Published 12:42 IST, December 2nd 2020

Apurva Agnihotri Birthday: Interesting facts you need to know about the 'Pardes' Star

Apurva Agnihotri's birthday: Explore more about the 'Pardes' star's life through 23 years of his acting career in films, television and web series.

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Actor Apurva Agnihotri turned 48 on December 2, 2020. Playing a negative character in his first movie itself, actor is kwn for his debut role as ‘Rajiv’ in movie. Starting his movie career in 1997 and continuing for seven years in film industry, some table films of his include Krodh, Pyaar Diwana Hota Hai, and Kasoor.

actor n moved on to television shows, where he has h an active career for 16 years. To mark his birthday, here are some of Apurva Agnihotri's facts you did t kw about Pardes Star.

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  • Directed by Subhash Ghai, movie Pardes showed Apurva’s character ‘Rajiv’ in a negative role. story portrayed him as an evil, oppressive person who tries to assault his wife on her denial towards acceptance of Western culture. actor played a supporting role in movie and was minated for an award for same in Zee Cine Awards.
  • Apurva Agnihotri was born in 1972, in Kanpur, Uttar Presh. Reportedly, he studied at Sheiling House, Kanpur and completed his gruation from Bhavan’s College, Mumbai.
  • Apurva Agnihotri's career in TV started when  actor was offered a le role in television serial Jassi Jaisi Koi Nahi with co-actor Mona Singh.

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  • He has worked on 8 movies in his film career, namely Pardes, Pyaar Koi Khel Nahi, Krodh,  Hum Ho Gaye Aapke, Kasoor, Pyaar Diwana Hota Hai, Dhund, and Lakeer.
  • He has been working as a television actor for 16 years, during which he has worked on 10 TV serials and several reality shows like Nach Baliye 1, Bigg Boss 7 and Power Couple.
  • For his le role as ‘Armaan Suri’ in serial Jassi Jaisi Koi Nahi, he was awarded Best Actor Award in 2005 Indian Telly Awards.
  • Talking about Apurva Agnihotri's relationships, he married his girlfriend, actor Shilpa Saklani in 2007.
  • According to Freepressjournal, Apurva and Shilpa were in a controversy over a rave party where y were charge-sheeted despite claiming to be incent.

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Apurva Agnihotri's Trivia

  • According to Starsunfolded, Apurva Agnihotri loves listening to Kishore Kumar, his favourite singer's songs.
  • As seen in his Instagram posts, actor is very passionate about riding bikes, and recently referred to it as his 'Sunday rapy'.
  • actor is very fond of dogs and owns a white Maltese named 'Hollywood'.
  • In Bigg Boss 7, he participated with Shilpa and surprised her by shaving his hair off during a task. In same reality show, he expressed his wishes of turning to direction and openness to direct films or TV.
  • His latest role is as ‘Harry Somani’ in web series Kehne Ko Humsafar Hain where he got opportunity to work with his former co-actor, Mona Singh.
  • In his recent fan interactions on Instagram, Apurva Agnihotri expressed that he was more inclined to cameos, rar than full-time shows.

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12:42 IST, December 2nd 2020