Arjun Bijlani

Arjun Bijlani (born 31 October 1982) is an Indian actor who predominantly works in Hindi television and reality shows.

He is best known for his roles in Star One's romantic comedy Miley Jab Hum Tum and in first two seasons of Colors TV's Supernatural drama series, Naagin.

He is also known for his participation in the dance reality show Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa 9 and for being winner of stunt based reality show Fear Factor: Khatron Ke Khiladi 11.

Bijlani made his television debut with Ekta Kapoor's show Kartika on Hungama TV.

Subsequently, he proved himself as a leading star with his performances in various well-known shows like Left Right Left, Miley Jab Hum Tum, Meri Aashiqui Tum Se Hi, Naagin, Kavach, Pardes Mein Hai Mera Dil, Ishq Mein Marjawan.

On the non-fictional front, he participated in Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa 9 and Smart Jodi and hosted Dance Deewane.

Arjun Bijlani was born on 31 October 1982 in Bombay, Maharashtra, to a Sindhi Father and a Maharashtrian Mother.

He did his schooling from Bombay Scottish School, Mahim and his college from H.R. College of Commerce and Economics.

He also has a younger brother named Niranjan Bijlani.

At the age of nineteen, he lost his father Sudarshan Bijlani.

Arjun started his television career in 2004 with Balaji Telefilms' youth-based series Kartika opposite Jennifer Winget.

He played the role of Ankush, Kartika's love interest.

In 2005, Bijlani appeared in another youth television show Remix, playing the role of Vikram.

Bijlani had his first noticeable role in the action-based television drama Left Right Left as Cadet Aalekh Sharma.

In 2008, he played Sanjay, a rich fun-loving guy in Deepti Bhatnagar's period drama Mohe Rang De.

The same year, he featured in the romantic youth show Miley Jab Hum Tum alongside Rati Pandey, Sanaya Irani and Mohit Sehgal.

He played Mayank Sharma, a nerd who falls for a fun-loving girl.

This was his first show as a leading actor which received high TRPs.

The show ended on 19 November 2010.

His next television venture was NDTV Imagine's Pardes Mein Mila Koi Apna alongside Bhavna Khatri.

He played the role of Chandrakant Bhosale in the show.

In 2012, Arjun hosted UTV Bindass's reality talk show Dell Inspiron Road Diaries.

The same year, he also acted in Magic Lantern's telefilm Teri Meri Love Stories on Star Plus opposite Neha Janpandit where he played the role of Raghu, an uncultured guy.

Next, he did short films like Full Phukre, I Guess and Caught in the Web.

He also appeared as Dev, a police inspector in the television series Kaali – Ek Punar Avatar opposite Aneri Vajani.

Bijlani married his longtime partner, Neha Swami on 20 May 2013.

His next appearance in 2013 was in the series Chintu Ban Gaya Gentleman.

His final appearance in 2013 was in the comedy-based cookery drama Jo Biwi Se Kare Pyaar on SAB TV, where he played the role of Aditya Khanna opposite Shweta Gulati.

In 2014, he was a player on Box Cricket League.

In 2014, Bijlani featured in an episode of UTV Bindass's Yeh Hai Aashiqui named alongside Perneet Chauhan and Rucha Gujarathi.

On 21 January 2015, they became parents to a baby boy whom they named Ayaan Bijlani.

In March 2015, he entered Balaji Telefilms' romantic television drama series Meri Aashiqui Tumse Hi alongside Radhika Madan and Shakti Arora.

He played the role of Shikhar Mehra, a casanova lawyer yet a positive guy who falls in love with Ishani (Radhika Madan).

He quit the show in August 2015.

In September 2015, he signed another thriller show of Balaji Telefilms, Naagin, opposite Mouni Roy.

The show aired on Colors TV.

Arjun's first Bollywood film Direct Ishq was released in 2016.

In 2020, he debuted into digital world with the web series State Of Siege on ZEE5.

In 2021, he participated in Fear Factor: Khatron Ke Khiladi 11 and emerged as the winner.

Later that year, he started shooting for another web series, Roohaniyat, which aired on MX Player in 2022.