Ayushmann Khurrana is an Indian television anchor, film
actor and singer. In 2012, Khurrana made his
Early life and education
Ayushmann Khurrana is a native of Chandigarh .
He studied at St. John’s High
School DAV
College Chandigarh .
He majored in English Literature and has done Masters in Mass Communication
from School of Communication
Studies Punjab
University Chandigarh .
He has been active in theatre for 5 years. He was the founder member of DAV
College Chandigarh .
He has conceptualised and enacted in street plays and won prizes in national
fests like Mood Indigo (IIT Bombay), Oasis (Birla Institute of Technology and
Science, Pilani) and St. Bedes Simla. He also won a Best Actor award for
playing Ashwatthama in Dharamvir Bharati’s Andha Yug.
Career and later life
Television
Ayushmann Khurrana started his career when he turned out to
be the winner in MTV Roadies Season 2. After finishing studies, his first job
was a Radio Jockey at BIG FM, Delhi .
He hosted the show Big Chai – Maan Na Maan, Main Tera Ayushmann and also won
the Young Achievers Award in 2007 for it. After radio, Khurrana moved on to
become a Video Jockey on MTV with Pepsi MTV Wassup, The Voice of Youngistaan,
an informative show for the youth.
He also worked in many other MTV shows as well like MTV
Fully Faltoo Movies, Cheque De India and Jaadoo Ek Baar. He then turned as
Television Anchor with a multiple-talent based reality show India 's
Got Talent on Colors TV which he co-anchored with Nikhil Chinapa and Stripped
which gave latest updates on the Indian TV industry with comic tinge, again on
MTV. At the end of the year he was also the anchor of a singing reality show
Music Ka Maha Muqqabla on STAR Plus.
Apart from hosting the second seasons of MTV Rock On on MTV
and India 's Got
Talent on Colors. Khurrana was also a part of the anchoring team of Extra
Innings T20 for Indian Premier League Season 3 on SET Max with Gaurav Kapur,
Samir Kochhar and Angad Bedi. Instead of hosting the 3rd season of India 's
Got Talent, Khurrana took up the offer of anchoring the dance-based reality
show Just Dance on STAR Plus judged by Hrithik Roshan, Vaibhavi Merchant and
Farah Khan.
Films
In 2012, he made his Bollywood debut with Shoojit Sircar's
Vicky Donor opposite Yami Gautam. The film marked actor John Abraham's debut as
producer. Vicky Arora who marries a Bengali girl without telling her about his
past as a sperm donor. Despite its small budget, the movie became a major
commercial success and received critical acclaim. For the film, he also sang a
song Pani Da Rang composed by him and Rochak Kohli. Both the movie and song
were well received. Khurrana received critical acclaim for his performance. Taran
Adarsh notes "Ayushmann is a complete natural, has all the trappings of a
fine actor and delivers a super confident performance." Gaurav Malani adds
that Khurrana "is so natural that it never seems he's acting but rather
gliding through the role. He is a pro at both the comedy and emotional scenes."
Khurrana went on to receive many accolades for his performance, including the
Filmfare Award for Best Male Debut and Filmfare Award for Best Male Playback
Singer. in spite of his successful Bollywood debut, Khurrana did not quit
television completely, and was seen anchoring the IIFA Awards 2012, People's
Choice Awards India 2012 and the Screen Awards 2013.
Khurrana was next seen in Rohan Sippy's Nautanki Saala co-starring
Kunal Roy Kapoor, Evelyn Sharma and Pooja Salvi. The film opened to positive
reviews from critics, with Taran Adarsh stating that the film was "uncontaminated,
witty and amusing". Khurrana has sung two songs in this movie namely Saddi
Gali and Tu Hi Tu, one of which he has composed himself again in collaboration
with Rochak Kohli. Nautanki Saala was released on 12 April 2013 .
Khurrana is also set to reunite with his Vicky Donor team,
in Hamara Bajaj, in which he will play the role of a struggling actor. He has
also been roped in for Yash Raj Films's next untitled project, under the
direction of Nupur Asthana; in which he will star opposite Sonam Kapoor.
Personal life
Khurrana originally hails from Chandigarh
and his family is still based there. His father Mr. P Khurrana, is a renowned
astrologer and an author on the subject of astrology, while his mother Poonam
is a house wife and a qualified M.A. in Hindi. His brother Aparshakti is a
Radio Jockey at OYE 104.8 FM in Delhi .
The ambiance of literature at home influenced Khurrana as well and he took to
writing as a hobby. He also maintains a blog where he writes in Hindi and it
has been received very well by his admirers. He is married to his childhood
sweetheart Tahira.
Recently when he was in Delhi
in January 2013, he inaugurated the Gili Store at Greater Kailash - a new
venture by Ayushamann Khurrana & Aparshakti Khurrana and their friends
Vishal and Bhavneet.
