Karan Kundrra

Kundrra made his acting debut in 2009 with the lead role of Arjun Punj in Kitani Mohabbat Hai on NDTV Imagine. In late 2009, he played the lead character of Veeru in Bayttaab Dil Kee Tamanna Hai on Sony TV. After appearing in an episodic role as a ghost prince in Aahat on Sony TV, he participated in the dance reality show Zara Nachke Dikha on Star Plus in May 2010. Later, he played the lead role of Arjun Singhania in Kitani Mohabbat Hai on Imagine TV. He was then seen as a host in the first two seasons of Gumrah – End Of Innocence on Channel V. He played the role of Karan Kapoor in Teri Meri Love Stories on Star Plus. Kundrra was next seen in V The Serial on Channel V in 2012. He was also seen as a gangleader in the reality show Roadies on MTV. He also hosted another reality show Love School on MTV for 3 seasons.

In 2017, he was cast as Manpreet Sandhu in Anees Bazmee's film Mubarakan alongside Arjun Kapoor and Ileana D'Cruz. In 2018, he starred as the lead Ayush Asthana in Vikram Bhatt's horror film 1921. The same year, he made a comeback to television with Ekta Kapoor's romantic drama Dil Hi Toh Hai, which extended for two more seasons on the OTT platform ALTBalaji and mx player 2019 and 2020.

In 2020 Kundrra appeared in ALT balaji web series It happened in Calcutta as the lead character. Ronobir Chatterjee. In April 2021, he played the role of Ranveer Chauhan in Yeh Rishta Kya Kehlata Hai.^[4] In October 2021, Kundrra participated in the popular reality show Bigg Boss 15 and emerged as the second runner-up. In March 2022, he was seen as a jailor on the reality show LockUpp which streamed on ALTBalaji and MX Player. In April 2022, Kundrra hosted the dance reality show Dance Deewane Juniors 1 on Colors TV.

In 2023, he was seen portraying Veer, a shape shifting werewolf, in Colors TV’s series Tere Ishq Mein Ghayal.^[5]

In 2024, he took part in the reality show called Laughter Chef where his pair with Arjun Bijlani was applauded for their teamwork and performance.^[6] In June 2025, he participated as contestant in the Prime Video's The Traitors.^[7] He was eliminated on Day 3 and placed 17th.^[8]

In December 2025, he joined Colors TV's Naagin 7 where he played Dr. Tushar Sinha.^[9] Since January 2026, he also hosted MTV India's MTV Splitsvilla 16.^[10]

Kundrra has been in a relationship with actress Tejaswi Prakash since 2021. The two met while working on Ladies vs Gentlemen, and started dating during their stay in the reality show Bigg Boss 15.^[11][12]

Kundrra has appeared on Forbes India's Celebrity 100 list twice. He debuted in 2018 at 84th position with an estimated annual income of ₹110.1 million (US$1.2 million).^[13] In 2019, he was placed at 92nd position.^[14][15]

Kundrra was the guest of honour at Asia’s largest youth conference in 2013.^[16][17]

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