Rajeev Khandelwal

The film grossed inr 18000000 domestically.

For his work in the film, he received the nomination of Filmfare Award for Best Male Debut.

Rajeev Khandelwal (born 16 October 1975) is an Indian film and television actor, singer and host.

He started his career directing the television series Filmy Chakkar.

He was born on 16 October 1975 in Jaipur, Rajasthan, India in a Marwari family.

He is the second son of Lt. Col. C.L. Khandelwal (retired) and Mrs Vijay Laxmi Khandelwal.

His elder brother is Sanjeev Khandelwal and Rahul Khandelwal is his younger brother.

He did his schooling from Kendriya Vidyalaya, Jaipur.

He later earned a Bachelor's degree in Chemistry from St. Xavier's College, Ahmedabad.

He began his television career with a negative role in the show Kya Hadsaa Kya Haqeeqat (2002).

In 2002 he was offered Balaji Telefilms' Kahiin To Hoga, a romantic drama.

He portrayed the character of Sujal Garewal who is 6 feet tall, dark handsome and rich, a Mills & Boonish hero and a scorned lover.

For portraying Sujal Garewal, he became a recipient of many awards and accolades for Best Debut and Best Actor.

His break as an actor was as the lead in the television drama, Kahiin To Hoga (2003-2005).

After this he acted in many television shows which include Time Bomb 9/11 (2005), Sun Leyna (2006), Left Right Left (2007), Reporters (2015) to name a few.

In 2005, he was seen as the RAW Field Officer Varun Awasthi in Ketan Mehta's action television series, Time Bomb 9/11.

In 2006, he entered C.I.D as ACP Prithviraj and also acted as Sharim in the Pakistani show, Sun Leyna.

In 2006-2007 he featured in the youth based drama series, Left Right Left as Captain Rajveer Singh Shikhawat; the character was later killed off.

His portrayal of this character received appreciation from audiences as well as critics.

In 2007, he adopted a five-year-old girl named Swati from an institute called Muskaan.

In 2008, he made his Bollywood debut with the film Aamir which proved to be a turning point in his career, after which he became part of many films like Shaitan (2011), Soundtrack (2011), Table No.21 (2013), Samrat & Co (2015) and others.

Khandelwal made his Bollywood debut with Ronnie Screwvala's action-thriller Aamir (2008).

He was cast as Dr. Aamir Ali, who returns to India from England and becomes the reluctant pawn of a terrorist group.

Film critic Taran Adarsh from Bollywood Hungama reviewed "Rajeev Khandelwal is remarkable in the title role. The film would've fallen flat had it been entrusted to an inferior actor, but Rajeev lends the right shades and emerges triumphant. Watch him emote with his eyes in the latter reels mainly, and you realize that he knows the craft so well. An excellent debut!".

CNN-IBN's Rajeev Masand added, "Uninhibited, spontaneous and blessed with unmistakable presence, Khandelwal holds the screen like a seasoned artist. Using his face as a canvas to display emotions, he emerges as the biggest strength of this little film."

Khandelwal married his longtime girlfriend Manjiri Kamtikar on 7 February 2011.

He has said he is an atheist but he is not against people who follow any religion.

He currently stays at Goregaon, Mumbai, India.

He started working with a Delhi based production house and also modelled for brands like LML, Green Label Whiskey, Videocon and many more.

In 2011, Khandelwal had two film releases.

His first appearance was in the Bejoy Nambiar's thriller film Shaitan (2012) co-starring Kalki Koechlin.

He played the role of Inspector Arvind Mathur, who is assigned by the Police Commissioner to solve a case unofficially, as he is on suspension after throwing a corporator from the first floor of his own house for allegedly beating up a woman.

Taran Adarsh of entertainment portal of Bollywood Hungama wrote of his performance:"Rajeev Khandelwal, playing a cop who's fighting his inner demons, nails the role, giving a tight, focused performance".

Khandelwal was next seen in Sanjiv Goenka's Soundtrack opposite Soha Ali Khan.

In 2015, he returned to television with Sony TV's show Reporters with Kritika Kamra.

Khandelwal made his digital debut in 2018 with Alt Balaji's Haq Se.

In 2018, he hosted Zee TV's talk show Juzzbaatt.

Khandelwal belongs to Kalandri, a town situated in Sirohi district of Rajasthan.

In 2019, he appeared in another Alt Balaji web series Coldd Lassi Aur Chicken Masala opposite Divyanka Tripathi.

Apart from acting he has hosted many reality shows which are Deal Ya No Deal, Sacch Ka Saamna, Super Cars and My Endeavour.