Ravi Dubey

Dubey was born in Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh and was brought up in Delhi, India.^[5][6] His father, Gyan Prakash Dubey, is a Civil Engineer, who worked with management in various real estate organisations in the Delhi/NCR Region.^{[citation needed]}

Dubey moved to Mumbai from Delhi to study electronic and telecommunications engineering at the Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Technology.^[7][8] Later, he started working as a model.^[7][9]

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Dubey started his career as a model,^[10] then he started his acting career in 2006 with the parallel lead role of Ravi Agarwal in the DD National television show Stree... Teri Kahaani, which was produced by actors Dilip Kumar and Saira Banu.^[11] Later he portrayed the small role of "Veer" in Sahara One's soap opera Doli Saja Ke.^[12] Thereafter, he appeared as the male lead in Yahan Ke Hum Sikandar, where he played the role of Ravi.^[12]

Dubey has done up to 40 television commercial ads, including Reliance, TVS Victor, Mrs. Marino, Gee Pee Mobile, Nestle, ICICI, Action Milano Shoes, Fairever, Santro and Water Kingdom.^[13][14]

In December 2008, Dubey replaced Vinay Rohrra for portraying the male lead in Zee television's show Ranbir Rano.^[14][15] After the show ended, Dubey was cast opposite Sargun Mehta in Zee television's soap opera 12/24 Karol Bagh.^[16]

In October 2010, Dubey featured opposite Aishwarya Sakhuja for Sony Entertainment Television's romantic/drama show Saas Bina Sasural, in which he portrayed the male lead role of Tej Prakash Chaturvedi.^[17] While working in the show, Dubey started his film career in Bollywood; he signed for Aron Govil's 2011 Hindi film U R My Jaan.^[18]

In January 2012, Dubey participated in Sony Entertainment Television's reality-based comedy series of Comedy Circus titled, Kahani Comedy Circus Ki. Dubey said, "I am super excited as I have always loved the show. So far I have never had the opportunity to try my hands at comedy, which I believe is the toughest of all".^[19]

In December 2012, Dubey participated in the fifth season of Star Plus television's celebrity couple dance reality show Nach Baliye, along with Sargun Mehta. And on 23 March 2013, in the finale episode, He became the first runner-up of the show.^[20][21] Dubey also participated in another of Nach Baliye's celebrity couple dance reality series titled, Nach Baliye Shriman v/s Shrimati in 2013.^[22]

In May 2013, Dubey started hosting television shows, He replaced Mohit Malhotra to host Star Plus television's dance reality show India's Dancing Superstar.^[23][24]

In September 2013, he was approached for the lead role of Rajbir in Rashmi Sharma's show Desh Ki Beti Nandini, but he was out of the show.^[25] Dubey has also appeared along with Shweta Salve at Indian Television Academy's ramp show Fashion Ka Jalwa.^[26]

In March 2014, Dubey got the male lead in Zee television's soap opera Jamai Raja, in which he plays the role of Siddharth "Sid" Khurana opposite Nia Sharma, the show produced by actor Akshay Kumar and co-produced by Ashvini Yardi, under their own production banner, Grazing Goat Pictures.^[27]

In December 2014, Dubey hosted an award event of Zee televisions', Zee Rishtey Awards, along with Shabbir Ahluwalia.^[28]

In 2017, Dubey participated in Colors stunt reality show Fear Factor: Khatron Ke Khiladi 8 in its eighth season where he ended up being the 2nd Runner-up while Shantanu Maheshwari was the winner and Hina Khan was the 1st Runner-up.^[29][30][31]

In November 2017, Dubey was seen as one of the contestants in the Colors comedy show Entertainment Ki Raat along with Dipika Kakar and Asha Negi. He also participated in Star Plus reality show Lip Sing Battle along with wife Sargun Mehta, Rithvik Dhanjani & Asha Negi.^[32]

In January 2018, Ravi hosted the Colors singing reality show Rising Star.^[33] In June 2018, he also hosted the Star Plus game show Sabse Smart Kaun.^[34] As of February 2019, Dubey hosted the Seventh Season of Sa Re Ga Ma Pa L'il Champs on Zee TV replace Aditya Narayan.

Ravi has been associated with hosting the Zee Rishtey Awards 2014, 2015, 2017, 2018 and 2019.

