# Akash Khurana

Akash Khurana is an Indian actor, screenwriter, director, author, theatre artist and entrepreneur.
His first screen appearance was in Shyam Benegal's Kalyug. He has appeared in nearly 60 films, including Ardh Satya, Saaransh, Naam, Beta, Saudagar, Sarfarosh, Company and Barfii.
He has written over 20 screen plays, including Aashiqui and Baazigar. He won Nandi Award for Special Jury for the film Dr. Ambedkar (1992).

## Early life and background

Khurana did his schooling from St. Francis de Sales school in Nagpur. He graduated from National Institute of Technology, Rourkela (Rourkela, Odisha, India) as a mechanical engineer. He then obtained an MBA degree from XLRI – Xavier School of Management (Jamshedpur, Jharkhand, India). Later he obtained an M.Phil. degree and a Ph.D. in Social Sciences from Tata Institute of Social Sciences (Mumbai, India), where he has been a visiting faculty member since 1995.

## Filmography
### Actor

| Year | Film | Role |
| 1981 | Kalyug | Sandeep Raj |
| 1983 | Ardh Satya | Khanna - Mill Owner |
| 1984 | Party | Agashe |
| 1984 | Saaransh | Chief Minister Shashikant |
| 1985 | Trikal | Renato |
| 1985 | Janam | Asghar |
| 1986 | Naam | Aftab Ahmed |
| 1987 | Jalwa | Inspector Hosi Wadia |
| 1987 | Kaash | Doctor Anil - Ritesh's friend |
| 1988 | Mere Baad | |
| 1988 | Falak (1988 film) | Jamuna Das |
| 1988 | Kabzaa | Arun Date |
| 1988 | Tamas (film) | Dr. Kapoor |
| 1989 | Jurrat | Police Commissioner |
| 1989 | Daddy (TV movie) | |
| 1990 | Jurm | Ritesh Nandy |
| 1991 | Vishkanya | Trilokchand (Sonal's dad) |
| 1991 | Saudagar | Police Commander |
| 1992 | Maarg | Abhay |
| 1992 | Beta | Prem |
| 1992 | Raat | Mr. Sharma |
| 1992 | Antham | |
| 1992 | Drohi | Chief Minister |
| 1993 | Phool | Rajeshwar Dayal |
| 1993 | Gunaah | Mahender Singh |
| 1993 | Roop Ki Rani Choron Ka Raja | D'souza |
| 1995 | Milan | Raja's brother |
| 1995 | Prem | SP Verma |
| 1995 | Bombay (Tamil film) | |
| 1996 | Jaan | |
| 1996 | Diljale | Shyam's Father |
| 1999 | Sarfarosh | Ajay's Father |
| 2000 | Badal | Satyaprakash, Chief Minister |
| 2001 | One 2 Ka 4 | Commissioner of Police |
| 2002 | Filhaal... | Mr. Sheth |
| 2002 | Company | Vilas Pandit |
| 2002 | Encounter: The Killing | Sudhakar Rao |
| 2002 | Zindagi Khoobsoorat Hai | |
| 2003 | Koi... Mil Gaya | Catholic School Principal |
| 2006 | Taxi No. 9211 Nau Do Gyarah | Shyam Mittal |
| 2006 | Banaras | Dr. Gopal Bhattacharya |
| 2006 | Krrish | Catholic School Principal |
| 2006 | Yun Hota Toh Kya Hota: What If...? | |
| 2006 | Sarhad Paar | Bade Miyan |
| 2008 | Black & White | Wazir Shah - Rajya Sabha Member |
| 2009 | Ladies Special (TV series) | Vipul Joshi |
| 2009 | Kurbaan | Ahuja |
| 2010 | Aakrosh | |
| 2011 | Always Kabhi Kabhi | Principal Elton Phillips |
| 2012 | Barfi! | Barfi's Father |
| 2013 | David | Iqbal Ghani |
| 2013 | Once Upon a Time in Mumbai Dobaara! | DK (Film Director) |
| 2014 | Real FM | Saloni's Father |
| 2014 | UnIndian | Ashok |
| 2014 | Humshakals | Mr. Singhania; Ashok's father |
| 2018 | Karwaan | Prakash Rajpurohit |
| 2020 | Sadak 2 | Psychiatrist |
| 2021 | Rashmi Rocket | Dr. Ejaz Qureshi |
| 2022 | The Broken News | Ketan Kedia |
| 2024 | Sector 36 | Mr Bassi |

