Gaurav Arora is an Indian actor and model. He was the second runner-up in the

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in 2006. He has appeared in numerous print-shoots and television commercials for various brands. He has been a part of the major fashion shows, and modeled for a number of Indian designers. Arora made his film debut with

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and Vikram Bhatt's Hindi film '' Love Games'' (2016) alongside Tara Alisha Berry and

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. He played the male lead named Sameer Saxena. This was followed by another pivot role of Rehaan Khanna in

'' Raaz: Reboot'' (2016),

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'' (2023) also starring

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and

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, directed by

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. Arora made his web series debut with ''

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'' season 2 (2019), also starring

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and Harleen Sethi, created by

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for

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. He played Ahan Chatterji.

Personal life

Gaurav Arora was born in

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. His parents are Ravi and Radha Arora. He has an elder sister, Anshu, and a younger sister, Mahek. He attended

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and later earned a

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degree from Prestige Institute of Management and Research. He was a National - level swimmer, and a district-level

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player.

Career

After completing his education, Arora moved to

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to pursue a career in modelling and acting.

Debut and breakthrough

Gaurav Arora made his acting debut with

' '' Love Games'' in 2016. He portrayed the lead role of Sameer Saxena, a depressed rich drug addict guy, who does self-harm, parties hard and plays love games around with Ramona Raichand (

). The story of the film shows how his life changes when he meets Alisha ( Tara Alisha Berry) and falls in love with her, and what all he does to win her against all odds. This film was shot in Cape Town, South Africa. It is an urban thriller directed by

. Arora received his breakthrough in the thriller and horror genre film Raaz: Reboot (2016), starrer

and

. He played the lead role of Rehaan Khanna, an introvert and intense guy. The film is a love story triangle, which revolves around three characters of Aditya Srivastava (

), Rehaan Khanna (Gaurav Arora) and Shaina Khanna (

), who all have a mysterious past, full of secrets. Raaz: Reboot and Jannat 3 is a

production, directed by

. This was entirely shot in

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. This film met with mixed to positive reviews. However Arora's performance earned critical acclaim and was better received. As per

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"Gaurav Arora perseveres to lend dignity to his character and has done a fine job."

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said " Just one - film old Gaurav Arora quite literally steals the show. It is commendable how he sweeps away all the attention despite having an established actor Emraan in the film."

who is famous for launching successful

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stars like

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and others, launched a new face (Gaurav Arora) after almost a decade in Love Games. Gaurav became the new poster boy of Bhatt Camp. He has signed a three - film deal with

. He will soon be seen in his next project.

Web series

Arora has been cast for

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's upcoming psychological thriller web series ''Asura'' which as of December 2018 was being shot.

Theatre

Arora has done

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too. While he groomed himself as a model, he simultaneously became a part of theatre group. He has been on stage for several plays across the country. Some of them are "The night of January 16th", "The Mousetrap " and "And Then There Were None".

Modelling

Arora participated in

in 2006, and won the second runner-up title. He subsequently opted to work as a model, and act in theatre. He was soon a successful runway model. He was amongst the winners of Elle (India) fresh face of the year 2010 title. He was counted as one of the fittest male Supermodels by Men's health magazine in 2011. In 2013, he was listed amongst the most desirable Indian men (objects of desire) by

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. Arora has worked with the top leading designers in India including

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, Raghavendra Rathore and others. He has walked the ramp for the major fashion weeks in the country, like

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, Indian couture week, Amazon India fashion week, and many more. As a model, he has represented India overseas too, in countries like the United States, Canada,

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and

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. Arora is considered amongst the top

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s of India. He has endorsed several leading brands in the country. Some of his television commercials include

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, Nyle body lotion (CavinKare), WB Channel,

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and

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. He has appeared in commercials of

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, for

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also. He has done print-shoots to endorse various brands like

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, Mufti, Reliance, John Miller,

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, Spykar, Gesture and many more. He has shot for few fashion magazines like

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and GQ, and appeared for Bronze Age editorial with

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for

. He was recognised as one of the top Indian male Supermodels by Mandate magazine in 2013. Gaurav has done a short film for

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named Glow Key, which was shot in

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, and which brought him much acclaim as a model.

Filmography

Films

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Awards and nominations

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, Best Debut Male , '' Love Games'' ,

References

External links

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