# Rohit Khurana

Rohit Khurana is an Indian television actor known for his work as Vansh Singh Bundela/Rocky in Uttaran and Shani in Karmaphal Daata Shani.

## Personal life

Khurana is married to his school friend Neha. They had a son and daughter.

## Career
### Modelling, acting debut and breakthrough (2001–13)

Khurana started his career as a model in Delhi. In TV, he had a small role in the serial Choti Maa: Ek Anokha Bandhan in 2001. In 2008, he obtained a lead role as Abhiram in the Telugu film Sangamam. However, it failed to perform well commercially because of a lack of commercial elements.
His first major breakthrough and official debut in TV occurred with the dual role of Vansh Singh Bundela / Rocky in the Indian soap opera Uttaran on Colors TV in 2009, opposite Tina Datta. The show garnered him fame.
In 2010, Khurana featured in Star One's Miley Jab Hum Tum. He was next featured in Maayke Se Bandhi Dor on Star Plus in 2011. That year he made his Bollywood debut with the Hindi movie Men Will Be Men. It failed to perform well commercially.
In 2012, Khurana was cast in the Tamil film Billa II. He forayed into Punjabi cinema with rom-com Dil Tainu Karda Ae Pyar. In 2013, his second Punjabi film, Singh vs Kaur, was released.
Returning to Hindi television, Khurana performed the lead role in Sony Entertainment Television's 2013 love story Dil Ki Nazar Se Khoobsurat, opposite Soumya Seth. He was praised for his performance as Madhav Periwal, an ugly man. He left the series after his character's death.

### Further works and success (2013–present)

Towards the end of 2013, Khurana joined Colors TV's popular daily soap Sasural Simar Ka. He was cast as Shaurya Singhania, an antagonist opposite Falaq Naaz. He left the soap after three months. Afterwards, he took a short break from acting.
Khurana ended his break in 2015, and came back to TV playing Jamaal Peshawari in Zee TV's Lajwanti. That year he had an extended cameo appearance in Star Plus's Suhani Si Ek Ladki as Rohan, a lawyer. From 2015 to 2016, he portrayed the part of Viraat in Big Magic's Chatur Aur Chalak, Birbal aur Viraat. He was chosen for the character of a garbage man in the Hindi short film Girl in Red.
The role of Dr. Manav Garewal in Colors TV's reincarnation-based romance Kasam Tere Pyaar Ki marked Khurana's first television venture of 2017. He then appeared in the film Hotel Beautifool. He received immense praise for his portrayal of adult Shani in Colors TV's mythological series Karmaphal Daata Shani, a role he received in the last quarter of 2017. He played the same role as a guest in another Colors TV mythological show, Mahakali — Anth Hi Aarambh Hai.
In 2019, Khurana was cast in Colors TV's supernatural series Tantra as Daksh Mehra.
In 2020, he played as Shani Dev in Devi Adi Parashakti.

## Filmography

Television
| Year | Show | Role | Channel |
| 2009–2012 | Uttaran | Vansh Singh / Rocky Shah | Colors TV |
| 2010 | Miley Jab Hum Tum | Dhruv / Chintu | Star One |
| 2011 | Maayke Se Bandhi Dor | Bhaskar | Star Plus |
| 2013 | Dil Ki Nazar Se Khoobsurat | Madhav Periwal / Ehsaas | Sony TV |
| 2013 | Sasural Simar Ka | Shaurya Singhania | Colors TV |
| 2015 | Lajwanti | Jamaal Peshawari | Zee TV |
| 2015 | Suhani Si Ek Ladki | Rohan | Star Plus |
| 2015–2016 | Chatur aur Chalak, Birbal aur Viraat (Season 1& 2) | Viraat | Big Magic |
| 2017 | Kasam Tere Pyaar Ki | Dr. Manav Garewal | Colors TV |
| 2017–2018 | Karmaphal Daata Shani | Shanidev | Colors TV |
| 2017 | Mahakali — Anth Hi Aarambh Hai | Shanidev | Colors TV |
| 2019 | Tantra | Daksh Mehra | Colors TV |
| 2020 | Devi Adi Parashakti | Shani Dev | DangalTV |
Films
| Year(s) | Film | Role | Language |
| 2011 | Men Will Be Men | Sunder | Hindi |
| 2012 | Billa II | Satish Kumar | Tamil |
| 2012 | Sangamam | Abhiram | Telugu |
| 2012 | Dil Tainu Karda Ae Pyar | Cop | Punjabi |
| 2013 | Singh vs Kaur | Roop | Punjabi |
| 2016 | Girl in Red | Kachre Wala | Hindi |
| 2017 | Hotel Beautifool | | Hindi |

## Awards

* 2010 - New Talent Award for Best Supporting Actor — Uttaran.