Aryan Vaid (born 4 July 1976) is an Indian model, who won the Graviera Mister India World modelling pageant in the year 2000. He also went on to win the

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Award in 2000. He was a contestant in the reality show ''

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'' in 2006.

Career

Vaid is a qualified

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and a

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with ''

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''. He has been actively involved with

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and has done a few street plays at the Prithvi theatre in Mumbai. It was during one of these plays that he was offered a role in the television serial, ''Campus''. He has acted in a number of

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movies. He started out his career in a small budget movie '' Market''. Subsequently, he had a series of small budget movies that did well at the box-office. His first big budget movie was ''

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''. Even though the movie had an average run, Vaid received decent reviews for his acting and physique. He then moved to the United States. In 2006, Vaid was a housemate in the first season of ''

'', the Indian version of ''

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'', produced by

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India for

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. Vaid also appeared on Zee TV's show, ''Rab Se Sonha Ishq'' as Harry, a cab driver in London.

Television

*2006: '' Bigg Boss 1'' (Evicted on Day 35) *2008: ''

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'' as

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*2013: ''

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'' *2013: '' Rab Se Sohna Isshq'' as Harvinder *2014: '' Udaan'' as Kabir *2016-2017: '' Santoshi Maa'' as Indra Dev

Filmography

* '' Market'' (2003) – Babloo * ''Film Star'' (2005) – Abhishek Sharma * '' Chaahat – Ek Nasha'' (2005) – Rahul Kapoor * '' Dubai Babu'' (2009) – Don (Kannada film) * '' Fun – Can Be Dangerous Sometimes'' (2005) – Raj Solanki * ''White Noise'' (2005) * ''Naam Gum Jayega'' (2005) – Aryan Srivastav * ''Sauda – The Deal'' (2005) – Sameer * ''

Ek Jind Ek Jaan ''Ik Jind Ik Jaan'' is a Punjabi motion picture filmed in 2006 in India.It stars Raj Babbar, Nagma Nagma Arvind Morarji (born Nandita Arvind Morarji on 25 December 1974) is an Indian politician and former actress. She was a popular lead a ...

'' (2006) (Punjabi) – Karamveer Singh * ''Manoranjan'' (2006) – Rahul * '' Aisa Kyon Hota Hai?'' (2006) – Raj * '' Mr 100% – The Real Player'' (2006) – Rajesh * '' Ghutan'' (2007) – Ravi Kapoor * ''

'' (2007) – Gaurav Ghera * ''

Deshdrohi ''Deshdrohi'' ( Traitor) is a 2008 Indian Hindi-language action thriller film directed by Jagdish A. Sharma. It was scripted and produced by KRK, who also appeared in the lead role alongside Manoj Tiwari, Hrishitaa Bhatt, Gracy Singh and Zulf ...

'' (2008) – Special Appearance * ''Ssimran'' (2009) (post-production) * ''

Right Yaaa Wrong ''Right Yaaa Wrong'' () is a 2010 Indian Hindi-language crime thriller film directed by Neeraj Pathak, starring Sunny Deol and Irrfan Khan along with Konkona Sen Sharma, Isha Koppikar, Aryan Vaid and Govind Namdeo. This film was shot in Film C ...

'' (2009) * '' Pratigya'' (2009) (in production) * '' Kisme Kitna Hai Dum'' (2009) (in production) * ''Reejhan'' (2009) (in production) * ''

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'' (2010) * ''Ek Ka Do Aur Dhoka Ek'' (2011) (in production) * ''

Diary Of A Butterfly ''Diary of a Butterfly'' is a 2012 thriller drama film directed by Vinod Mukhi and written by Asad Ajmeri. The film stars Udita Goswami as a female protagonist. The film is produced by Anil Kumar under the banner of Bhaggyashri Production. Stor ...

'' (2012) - Ravi Bajaj * '' Love U Crazy Girl'' (2014) - Akash Rathod (Police Inspector) * ''

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'' (2019) - Munna Singh (Bhojpuri film) Footpath (2003 film) Young Aryan Vaid Soorat pe teri

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Vaid, Aryan Male beauty pageant winners 1976 births Indian male film actors Indian male models Living people Bigg Boss (Hindi TV series) contestants