Gaurav Khanna

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.^[6]

He began his acting career by appearing in television commercials.^[7][8]

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.^[9] He subsequently participated in Colors TV's reality show Bigg Boss 19 and emerged as the winner.^[10]

In early 2016, Khanna was revealed to be dating television actress Akanksha Chamola.^[11][12] The couple married on 24 November 2016 in Khanna's hometown of Kanpur.^[13][14][15]

In 2025, he revealed on Celebrity MasterChef that he is colour-blind. He was also the only vegetarian contestant on the show.^[16]

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. ^[17]

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