He made his debut into the digital space alongside Nia Sharma with the web series Jamai 2.0, which is a reboot of his Zee TV show Jamai Raja. The series opened to good reviews.^[35] The second season released in February 2021, receiving positive responses.^{[citation needed]} He is currently working as a lead actor in popular web series MatsyaKaand on mxplayer which is one of the highest rated and most watched web series of India.

In 2019, he had opened his own production house Dreamiyata Entertainment Pvt Ltd, with his wife Sargun Mehta and co-produced several films.^[36] In March 2021, Dreamiyata Entertainment produced television series Udaariyaan, which airs on Colors TV.^[37]

In October 2024, Dubey was cast as Lakshman in the upcoming Ramayana film.^[38]

Dubey married actress Sargun Mehta on 7 December 2013.^[39][40]

Dubey is a follower of Nichiren Buddhism.

He said, "I started following it (Buddhism) when I was going through a very rough patch in my life and I wanted some understanding of the chaos that was going on in one's life. I wanted to align myself and feel better about myself. So, when things went out of control, I started chanting at that time."^[41][42][43]

Year	Title	Ref.
2019	Kala Shah Kala	[44]
	Jhalle
2022	Saunkan Saunkne
2025	Saunkan Saunkanay 2

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
2026	Ramayana: Part 1 †	Lakshmana		[45]
2027	Ramayana: Part 2 †

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
2006–2007	Stree Teri Kahani	Ravi
2007–2008	Yahan Ke Hum Sikandar	Ravi		[46]
	Doli Saja Ke	Veer Kapoor
2008–2009	Ranbir Rano	Ranbir
2009–2010	12/24 Karol Bagh	Omkar Dagar		[47]
2010–2012	Saas Bina Sasural	Tej Prakash Chaturvedi		[48]
2011	Meri Maa	Himself	Guest appearance
2011–2013	Parvarrish – Kuchh Khattee Kuchh Meethi	Aadarsh Khanna
2012	Teri Meri Love Stories	Mukul	Episodic role
2012–2013	Nach Baliye 5	Contestant	1st runner-up
2013	Nach Baliye Shriman v/s Shrimati			[49]
	India's Dancing Superstar	Host		[50]
	MasterChef India 3	Himself	Guest appearance	[51]
	Nach Baliye 6
	Boogie Woogie Kids Championship
2014	Comedy Nights with Kapil
2014–2017	Jamai Raja[52]	Siddharth Khurana/Karanvir Khurana
2014; 2015	Qubool Hai	Siddharth Khurana	Guest appearance
2015	Kumkum Bhagya
2015–2016	India's Best Dramebaaz	Host
2016	Tashan-e-Ishq	Siddharth Khurana	Guest appearance
2017	Bigg Boss 10	Himself		[53]
	Fear Factor: Khatron Ke Khiladi 8	Contestant	2nd runner-up
	India Banega Manch	Himself	Guest appearance
	Bhaag Bakool Bhaag
	Bigg Boss 11			[54]
	The Drama Company	Host
	Lip Sing Battle	Himself	Guest appearance
2017–2018	Entertainment Ki Raat	Various Characters
2018	Rising Star 2	Host
	Tu Aashiqui	Himself	Guest appearance
	Aap Ke Aa Jane Se			[55]
	Sabse Smart Kaun	Host
	Jammin
2019	Sa Re Ga Ma Pa L'il Champs
2021–2024	Udaariyaan	Producer		[56]
2021	Bigg Boss 15	Himself	Guest appearance
2022	Swaran Ghar	Producer		[57]
2023	Junooniyatt
2023–2024	Daalchini			[58]
2024	Badall Pe Paon Hai			[59]
2025–present	Ganga Mai Ki Betiyan
	Tu Juliet Jatt Di

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
2019–2021	Jamai 2.0	Siddharth Khurana		[60]
2021	Matsya Kaand	Matsya		[61]
2023	Lakhan Leela Bhargava (LLB)	Lakhan Leela Bhargava		[62]
2024–2025	Dil Ko Rafu Karr Lei	–	Producer
2024–2025	Lovely Lolla			[63]
2025	Haale Dil			[64]
	Tu Aashiki Haii

Year	Title	Singer(s)
2020	Toxic	Badshah and Payal Dev
2024	Ve Haaniyaan	Danny
2025	Fanaa Karr De	Danny and Avvy Sra

Year	Title	Album	Notes	Ref.
2019	"Rubaru"	Jamai 2.0
2020	"Aankde"	N/A	Poem	[65]