Sunny Kaushal (born 28 September 1989) is an Indian actor who works in

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. After working as an assistant director on the films '' My Friend Pinto'' (2011) and '' Gunday'' (2014), he made his acting debut in the comedy-drama ''

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'' (2016). He gained recognition for his supporting part in the sports biopic ''

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'' (2018), and has since starred in the web series '' The Forgotten Army - Azaadi Ke Liye'' (2020) and the film '' Shiddat'' (2021).

Early life

Kaushal was born on 28 September 1989 in a suburban chawl in

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to Sham Kaushal, an action director in Indian films and Veena Kaushal. His older brother is actor

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. His family is

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. Kaushal initially enrolled at

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but later dropped out to pursue acting. He then started his acting career playing small roles in theater plays and skits.

Career

Kaushal made his Bollywood debut by playing the leading role in the 2016 comedy-drama road film ''

'' and the TV Mini-Series ''Official Chukyagiri.'' He was also part of the short film ''Love at First Sight.'' In the 2018, Kaushal featured in

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drama ''

'' which is based on the national hockey team's title at the 1948 Summer Olympics. He portrayed the role of Himmat Singh, a character inspired by

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For his role in ''Gold'', he received a nomination for the at the 25th Screen Awards for Best Supporting Actor. That same year, he appeared in the TV Mini-Series ''Official CEOgiri'', a spin-off of the 2016 series ''Official Chukyagiri.'' The short film ''The Embrace'' in which Kaushal plays the role of Siddharth was nominated in the Drama Short Film category at the

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Kaushal's next was the dance based film '' Bhangra Paa Le'' alongside

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which released on 3 January 2020 in select screens. Later that same year, Kaushal headlined

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's original series '' The Forgotten Army - Azaadi Ke Liye''. The series was directed by Kabir Khan based on true events of the

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fight for Indian Independence during World War II. ''

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'' found his performance to be "splendid". A year later, he starred in the

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'' Shiddat'' where he played the role of Jaggi Dil, a man who desperately tries to reach London to be with his love who is getting married to another man. After being indefinitely delayed due to the

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, the film premiered on 1 October 2021 on

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. Samriddhi Srivastava of ''

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'' commented: "Kaushal’s dialogue deliveries and convincing performance will win your heart." In 2022, Kaushal featured alongside Nushrratt Bharuccha and Vijay Varma in ''

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'', a love story set in the backdrop of the student agitation of 1990 in

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. He has also completed the survival

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'' Mili'' alongside

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and

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. He will also feature opposite

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in a suspense thriller titled ''Chor Nikal Ke Bhaaga''.

Media

Kaushal was ranked in The Times Most Desirable Men at number 45 in 2018, at No. 38 in 2019.

Filmography

Films

Web series

Music videos

Awards and nominations

References

External links

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