### Writer

| Year | Films |
| 2014 | Kaanchi: The Unbreakable |
| 2010 | Aakrosh |
| 2008 | Black & White |
| 2006 | Sarhad Paar |
| 2001 | Yeh Raaste Hain Pyaar Ke |
| 1999 | Daag: The Fire |
| 1999 | Agar Tum Na Aate |
| 1999 | Kartoos |
| 1999 | Silsila Hai Pyar Ka |
| 1998 | Angaaray |
| 1998 | Duplicate |
| 1998 | Yeh Aashiqui Meri |
| 1997 | Betaabi (screenplay / story) |
| 1996 | Chaahat (written by) |
| | Sanam O Sanam |
| 1995 | Milan |
| 1993 | Baazigar (written by) |
| 1992 | Drohi (dialogue) |
| 1991 | Do Pal |
| 1991 | Saathi (dialogue / screenplay / story) |
| 1990 | Aashiqui (dialogue / screenplay / story) |
| | Swayam |

## Television
### Actor

* Satyajit Ray Presents
* Sara Jahan Hamara
* Guftagoo
* Tamas
* C. Rajagopalachari Stories
* Faisla
* Dhadkan
* Asha
* Rishtey
* Untitled
* Raahein
* Kuch Ret Kuch Pani
* Aakrosh
* Ladies Special'
* 24 Season 2
* Humshakals
* Leila
* Mai: A Mother's Rage

### Director

* Front Page on Doordarshan
* Kuch Ret Kuch Pani on Channel 9 Gold
* Magal on Sun TV (2007-2011)
* The River of Love (2021 film)

### Writer

* Gulmohur (West)
* Kismat
* America...Amerika
* Kabhie Kabhie
* Viruddh
* Dil Hai Hindustani
* Kuch Ret Kuch Pani

## Theatre
### Actor

| Play | Playwright | Director |
| 1970s | | |
| The Miser | Molière | K. Janardhan |
| Equus | Peter Schaffer | K. Janardhan |
| Adhe Adhure | Mohan Rakesh | K. Janardhan |
| The Memorandum | Vaclav Havel | Anmol Vellani |
| The Unknown General | Rene de Obaldia | Sunil Shanbag |
| Abe Bewaqoof | Slavomir Mrozek | Satyadev Dubey |
| 1980s | | |
| Aur Tota Bola | C’shekhar Kambhar | Satyadev Dubey |
| Aah | Vijay Tendulkar | Satyadev Dubey |
| Ajnabi | Albert Camus | Satyadev Dubey |
| Ooljulool | A. Rangachari | Satyadev Dubey |
| Don Juan in Hell | Bernard Shaw | Satyadev Dubey |
| Chowkidar | Harold Pinter | Sunil Shanbag/Akash Khurana |
| Circus | Slavomir Mrozek | Sunil Shanbag |
| Mat Yaad Dila | Vijay Tendulkar | Akash Khurana |
| Arms and the Man | Bernard Shaw | Naseeruddin Shah |
| 1990s | | |
| Julius Caesar | Shakespeare | Naseeruddin Shah |
| The Caine Mutiny Court Martial | Herman Wouk | Naseeruddin Shah |
| Waiting for Godot | Samuel Beckett | Benjamin Gilani |
| Ramu aur Maalik | Milan Kundera | Sunil Shanbag |
| 2000s | | |
| A Life in the Theatre | David Mamet | Zubin Driver |
| Women in Waiting, Men on the Line | Various Poets | Akash and Akarsh Khurana |
| A Special Bond | Ruskin Bond | Akarsh Khurana |
| Antigone | Jean Anouilh | Satyadev Dubey |
| Blackbird | David Harrower | Akarsh Khurana |
| 2010s | | |
| Super 8 | Various | Akarsh Khurana |
| Our Town | Thornton Wilder | Akash Khurana |
| Stories in a Song | Vikram Phukan | Sunil Shanbag |
| Tuesdays with Morrie | Mitch Albom | Meera Khurana |

### Director

| Play | Playwright |
| Chowkidar | Harold Pinter |
| Mat Yaad Dila | Vijay Tendulkar |
| Women in Waiting, Men on the Line | Various Poets |
| Our Town | Thornton Wilder |
| A Friend's Story | Vijay Tendulkar |
| The Hound of the Baskervilles | Steven Canny & John Nicholson |
| Under the Gypsy Moon | Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyaya/Akash Khurana |