Ayushmann Khurrana is an Indian actor, playback singer and television host who works in
Hindi films. Khurrana first appeared in 2004 teen drama reality show
MTV Roadies, winning the second season of the show. He went to star in many other
MTV shows, including
MTV Fully Faltoo Movies,
Cheque De India and
Jaadoo Ek Baar, and hosted multiple television shows, including
India's Got Talent and
Music Ka Maha Muqqabla. In 2012, he made his feature film debut with the romantic comedy
Vicky Donor, about
sperm donation, which received critical acclaim and performed strongly at the box office. Khurrana's performance won him the
Filmfare Award for Best Male Playback Singer (for the song "
Pani Da Rang"),
Screen Award for Best Male Debut,
Producers Guild Film Award for Best Male Debut, and
Producers Guild Film Award for Best Male Playback Singer. He then starred in a series of commercially unsuccessful films, including the comedy-drama
Nautanki Saala (2013), romantic comedy
Bewakoofiyaan (2014), and drama
Hawaizaada (2015).
In 2015, Khurrana starred in the Sharat Katariya-directed romantic drama Dum Laga Ke Haisha opposite Bhumi Pednekar. His performance was praised, and the film emerged as a commercial success. He then starred in Meri Pyaari Bindu (2017), Bareilly Ki Barfi (2017), and Shubh Mangal Saavdhan (2017). The latter two were commercially successful. In 2018, he starred in the black comedy Andhadhun and the comedy-drama Badhaai Ho. The former grossed ₹4.56 billion (US$64 million) worldwide, and became one of Indian cinema's biggest grossers; for his performance he won the National Film Award for Best Actor (shared with Vicky Kaushal for Uri: The Surgical Strike) and the Filmfare Critics Award for Best Actor. Badhaai Ho became a sleeper hit, earning over ₹2.21 billion (US$31 million) worldwide. This success continued with Khurrana's 2019 releases, Article 15, Dream Girl, and Bala. For the first of these, he won the Filmfare Critics Award for Best Actor, and Screen Award for Best Actor (Critics). In the comedy Bala, he played a man plagued with premature balding.
Film
Television