Ranvir Shorey

Ranvir Shorey
Shorey, at the press meet for the film Blue Mountains in 2015
Born Jalandhar, Punjab, India
Occupation Actor
Years active 2002–present
Spouse(s) Konkona Sen Sharma (2010–15)

Ranvir Shorey is an Indian actor and former VJ. Since making his debut in Ek Chhotisi Love Story (2002), he has starred in a number of high-profile films such as Jism (2003) and Lakshya (2004). He has also starred in the critically acclaimed films such as Traffic Signal, Bheja Fry (2007) and the critical and commercial hit Mithya (2008).

Career

He started his career along with his friend and co-actor Vinay Pathak. He was the host of the successful talk show Ranvir Vinay Aur Kaun? and The Great Indian Comedy Show which aired on STAR One.[1]

He made his debut opposite Manisha Koirala in the film Ek Chhotisi Love Story (2002). It was a box office failure. His next film Jism (2003) was a hit but he had a minor role. It was not until 2006 that he got noticed in the comedy Khosla Ka Ghosla. The film was released to much acclaim and his comic role was praised. He played Nanoo in the comedy Pyaar Ke Side Effects alongside Rahul Bose as his funny friend. He appeared in the multi-starrer Honeymoon Travels Pvt. Ltd. (2007) which was moderately successful. He appeared in a Yash Raj Films, titled Aaja Nachle which was released in November 2007. Mithya, which was released in February 2008, has Ranvir Shorey as the lead actor and has been critically acclaimed. Recently Ranvir was seen in movies like Ugly Aur Pagli and box office hit Singh Is Kinng.

He hosted Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa (season 7) in the year 2014. Which aired on Colors (TV channel). [2]

Personal life

He did his early schooling from Dayanand Model Sr. Sec School, Jalandhar. He is a close friend of actor and director Rajat Kapoor and actor Vinay Pathak. Ranvir Shorey used to date Pooja Bhatt, but he finally got married to his longtime girlfriend actress Konkona Sen Sharma on 3 September 2010.[3] The couple, who got engaged in 2008, reportedly exchanged wedding vows in an intimate ceremony at their Goregaon residence. The Times of India reported that his wife, Konkona, gave birth to their first child, Haroon, on 15 March 2011 at a South Mumbai hospital.[4]

Television

Year Serial Role TV Channel Language Notes
1998House ArrestHost/PresenterChannel VEnglish
1999SabaHost/Presenter
2000Chat RoomHost/Presenter
2004-2007The Great Indian Comedy ShowVarious CharactersStar OneHindi
2005Super SaleGuest Contestant
2007Ranvir Vinay Aur Kaun?Host/Presenter
2010Kaam Ka PlotDashrath SrivastavaZoomTV Movie
2014Fear Factor: Khatron Ke Khiladi Darr Ka BlockbusterContestantColors TVSemi finalist
2014Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa 7Host

Filmography

Year Film Role Notes
2002 Ek Chotisi Love Story Manisha's boyfriend
2003 Jism Vishal
Freaky Chakra The writer
Waisa Bhi Hota Hai Part II Ranveer Shourie
2004 Lakshya Tansen
2005 Hum Dum Anthony
The Film Film director Kaushik
2006 Shiva Daksh
Mixed Doubles Sunil Arora
Yun Hota Toh Kya Hota
Pyaar Ke Side Effects Nanoo (Narayanan Balgopal Swami Iyer)
Khosla Ka Ghosla Balwant K. 'Bunty' Khosla
2007 Traffic Signal Dominic D'Souza
Honeymoon Travels Pvt. Ltd. Hitesh
Bheja Fry Asif Merchant
No Smoking Abbas Tyerwalla
Aaja Nachle Mohan Sharma
2008 Mithya VK/Raje Bhai
Sirf Akash
Ugly Aur Pagli Kabir
Good Luck A Jiglo
Singh Is Kinng Puneet
8 Arif Segment: 'How can it be?'
Dasvidaniya Jagtap
Fashion Himself Special Appearance
2009 A Rectangular Love Story
Chandni Chowk to China Chop Stick
Do Knot Disturb A detective
2010 Aap Ke Liye Hum
The Film Emotional Atyachar Leslie
2012 Ek Tha Tiger Gopi
Midnight's Children Laurel Canadian-British film
2013 Bajatey Raho Ballu
2014 Happy Ending Montu
2015 Gour Hari Dastaan Rajiv Singhal
Titli Vikram
2016 Moh Maya Money Aman
2017 Blue Mountains Om Mehra
A Death In The Gunj Vikram
Gali Guliyan Ganeshi
2019 Sonchiriya TBA Filming

References

  1. ↑ Laugh Riot, an article from indiantelevision.com
  2. ↑ about Ranvir's exit from jhalak dhiklaja |work=The Times of India|date=2014|accessdate=2016
  3. ↑ "Ranvir Shorey marry Konkona Sen". WorldSnap. Retrieved 4 September 2010.
  4. ↑ "TimesOfIndia". Konkona-Ranvir blessed with baby boy. 16 March 2011. Retrieved 16 March 2011.
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