Ayushmann Khurrana is an Indian actor, playback singer and television host who works in Hindi films. Khurrana first appeared in 2004 teen drama reality show MTV Roadies, winning the second season of the show.[1] He went to star in many other MTV shows, including MTV Fully Faltoo Movies, Cheque De India and Jaadoo Ek Baar, and hosted multiple television shows, including India's Got Talent and Music Ka Maha Muqqabla.[2] In 2012, he made his feature film debut with the romantic comedy Vicky Donor, about sperm donation,[3] which received critical acclaim and performed strongly at the box office.[4][5][6] Khurrana won the Filmfare Award for Best Male Playback Singer (for the song "Pani Da Rang").[7] He then starred in a series of commercially unsuccessful films, including the comedy-drama Nautanki Saala (2013),[8] romantic comedy Bewakoofiyaan (2014),[9] and drama Hawaizaada (2015).[10]
In 2015, Khurrana starred in the Sharat Katariya-directed romantic drama Dum Laga Ke Haisha opposite Bhumi Pednekar.[11] His performance was praised,[12][13][14] and the film emerged as a commercial success.[15][16] He then starred in Meri Pyaari Bindu (2017), Bareilly Ki Barfi (2017), and Shubh Mangal Saavdhan (2017).[11] The latter two were commercially successful.[11] In 2018, he starred in the black comedy Andhadhun and the comedy-drama Badhaai Ho.[17][18] The former grossed ₹4.56 billion (US$64 million) worldwide, and became one of Indian cinema's biggest grossers;[19] for his performance he won the National Film Award for Best Actor (shared with Vicky Kaushal for Uri: The Surgical Strike) and the Filmfare Critics Award for Best Actor.[20][21] Badhaai Ho became a sleeper hit, earning over ₹2.21 billion (US$31 million) worldwide.[19][22] This success continued with Khurrana's 2019 releases, Article 15, Dream Girl, and Bala.[23][24] For the first of these, he won the Filmfare Critics Award for Best Actor.[25] In the comedy Bala, he played a man plagued with premature balding.[26]
Khurrana's 2020 release, Shubh Mangal Zyada Saavdhan, was the first mainstream Bollywood film to be led by openly gay characters.[27] Following several films that failed commercially despite positive reviews, Khurrana had a box-office hit in the spiritual sequel Dream Girl 2 (2023).[28][29]
Film
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| Year | Film | Role | Notes | Ref(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | Vicky Donor | Vicky Arora | [30] | |
| 2013 | Nautanki Saala | Ram Parmar aka RP | [31] | |
| 2014 | Bewakoofiyaan | Mohit Chaddha | [32] | |
| 2015 | Hawaizaada | Shivkar Bapuji Talpade | [33] | |
| Dum Laga Ke Haisha | Prem Tiwari | [34] | ||
| 2017 | Meri Pyaari Bindu | Abhimanyu Roy | [35] | |
| Bareilly Ki Barfi | Chirag Dubey | [36] | ||
| Shubh Mangal Saavdhan | Mudit Sharma | [37] | ||
| 2018 | Andhadhun | Akash Saraf | [38] | |
| Badhaai Ho | Nakul Kaushik | [39] | ||
| 2019 | Article 15 | ACP Ayan Ranjan | [40] | |
| Dream Girl | Karamveer Singh/Pooja | [41] | ||
| Bala | Balmukund "Bala" Shukla | [42] | ||
| 2020 | Shubh Mangal Zyada Saavdhan | Kartik Singh | [43] | |
| Gulabo Sitabo | Baankey Rastogi | [44] | ||
| 2021 | Chandigarh Kare Aashiqui | Manvinder "Manu" Munjal | [45] | |
| 2022 | Anek | Aman / Joshua | [46] | |
| Doctor G | Dr. Uday Gupta/Guddu | [47] | ||
| An Action Hero | Maanav Khuranna | [48] | ||
| 2023 | Dream Girl 2 | Pooja / Karamveer Singh | ||
| 2025 | Untitled film† | TBA | Filming | [49] |
| Thama† | TBA | Filming | [50] |
Television
edit| Year | Show | Role | Note(s) | Ref(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | MTV Roadies (Season 2) | Contestant | Winner | [51] |
| 2007 | Kayamath | Saket Shergil | [52] | |
| 2008 | MTV Wassup, The Voice of Youngistaan | Video Jockey | Co-hosted the show with MTV VJs Bani J and Vineet Modi | [53] |
| MTV Fully Faltoo Movie – Cheque De India | Fakir Khan | Spoof of Chak De! India | [2] | |
| MTV Fully Faltoo Movie – Jadoo Ekbar | Prince Jalebi | Spoof of Jodhaa Akbar | [54] | |
| MTV Roadies Hell Down Under | Anchor | Anchor for the auditions only | [55] | |
| Ek Thi Rajkumari | Prem | [56] | ||
| 2009 | India's Got Talent (Season 1) | Anchor | Co-hosted the show with Nikhil Chinapa | [55] |
| Rock on with MTV (Season 1) | Anchor for the auditions only | [55] | ||
| Stripped | [55] | |||
| 2010 | Taarak Mehta Ka Ooltah Chashmah | Himself | Guest appearance (to promote IPL 3) | [57] |
| Extra Innings T20 for Indian Premier League (Season 3) | Presenter | Co-hosted the show with Gaurav Kapur, Samir Kochhar and Angad Bedi | [58] | |
| India's Got Talent (Season 2) | Anchor | Co-hosted the show with Nikhil Chinapa | [59] | |
| Rock on with MTV (Season 2) | Co-hosted the show with Lisa Haydon | [60] | ||
| 2011 | MTV Grind | [61] | ||
| Just Dance | [52] | |||
| 2014 | 1st Star Box Office India Awards Ceremony | [62] | ||
| 2018 | 25th Star Screen Awards | Co-host | [63] |
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