Gaurav Khanna

Biography

Gaurav Khanna (born 11 December 1981) is an Indian actor who works in Hindi television. He has appeared in several successful television shows, including CID, Anupamaa, which earned him the Indian Telly Award for Best Actor in a Lead Role, and the romantic drama Yeh Pyar Na Hoga Kam. In 2025, Khanna won Celebrity MasterChef India and Bigg Boss 19. In 2026, he participated in Khatron Ke Khiladi 15.

== Early life == Khanna spent almost a year working as a marketing manager for an IT company before entering the entertainment sector. He had a solid professional foundation from his schooling and work experience, which he later applied to his acting career.

== Career == He began his acting career by appearing in television commercials. His first appearance on television was in Bhabhi. He next appeared in Kumkum – Ek Pyara Sa Bandhan. Khanna's first lead role was in Meri Doli Tere Angana in 2007. He rose to prominence with his roles as Neil Fernandez in Jeevan Saathi – Humsafar Zindagi Ke, Abeer Bajpayee in Yeh Pyar Na Hoga Kam, Inspector Kavin in CID, Dr. Akshay Sinha in Tere Bin and Prince Virendra Singh in Prem Ya Paheli – Chandrakanta. He gained widespread attention for portraying Anuj Kapadia in Anupamaa from 2021 to 2024. Khanna's first reality show appearance was in Celebrity MasterChef India in 2025, which he won. He subsequently participated in Colors TV's reality show Bigg Boss 19 and emerged as the winner.

== Personal life == In early 2016, Khanna was revealed to be dating television actress Akanksha Chamola. The couple married on 24 November 2016 in Khanna's hometown of Kanpur. In 2025, he revealed on Celebrity MasterChef that he is colour-blind. He was also the only vegetarian contestant on the show. In 2026, on the premiere of Netflix reality series, Lock Upp: Sach Ya Sazaa, Chamola revealed that she and Khanna had been living separately for a year and would be getting a divorce.

== Filmography ==

=== Television ===

==== Special appearances ====

== Awards and nominations ==