Dhruv Bhandari (born 13 July) is an Indian actor who has appeared in films and TV series such as ''

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'' and

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's '' Tere Sheher Mein''. His father is Mohan Bhandari.

Personal life

Dhruv Bhandari was born on 13 July 1985 in

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. His bachelor's degree is in mass media. He has also done a lot of theater workshops and is a trained dancer. Dhruv Bhandari was born to Mohan Bhandari who was a talented actor. Mohan had a

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and died on 25 September 2015 at the age of 78. He appeared as the lovable father in a popular show on

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titled ''

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''.

Filmography

Film

* Click (2010 film) *'' Dil Toh Baccha Hai Ji'' (2011, cameo) *'' Pathayeram Kodi'' (2013, as Ashwin)

Television

Career

Dhruv was seen in an ad with

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for Luminous invertors and was also part of an ad campaign for

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for four months. Dhruv made his television debut in the show, '

' on

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where he played the role of Yuvraj. He was supposed to start his career with Manish Goswami's 'Sixer' which was loosely based on

but the project was shelved. He next appeared in the movie ' Dil Toh Baccha Hai Ji' alongside

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where he played the role of Chris the cool dude. He bagged his first single lead in 'Pathaayiram Kodi', a

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, directed by Sreenivasan Sundar.

Tere Sheher Mein

Tere Sheher Mein was a popular TV show aired on

by Director's Kut Productions (production house of Rajan Shahi). Dhruv Bhandari played the lead role of Mantu alongside Hiba Nawab as Amaya Mathur in the show. Dhruv Bhandari quit the show because Mantu, who is in love with Amaya, in the coming days would have seen a shift in his personality to negative after a sudden story change in which Amaya is forced to marry Mantu's childhood friend, Rama. Dhruv thought otherwise and chose to opt out instead of playing a negative role.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Bhandari, Dhruv 21st-century Indian male actors Place of birth missing (living people) Indian male television actors Indian male film actors Living people 1985 births