11 Facts About Aparshakti Khurana, The Lawyer Turner Actor

In today’s world, who doesn’t know the Khurana brothers? Aparshakti Khurana is just as multi-talented as his brother. These brothers have taken the film industry by storm. Everybody knows his brother Ayushman Khurana who has been a heartthrob in Bollywood for a long time. But do you think you know his brother, Aparshakti Khurana? Well, worry not we have certainly got you covered.

He is an actor, radio jockey, comedian, singer, music director, and television host. He is the younger brother of the Bollywood actor, Ayushmann Khurrana. Want to know him more? We have curated a list of unknown facts about him for you.

Here are some unknown facts about Aparshakti Khurana:

1. Aparshakti Khurana was born into a Hindu family on 18th November 1987 in Chandigarh.

2. Aparshakti family

P. Khurrana, the father of Aparshakti, is an astrologer and also an author of books on astrology. His mother, Poonam is a housewife and is of half-Burmese descent. She has completed her M.A. in Hindi. Ayushman Khurana is the older brother of Aparshakti.

3. Aparshakti Khurana educational qualification

He has completed his schooling and graduated in law from Chandigarh. Further, he pursued his higher education in the field of Mass Communication at IIMC Delhi. Reportedly, he had a keen interest in sports at school and was the captain of the Haryana U-19 cricket team.

4. Aparshakti Khurana wife

The actor got married on 7th September 2014 to Akriti Ahuja. Reportedly, he first met her at Shiamak Davar’s dance class in Chandigarh. She is a Financial Analyst and consultant. The couple was blessed with a baby girl on 27 August 2021, Arzoie A Khurana.

5. He was not happy with his job

He has completed his bachelor’s degree in law from Chandigarh and reportedly moved to Delhi in 2009 to practise law at the Delhi High Court. He was still not satisfied with his job and finally decided to leave it. Then, he started his career as a Radio Jockey for Big FM in Delhi.

As per reports, after joining as a radio jockey, he joined the Draamtech Theatre group at IIT Delhi to improve his voice modulation and expressions.

6. Aparshakti Bollywood debut and breakthrough

Aparshakti got massive recognition in Bollywood after playing Omkar in Dangal. Khurana made his acting debut with the biographical sports drama Dangal, directed by Nitesh Tiwari in 2016. It portrayed the real story of Mahavir Singh Phogat, a Pehlwani wrestler, who trains his two daughters Geeta and Babita to become India’s top-female wrestlers.

Later he was seen in many movies like Badrinath Ki Dulhania, Stree, Happy Phirr Bhag Jayegi, and many more.

7. Dangal is Khurana’s highest-grossing release ever which earned him a lot of praise along with a Screen Award for Best Male Debut and another nomination under the same category at the Filmfare Awards.

8. Khurana went from being an RJ to a host

Later on, Aparshakti went from being an RJ to hosting several TV shows like You Have Been Warned (2017), Super Night with Tubelight (2017), and Om Shaanti Om (2017). He has also appeared as a commentator on a sports reality TV show in 2014 called the Box Cricket League.

He has also been a host in Big Buzz which used to air on Voot. In that show, all the evicted participants from the massive hit reality TV show Big Boss were asked about their experiences and opinions on their housemates.

9. He is a great singer

Both of the Khurana brothers are known to be great singers and they have co-written and composed a video song called Ik Vaari.

10. Khurana is an avid dog lover

11. Aparshakti’s favourtite film is Jo Jeeta Wohi Sikandar (1992) and his favourite directors are Nitesh Tiwari and Shoojit Sircar.