Barun Sobti

Barun Sobti
Born (1984-08-21) 21 August 1984[1]
Delhi, India[1]
Nationality Indian
Alma mater [2]
Occupation
  • Actor
  • model
Years active 2009-present
Spouse(s) Pashmeen Manchanda (m.2010)

Barun Sobti (born 21 August 1984) is an Indian television and film actor. He started his acting career in 2009 with Star Plus's Shraddha and made a cameo appearance in the series Dill Mill Gayye. In 2010, Sobti appeared on Sony TV's Baat Hamari Pakki Hai. For his work in this series, Sobti was nominated for Best Actor in a Drama Series by Star Guild Awards and the show was nominated for Best Drama Series Fiction.[3] In 2011, he portrayed the character of Arnav Singh Raizada in Star Plus's Iss Pyaar Ko Kya Naam Doon? and after a hiatus, Sobti made his television comeback in 2017 with Iss Pyaar Ko Kya Naam Doon 3.

Early life and family

Barun Sobti was born in Delhi into a Punjabi family. He has an elder sister named Richa Arora (née Sobti). He attended St. Mark's School in Paschim Vihar, New Delhi and completed his graduation from University of Delhi.[4] He worked as an operations manager at Jindal Telecom for 7 years before entering the entertainment industry.[4] He married Pashmeen Manchanda on 12 December 2010 in a Gurudwara.[5][6]

Career

Sobti made his acting debut in 2009 as Swayam Khurana in Star Plus's Shraddha opposite Neha Janpandit. He then made a bad-guy cameo appearance (Dr. Raj) in Dill Mill Gayye.

In 2010, he played the character of Shravan Jaiswal in Baat Hamari Pakki Hai.[7]

Later, Sobti rose to fame with Star Plus's Iss Pyaar Ko Kya Naam Doon? where he portrayed the role of Arnav Singh Raizada.[8][9][10]

He made his Bollywood debut in the 2014 film Main Aur Mr. Riight.[11] In 2015, he acted in Dry Dreams, a short film about water conservation.[12]

In 2014, Sobti signed Arshad Sayed's Satra Ko Shaadi Hai,[13][14][15] but in May 2017, Sobti expressed a belief that the film had been shelved. He said, "I don't exactly know the status of that film, but I doubt it's ever going to come out. I finished shooting for it a long ago."[16]

Sobti's second film, the soccer themed movie Tu Hai Mera Sunday, directed by Milind Dhaimade, premiered at the British Film Institute (BFI) London Film Festival, then in India at the MAMI Mumbai Film Festival. It was also screened at the Comedy Cluj International Film Festival (Romania) and had its US premiere at Cinequest Film Festival in which it won Audience Choice award for Best Film. The film released worldwide on 6 October 2017.

In 2017, Sobti starred in the Hotstar Originals' web series Tanhaiyan opposite Surbhi Jyoti. Sobti was also seen as Advay Singh Raizada in Star Plus's Iss Pyaar Ko Kya Naam Doon 3. In 2018, Sobti will be seen portraying the role of Samar in ALT Balaji's The Great Indian Dysfunctional Family.[17] He has also shot for another web series named Asura which will stream on Voot.[18]

Media

He is the only television actor to be featured in the "20 Most Intriguing People of 2012" list by People's Magazine India.

He was also voted as the 3rd Sexiest Asian Man by UK Magazine, Eastern Eye following Hrithik Roshan and Shahid Kapoor.[19]

Filmography

Television

Year Show Role Channel Notes
2009 Shraddha Swayam Khurana Star Plus Lead Role (Debut)
2010 Dill Mill Gayye Raj Singh Star One Cameo
Baat Hamari Pakki Hai Shravan Jaiswal Sony TV Lead Role
2011 Iss Pyaar Ko Kya Naam Doon? Arnav Singh Raizada Star Plus
2017 Iss Pyaar Ko Kya Naam Doon 3 Advay Singh Raizada

Web series

Year Name Role Platform Notes
2017 Tanhaiyan Haider Ali Khan Hotstar
2018 The Great Indian Dysfunctional Family Samar Ranaut ALT Balaji
Asura Nikhil Nair Voot

Films

Key
Denotes films that have not yet been released
Year Film Role Notes Ref(s)
2014 Main Aur Mr. Riight Sukhi Singh Debut [20]
2015 Dry Dreams Unnamed Short Film [12]
2017 Calon Istriku Putri Dari India Ajay
2017 Tu Hai Mera Sunday Arjun Anand [21]
2019 22 Yards Ron Sen Post-Production
2020 Satra Ko Shaadi Hai Films that have not yet been released Naresh Sinhal Post-Production [22]

Theatre

Sobti featured in a comedy stage play titled Do Fool Chaar Maali in Dubai in 2013. He was the narrator along with Mrunal Thakur.

Special appearances

Other work

Advertisements and endorsements

Prior to entering the Indian television industry, Sobti appeared in a Reliance BIG TV advertisement and three Ford Figo advertisements with Panchi Bora. During Iss Pyaar Ko Kya Naam Doon?, Sobti featured in a Dulux Paints advertisement with Sanaya Irani.

