Personal Profile
- Actor type: Serials, Movies, and Shows
- Musicians Type: Guitarists and Singers
- Gender: Male
- Country: India
- Height: 178cm/5ft 10inch
- Chest: 40
- Waist: 31
- Hair Color: Black
- Skin Color: Fair
- Eye Color: Black
- Hair Type: Short
- My Services: Serials, Movies, and Album Song
- Additional Skills: Singing and Comedy
- Movies: Bareilly Ki Barfi, Vicky Donor, Shubh Mangal Saavdhan
- Shows: Just Dance, MTV Roadies, Music Ka Maha Muqqabla
- Awards: Filmfare Award for Best Male Debut, IIFA Award for Star Debut of the Year – Male, Filmfare Award for Best Male Playback Singer
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Khurrana was born in Chandigarh. His father P Khurrana is a politician, astrologer and an author on the subject of astrology, whereas his mother Poonam is a house wife of Burmese descent and a qualified M.A. in Hindi[citation needed]. While Ayushmann remains busy with his work in Mumbai, his family still stays in Chandigarh. His brother Aparshakti Khurrana is a radio jockey at OYE 104.8 FM in Delhi and made his debut in the 2016 Aamir Khan-starrer film Dangal. The ambience 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 friend Tahira. He has two children, a son and a daughter. His son, Virajveer, was born on 2 January 2012 and his daughter, Varushka, was born on 21 April 2014.
About
Ayushmann Khurrana (born 14 September 1984) is an Indian film actor, singer and anchor. He is the recipient of two Filmfare Awards. In 2012, Khurrana made his film debut in Shoojit Sircar’s romantic comedy Vicky Donor, which touched on the topic of sperm donation in India, and received Filmfare Award for Best Male Debut. He rose to prominence with romantic comedies Dum Laga Ke Haisha (2015) and Bareilly Ki Barfi (2017), and comedy-drama Shubh Mangal Savdhaan (2017), all of which received critical and commercial success. He hosted the 63rd Filmfare Awards with Shah Rukh Khan, Parineeti Chopra and Karan Johar.
Career
Ayushmann Khurrana got noticed on TV at the age of 17. It was the reality show on Channel V; PopStars in 2002. He was one of the youngest contestants on the show. Roadies took place in 2004 whereby he turned out to be the winner in Roadies 2 at the age of 20. After completing his graduation and post-graduation in Journalism, his first job was as 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. He was the youngest recipient of the Bharat Nirman Award in New Delhi.
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 a producer. He portrays 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 the 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 the Filmfare Award for Best Male Playback Singer. He won all the debut awards for Vicky Donor.