Vinay Rana, (born 16 December 1986) professionally known as Vin Rana is an

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and model. He is known for his roles such as

Nakula In the Hindu epic Mahabharata, ''Nakula'' (Sanskrit: नकुल) was fourth of the five Pandava brothers. Nakula and Sahadeva were twins blessed to Madri, by Ashwini Kumaras, the divine physicians. Their parents Pandu and Madri - died e ...

, one of the five

pandavas The Pandavas (Sanskrit: पाण्डव, IAST: Pāṇḍava) refers to the five legendary brothers— Yudhishthira, Bhima, Arjuna, Nakula and Sahadeva—who are the central characters of the Hindu epic ''Mahabharata''. They are acknowledge ...

Mahabharat The ''Mahābhārata'' ( ; sa, महाभारतम्, ', ) is one of the two major Sanskrit epics of ancient India in Hinduism, the other being the '' Rāmāyaṇa''. It narrates the struggle between two groups of cousins in the Kuru ...

and Purab Khanna in ''

Kumkum Bhagya ''Kumkum Bhagya'' () (from 2021 onwards) is an Indian Hindi-language drama television series produced by Ekta Kapoor under Balaji Telefilms.

''.

Early life

Rana was born on 16 December 1984 in

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Personal life

He embraced fatherhood with the birth of his child, Milana Ulianova Rana with his ex-gf Valeria Ulianova. Rana married Nita Sofiani, an Indonesian model in February 2016 but the later separated in 2020 for unknown reasons.

Career

Vin Rana began his television journey in September 2013 by bagging the role of

Nakul In the Hindu epic Mahabharata, ''Nakula'' (Sanskrit: नकुल) was fourth of the five Pandava brothers. Nakula and Sahadeva were twins blessed to Madri, by Ashwini Kumaras, the divine physicians. Their parents Pandu and Madri - died early ...

, one of the five

Pandavas The Pandavas (Sanskrit: पाण्डव, IAST: Pāṇḍava) refers to the five legendary brothers— Yudhishthira, Bhima, Arjuna, Nakula and Sahadeva—who are the central characters of the Hindu epic ''Mahabharata''. They are acknowledge ...

in the

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series ''

'', based on the sanskrit epic of the same name until it went off air in 2014. He then acted in television series '' Ek Hasina Thi'' with the same channel as Karan Seth. Next, he played the role of Malay Mittal in ''

Vishkanya Ek Anokhi Prem Kahani ''Vishkanya Ek Anokhi Prem Kahani'' or simply ''Vishkanya'' (''lit.'' venomous girl) is a soap set in the old neighbourhood of the city of Kolkata. The show is about supernatural love story of fictional characters Aparajita Ghosh and Malay Mitt ...

'' opposite

Aishwarya Khare Aishwarya Khare is an Indian television actress, who works in Hindi serials. She is best known for her role as Mahima Srinivasan in '' Yeh Hai Chahatein'' and Lakshmi Bajwa in '' Bhagya Lakshmi''. Early life Aishwarya Khare hails from Bhopal, Ma ...

from 2015 to 2016. Vin Rana has also played pivotal role of Purab Khanna replacing

Arjit Taneja Arjit Taneja is an Indian television actor and model. He made his television debut with '' V The Serial'' and then appeared in the reality shows '' MTV Splitsvilla 6'' and '' Box Cricket League 1'' and TV fiction dramas ''Kumkum Bhagya'', ''Kal ...

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's ''

Kumkum Bhagya ''Kumkum Bhagya'' () (from 2021 onwards) is an Indian Hindi-language drama television series produced by Ekta Kapoor under Balaji Telefilms.

''. A year later, he appeared in the show's spin-off ''

Kundali Bhagya ''Kundali Bhagya'' () is an Indian Hindi-language romantic drama television series created by Ekta Kapoor. It premiered on 12 July 2017 on Zee TV. A spin-off series of ''Kumkum Bhagya'', it stars Shraddha Arya, Manit Joura, Ruhi Chaturvedi, ...

'' playing the same role with his co-stars

Sriti Jha Sriti Jha (born 26 February 1986) is an Indian actress who primarily works in Hindi television. She made her acting debut in 2007 with ''Dhoom Machaao Dhoom'' playing Malini Sharma. Jha earned wider recognition with her portrayal of Pragya Aror ...

Shabir Ahluwalia Shabir Ahluwalia (born 10 August 1979) is an Indian actor and host. He is known for portraying Abhishek Prem Mehra in ''Kumkum Bhagya''. Apart from this, Ahluwalia has acted in ''Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi'' (2002), ''Kya Hadsaa Kya Haqeeq ...

. In 2019, he was seen essaying the role of Kapil Salgaonkar in '' Kavach 2: Mahashivratri'' opposite

Deepika Singh Deepika Singh Goyal (born 26 July, 1989) is an Indian television actress. She is known for playing the role of Sandhya Rathi in Star Plus's ''Diya Aur Baati Hum''. Early life Singh was born in New Delhi on 26 July 1989. She completed her Mas ...

, also his music video 'Fitte Muh' was launched in the same year. Later, Vin played roles of Oscar Mathews and Abeer Singh in

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's ''Poison 2'' and ''Jamai 2.0'' respectively.

Filmography

Television

Web series

Indonesian shows

He worked in Indonesia in late 2014 and 2015 and appeared in several shows, including: * ''Pesbukers'' * '' The New Eat Bulaga Indonesia'' * '' Aladin & Alakadam''

Awards and nominations

References

External links

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