Ravi Dubey
Ravii Dubey (born 23 December 1983) is an Indian actor and producer. He began his acting career in 2006 with a parallel leading role in the DD National TV show "Stree Teri Kahaani" and followed it with roles in lesser successful shows like "Doli Saja Ke" (2007) and "Yahan Ke Hum Sikandar" (2007), before starring in the popular family drama show "Saas Bina Sasural" (2010) and "Jamai Raja" (2014), which established him as one of the most popular and leading actors of Indian television industry. He recently was the host of Star Plus's game show "Sabse Smart  Kaun". He is one of the highest paid television actors. His recent portrayal of a conman in MX Player's Matsya Kaand is gaining popular and critical acclaim as it crosses 100 Million views within a month. In September 2021, he was honoured with the Jan Gaurav Puraskaar from the Governor of Maharashtra for exemplary services and concern towards social welfare. Early life. Dubey was born in Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh and was brought up in Delhi, India. His father, Sh. Gyan Prakash Dubey, is a Civil Engineer by qualification, and has worked in top management with many real estate organisations  in the Delhi/NCR Region. Dubey came to Mumbai from Delhi to study telecom engineering, but then he started his modelling career. Career. Debut show (2006-09). Dubey started his career as a model, then he started his acting career in 2006 with the parallel lead role of Ravi Agarwal in the DD National television show "Stree... Teri Kahaani", which was produced by actors Dilip Kumar and Saira Banu. Later he portrayed the small role of "Veer" in Sahara One's soap opera "Doli Saja Ke". Thereafter, he appeared as the male lead in "Yahan Ke Hum Sikandar", where he  played the role of Ravi. Dubey has done up to 40 television commercial ads, including Reliance, TVS Victor, Mrs. Marino, Gee Pee Mobile, Nestle, ICICI, Action Milano Shoes, Fairever, Santro and Water Kingdom. In December 2008, Dubey replaced Vinay Rohrra for portraying the male lead in Zee television's show "Ranbir Rano". After the show ended, Dubey was cast opposite Sargun Mehta in Zee television's soap opera "12/24 Karol Bagh". Breakthrough and success (2010–14). In October 2010, Dubey featured opposite Aishwarya Sakhuja for Sony Entertainment Television's romantic/drama show "Saas Bina Sasural", in which he portrayed the male  lead role of Tej Prakash Chaturvedi. While working in the show, Dubey started his film career in Bollywood; he signed for Aron Govil's 2011 Hindi film "U R My Jaan". In January 2012, Dubey participated in Sony Entertainment Television's reality-based comedy series of "Comedy Circus" titled, "Kahani Comedy Circus Ki". Dubey said, "I am super excited as I have always loved the show. So far I have never had the opportunity to try my hands at comedy, which I believe is the toughest of all". In December 2012, Dubey participated in the fifth season of Star Plus  television's celebrity couple dance reality show "Nach Baliye", along with Sargun Mehta. And on 23 March 2013, in the finale episode, He became the first runner-up of the show. Dubey also participated in another of Nach Baliye's celebrity couple dance reality series titled, "Nach Baliye Shriman v/s Shrimati" in 2013. In May 2013, Dubey started hosting television shows, He replaced Mohit Malhotra to host Star Plus television's dance reality show "India's Dancing Superstar". In September 2013, he was approached for the lead role of Rajbir in Rashmi Sharma's show "Desh Ki Beti Nandini , but he was out of the show. Dubey has also appeared along with Shweta Salve at Indian Television Academy's ramp show Fashion Ka Jalwa". Jamai Raja and further success (2014–present). In March 2014, Dubey got the male lead in Zee television's soap opera "Jamai Raja", in which he plays the role of Siddharth "Sid" Khurana opposite Nia Sharma, the show produced by incredible actor Akshay Kumar and co-produced by Ashvini Yardi, under their own production banner, "Grazing Goat Pictures". In December 2014, Dubey hosted an award event of Zee televisions', Zee Rishtey Awards, along with Shabbir  Ahluwalia. In 2017, Dubey participated in Colors stunt reality show "" in its eighth season where he ended up being the 2nd Runner-up whilst Shantanu Maheshwari was the winner and Hina Khan was the 1st Runner-up. In November 2017, Dubey was seen as one of the contestants in the Colors comedy show "Entertainment Ki Raat" along with Dipika Kakar & Asha Negi. He also participated in Star Plus reality show "Lip Sing Battle" along with wife Sargun Mehta, Rithvik Dhanjani & Asha Negi. In January 2018, Ravi hosted the Colors singing reality show "Rising Star". In June 2018, he also hosted  the Star Plus game show "Sabse Smart Kaun". As of February 2019, Dubey hosted the Seventh Season of Sa Re Ga Ma Pa L'il Champs on Zee TV replace Aditya Narayan. Ravi has been associated with hosting the Zee Rishtey Awards 2014, 2015, 2017, 2018 and 2019. He made his debut into the digital space alongside Nia Sharma with the web series "Jamai 2.0", which is a reboot of his Zee TV show "Jamai Raja". The series opened to good reviews. The second season released in February 2021, receiving positive responses. He is currently working as a lead actor in  popular web series MatsyaKaand on mxplayer which is one of the highest rated and most watched web series of India. In 2019, he had opened his own production house Dreamiyata Entertainment Pvt Ltd, with his wife Sargun Mehta and co-produced several films. In March 2021, Dreamiyata Entertainment produced television series Udaariyaan, which airs on Colors TV. Personal life. Dubey was dating Sargun Mehta, his co-star from the soap opera "12/24 Karol Bagh", the couple met on the set of the show. After the show ended, the couple started dating. On 5 February 2013, Dubey proposed to her on  the dance reality show "Nach Baliye 5", where they both were the contestants of the show. He married her on 7 December 2013. One reception was held in Pushapanjali, Gurgaon on 9 December and another one in Mumbai on 13 December 2013. Ravi Dubey a follower of nichiren daishonins Buddhism. He said, "I started following it ("Buddhism") when I was going through a very rough patch in my life and I wanted some understanding of the chaos that was going on in one's life. I wanted to align myself and feel better about myself. So, when things went out  of control, I started chanting at that time."