019	Flip E03 - "Massage"[21]	Navzar	Eros Now[22]	Sandeepa Dhar
	Heartbreak Hotel E01 - "Phenomenal"[23]	Vikram	Sony Liv[24]	Saloni Khanna
	The Verdict - State vs Nanavati	Prem Bhagwandas Ahuja	ALTBalaji and ZEE5	Elli AvrRam
2020	Taish	Shozi	ZEE5	Pulkit Samrat

Filmography

Year	Movie	Role	Language	Notes
2011	Mummy Punjabi	Arjun Arora	Hindi	Debut film
2017	Hanuman: Da' Damdaar	Lord Vishnu	Hindi	Voice role
2021	Koi Jaane Na	Vicky Singhania	Hindi
2023	Pathaan	Rishi Arya	Hindi
	Kutch Express	Madan	Gujarati
2024	Maharaj	Sorabji	Hindi

Advertisements

Year	Brand	Director
2006	Planet Sports	Sameer Puri
	onegramoflatex	Vishal Suchak
	TVS Apache	Marco Kalantri.
	Maruti Alto	Amit Sharma
	Sony Handycam	Prahlad Kakkar
2008	Sony Bravia	N/A
2009	V-Guard pump
	ICICI Mutual Funds	Amit Sharma
2010	Limca[25]	Vinil Matthew[26]
2011	Chik Shampoo	Pradeep Sarkar
	Bank Of India,Home Loans	Shivendra Singh
2013	Vento Volkswagen	Shivendra Singh[27]
2015	Indica Easy Hair Colour	Ice Media Lawrance
	Mine Diamonds	Bhanuprakash A V
2016	TVS Victor[28]	Abhijit Chaudhuri[29]
	Britannia Nutrichoice Oat Cookies	Kamlesh Pandey
	Wild Stone Deo	Vivek Kakkad
	Grand Mills Chakki Fresh Atta	Aatish Dabral
2017	Coolpad Note 5	Robbie Grewal
	Wheel 2 in 1	Hemant Bhandari
	Saffola Masala Oats
2018	NetMeds.com	Aatish Dabral
	Sufi Banaspati and Cooking Oil[30]	Shwetabh Varma
	Philips Ceiling Secure Downlight[31]

References

1. "Viraf Patel gets engaged to actress Saloni Khanna : Bollywood News - Bollywood Hungama". Bollywood Hungama. 24 February 2021.
2. "POPULAR TV Actor Viraf Patel Engaged to Girlfriend Saloni Khanna". 24 February 2021.
3. "Congrats! 'Naamkarann' Actor Viraf Patel to Marry His Fiancée Saloni Khanna on THIS Date". 6 May 2021.
4. "Viraf Patel ties the knot with Saloni Khanna, gives her a rubber band instead of wedding ring". The Indian Express. 6 May 2021. Retrieved 7 May 2021.
5. "Mr. India: Adonis with brains!". www.rediff.com. 2 February 2005. Retrieved 21 December 2018.
6. "Meet Viraf 'Gentleman 2.0' Phiroz". www.ciol.com. 7 September 2012. Retrieved 21 December 2018.
7. "'Three things that COVID-19 pandemic gave me' - TV actor Viraf Patell". 18 March 2021.
8. "Viraf Patel busy at Kamathipura". www.timesofindia.indiatimes.com. 28 February 2015. Retrieved 14 December 2018.
9. "Viraf Patel replaces Harman Singha in Viu's next series". www.indianexpress.com. 19 June 2018. Retrieved 31 May 2019.
10. "YRF show inspired by Jeffrey Archer book?". www.hindustantimes.com. 20 August 2010. Retrieved 14 December 2018.
11. "YRF's Bhagya gets a new name". www.tellychakkar.com. 4 January 2011. Retrieved 14 December 2018.
12. "YRF's version of Kane and Abel to launch in December;another new show in October". www.tellychakkar.com. 28 June 2010. Retrieved 14 December 2018.
13. "Sony TV confirms launch of two new YRF shows". www.bizasialive.com. 13 January 2011. Retrieved 14 December 2018.
14. "Shilpa Anand & Viraf Phiroz in STAR Plus' Teri Meri Love Stories!". www.adgully.com. 13 July 2012. Retrieved 27 January 2018.
15. "Shilpa Anand to romance Viraf Phiroz in Star Plus' telefilm". www.timesofindia.indiatimes.com. 5 July 2012. Retrieved 5 January 2019.
16. "Viraf Patel is excited to be back on small screen with Life OK's Ek Boond Ishq". www.tellychakkar.com. 24 August 2013. Retrieved 27 January 2018.
17. "Big F to deal with the issue of sexual harassment". www.tellychakkar.com. 14 April 2017. Retrieved 14 December 2018.
18. "It's time people celebrate women for their strengths: Viraf Patel". www.timesnownews.com. 13 April 2017. Retrieved 14 December 2018.
19. "I was shy performing romantic scenes for 13 Mussorie: Viraf Phiroz Patel". www.tellychakkar.com. 23 September 2018. Retrieved 14 August 2019.
20. "Debina bonnerjee, Viraf patel and Sheena Shahabadi in & TV's Laal Ishq". www.tellychakkar.com. 5 October 2018. Retrieved 14 December 2018.
21. "Full marks to creator Bejoy Nambiar for Flip: Viraf Phiroz Patel". www.iwmbuzz.com. 6 April 2019. Retrieved 31 May 2019.
22. "ErosNow promises a compelling series with FLIP". www.thedigitalhash.com. 14 March 2019. Archived from the original on 30 May 2019. Retrieved 31 May 2019.
23. "SonyLIV beefs up content line-up with the launch of three new web originals". www.televisionpost.com. 17 July 2019. Archived from the original on 15 August 2019. Retrieved 16 August 2019.
24. "Outdoor is a very brand friendly medium for OTT platforms: Uday Sodhi". www.adgully.com. 17 July 2019. Retrieved 16 August 2019.
25. "HRISHITTA BHATT IS THE NEW LIMCA GIRL". www.indianweekender.co.nz. 29 April 2010. Retrieved 14 December 2018.
26. "Limca unveils its 'Splash of freshness' summer campaign". Business Standard India. www.business-standard.com. 13 April 2010. Retrieved 21 January 2013.
27. "Volkswagen gives a 'Fast Start' push for Polo and Vento". www.bestmediainfo.com. 18 January 2013. Retrieved 21 December 2018.
28. "TVS Victor showcases features with a song, brings smiles to a family". www.campaignindia.in. 28 April 2016. Retrieved 21 December 2018.
29. "TVS Victor rides on comfort". www.bestmediainfo.com. 13 May 2016. Retrieved 21 December 2018.
30. "Viraf Phiroz Patel talks about his Turkish short film". www.iwmbuzz.com. 12 May 2018. Retrieved 14 December 2018.
31. "Philips Ceiling Secure downlighter's new ad campaign promotes easy 'Twist and Fit' technology". www.brandequity.economictimes.indiatimes.com/. 26 November 2018. Retrieved 14 December 2018.

External links

• Viraf Patel at IMDb
• virafpatel.com
• Viraf Patel on Twitter
• Viraf Patel at Bollywood Hungama