page_title: Gaurav Arora
section_title: Debut and breakthrough
hierarchical_section_title: Gaurav Arora / Career / Debut and breakthrough
caption_attribution_description: English: Gaurav Arora with Patralekha and Tara Alisha Berry at the press conference of Love Games film.
context_page_description: Gaurav Arora is an Indian actor and model. He was the second runner-up in the Gladrags Manhunt and Megamodel Contest in 2006. He has appeared in numerous print-shoots and television commercials for various brands. He has been a part of the major fashion shows, and modeled for a number of Indian designers.
  Arora made his film debut with Vishesh Films and Vikram Bhatt's Hindi film Love Games alongside Tara Alisha Berry and Patralekha. He played the male lead named Sameer Saxena. This was followed by another pivot role of Rehaan Khanna in Vishesh Films Raaz: Reboot, also starring Emraan Hashmi and Kriti Kharbanda, directed by Vikram Bhatt.
  Arora made his web series debut with Broken But Beautiful season 2, also starring Vikrant Massey and Harleen Sethi, created by Ekta Kapoor for ALT Balaji. He played Ahan Chatterji.
context_section_description: Arora made his acting debut with Vishesh Films' Love Games in 2016. He portrayed the lead role of Sameer Saxena, a depressed rich drug addict guy, who does self-harm, parties hard and plays love games around with Ramona Raichand (Patralekha). The story of the film shows how his life changes when he meets Alisha (Tara Alisha Berry) and falls in love with her, and what all he does to win her against all odds. This film was shot in Cape Town, South Africa. It is an urban thriller directed by Vikram Bhatt.
  Arora received his breakthrough in the thriller and horror genre film Raaz: Reboot (2016), starrer Emraan Hashmi and Kriti Kharbanda. He played the lead role of Rehaan Khanna, an introvert and intense guy. The film is a love story triangle, which revolves around three characters of Aditya (Emraan Hashmi), Rehaan (Arora) and Shaina (Kriti Kharbanda), who all have a mysterious past, full of secrets. Raaz: Reboot is a Vishesh Films production, directed by Vikram Bhatt. This was entirely shot in Romania. This film met with mixed to positive reviews. However Arora's performance earned critical acclaim and was better received. As per Mumbai Mirror "Gaurav Arora perseveres to lend dignity to his character and has done a fine job." Deccan Chronicle said " Just one - film old Gaurav Arora quite literally steals the show. It is commendable how he sweeps away all the attention despite having an established actor Emraan in the film."
  Vishesh Films who is famous for launching successful Bollywood stars like Kangana Ranaut, John Abraham (actor), Bipasha Basu, Dino Morea and others, launched a new face (Gaurav Arora) after almost a decade in Love Games. Gaurav became the new poster boy of Bhatt Camp. He has signed a three - film deal with Vishesh Films. He will soon be seen in his next project.
caption: Arora with Patralekha and Tara Alisha Berry at a press event for Love Games
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