In 2015, Sobti became the brand ambassador for an eyewear company, Scavin and featured in a promotional video called Dawn.

In 2017, he featured in four promotional videos for Tinder, the official sponsor of his hit webseries Tanhaiyan. Soon after, Sobti featured in an Asian Paints advertisement.

Awards and nominations

Year Award Category Work Result Ref.
2011Star Guild AwardsBest ActorBaat Hamari Pakki HaiNominated[3]
2012 The Global Indian Film and TV Honours Best Television On-Screen Jodi (with Sanaya Irani) Iss Pyaar Ko Kya Naam Doon? Nominated[25]
Best Actor in a Lead Role (Male) Won[25]
People's Choice Awards India Favorite TV Drama Actor Won[26]
Favorite On-Screen Jodi (with Sanaya Irani) Won[26]
Indian Television Academy Awards Desh Ka Sitara - Best Actor Popular Won[27]
Indian Telly Awards Indian Telly Award for Best Onscreen Couple (with Sanaya Irani) Won[28]
Indian Telly Award for Best Television Personality of the Year Nominated[28]
Big Star Entertainer Awards Young Super Entertainer N/A Nominated
2017 Indian Television Academy Awards Best Actor PopularIss Pyaar Ko Kya Naam Doon 3Nominated
2018 Bay Area South Asian Film Festival Best Actor in a Leading Role (Male)22 YardsWon[29]

References

  1. 1 2 "Barun Sobti Turns 30: 5 Fun Facts About The Birthday Boy". Indiatimes. 2014-08-21.
  2. ↑ "Barun Sobti Wiki, Age, Height, Weight, Biography, Wife, Family, Profile". 24 August 2017.
  3. 1 2 "6th Apsara Awards-". apsaraawards.org. Retrieved 2012-10-23.
  4. 1 2 "Manish Paul, other TV-Bollywood actors who are not single!". Hindustan Times.
  5. ↑ "10 things you didn't know about Barun Sobti and Pashmeen Manchanda's love story". daily.bhaskar.com.
  6. ↑ "I have reservations about doing intimate scenes: Barun Sobti". The Times of India. Retrieved 16 March 2016.
  7. ↑ "Bollywood is the next obvious step-Barun Sobti". Times of India. Retrieved 9 September 2014.
  8. ↑ "Big icons of small screen!". The Times of India.
  9. ↑ "Small screen's heartthrobs who return on fans' demands". The Times of India. Retrieved 16 March 2016.
  10. ↑ "Will Barun Sobti get Third time lucky in B-town". Times of India. Retrieved 9 September 2014.
  11. ↑ "Main Air Mr.Right". Bollywood Hungama. Retrieved 9 September 2014.
  12. 1 2 "Watch: Kritika Kamra kills Barun Sobti for water". Retrieved 16 March 2016.
  13. ↑ "Barun Sobtis new avatar for 22-Yards". Times of India. Retrieved 9 September 2014.
  14. ↑ "John Abraham to Launch Harshavardan in Bollywood". Times of India. Retrieved 9 September 2014.
  15. ↑ "Barun Sobti how he is the best family man". Hindustan Times. Retrieved 9 September 2014.
  16. ↑ "Barun Sobti and Sapna Pabbi-starrer Satra Ko Shaadi Hai shelved". 23 May 2017.
  17. ↑ "Kay Kay Menon and Barun Sobti to join hands for ALT Balaji's The Great Indian Dysfunctional Family". Bollywood Life.
  18. ↑ "Barun Sobti on Asura: It's the most intelligently written script". The Indian Express.
  19. ↑ "Ali Zafar crowned sexiest Asian man on planet". Times of India. Retrieved 9 September 2014.
  20. ↑ "Barun Sobti's 'Main Aur Mr Riight' promo gets a positive response". The Times of India. Retrieved 16 March 2016.
  21. ↑ "'Satra Ko Shaadi Hai' is about big fat chaos filled Indian wedding". The Indian Express. 30 April 2014. Retrieved 16 March 2016.
  22. ↑ "Everything in life is risky: Barun Sobti". The AsMarch 2016.
  23. ↑ "India Ne Bana Di Jodi dazzles tonight". dailybhaskar. 2011-01-02. Retrieved 2018-01-20.
  24. ↑ "When Iss Pyaar Ko Kya Naam Doon's Barun Sobti met Divyanka Tripathi and Karan Patel". Retrieved 2 July 2017.
  25. 1 2 "Global Honours 2012 - The Global Indian Film and TV Honours Awards 2012". Globalhonours.in. Retrieved 2012-10-23.
  26. 1 2 "2012 And the winners are..." People's Choice Awards India. Retrieved 30 November 2012.
  27. ↑ "The ITA Awards 2012 - Popular Top-5". Archived from the original on 29 October 2013.
  28. 1 2 "Telly awards 2012 Popular Awards winners".
  29. ↑ "Barun Sobti bestowed with the Best Actor award in San Fransisco". Pinkvilla.

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