22 Facts About Ayushmann Khurrana, The Rising Star Of Offbeat Roles In Bollywood

Entertainment is a necessity in our lives. With our hectic lives, we don’t always get time to hang out with our loved ones or spend time with them. But the media helps us there. It is a world of people where everyone is good at something, everyone is unique. But, have you ever known someone who is great at so many things that it just gets you shocked every time you see them doing something new? Ayushmann Khurrana is someone who does that in the Indian entertainment industry. It flabbergasts us completely to see how many things he can do, and do them all, effortlessly.

So here we have some facts about Ayushmann Khurrana, which we are sure that you would want to know and that’s going to leave you surprised!

1. Ayushmann Khurrana was born on September 14, 1984, in Chandigarh

2. His father P Khurrana is an astrologer and an author on the subject of astrology

His mother is a homemaker and she is from Burmese origin. She is also qualified M.A. in Hindi.

3. Ayushmann brother Aparshakti Khurana is a radio jockey at Radio Mirchi 98.3 FM in Delhi

He made his debut in the 2016 Aamir Khan-starrer film Dangal.

3. He decided to become an actor when he was just 4-year-old after watching Madhuri Dixit’s Tezaab(1988)

5. He did his schooling from St. John’s High School

And then chose science stream and completed his high school from DAV College, Chandigarh.

6. Founder of theatre groups in Chandigarh

During his time at the DAV College, he was among the founding members of the two active theatre groups in the college, named ‘Aaghaaz’ and ‘Manchtantra’, which are quite active groups in Chandigarh. He did theaters for 5 long years.

7. One of the most qualified actor in industry

He majored in English literature and has a master’s degree in Mass Communication from School of Communication Studies, Panjab University.

8. Ayushmann used to sing in trains and collect money during college days

In an interview the actor said:

In fact, I want to share how we used to perform in trains. During my college days, there was a train named Pashchim Express that used to go from Delhi to Mumbai. So I, along with my friends, used to get onto the train and we used to go to every coach to sing and perform. Passengers used to give us money which we used to collect. We used to earn so much that we managed to sponsor our Goa trip from it! So yes, you can say I am a train singer.

9. Noticed for the first time in 2002 on Channel V, in a reality show PopStars

He was only 17 then.

10. Ayushmann first job was as a DJ

After completing his graduation and post graduation in Journalism, he got his first job as a RJ, at BIG FM, Delhi. He hosted a show called Big Chai – Maan Na Maan, Main Tera Ayushmann.

11. Ayushmann donated his sperms when he was 20

In an interview, the actor revealed that it was in 2004, when he was part of the reality show Roadies – Season 2 he donated his sperm in Allahabad.

12. Went on to win second season of reality television show MTV Roadies in 2004

It helped him to enter into an anchoring career. Later he became a video jockey at MTV with Pepsi MTV Wassup, ‘The Voice of Youngistaana’ and a season of ‘Rock On It’ was a show for providing information to the youth.

13. Received the Young Achievers Award in 2007

He was also the youngest recipient of the Bharat Nirman Award.

14. Worked in various shows and then turned television host

Hosted reality show India’s Got Talent, second season of MTV Rock On. Apart from that Ayushmann was also a part of the anchoring team of Extra Innings T20 for Indian Premier League Season 3.

15. Ayushmann debut into Bollywood was with the movie ‘Vicky Donor’ in 2012

He starred opposite Yami Gautam and the movie got him the fame and limelight he enjoys today.

16. He composed a song named Pani Da Rang for the movie

He drafted the song in front of the producer and sang himself. His singing attracted the producer because of which, he got his singing debut with the same song.

17. Married to his childhood friend, Tahira Kashyap, in 2012

Ayushmann and Tahira have 2 kids together. Virajveer, his son who was born on January 2nd, 2012 and Varushka, his daughter, was born on April 21st, 2014. Tahira cited how they fell in love.

“Our story goes back 12 years. I don’t want to sound vintage but dating back in those days in Chandigarh was a different experience or perhaps we were both just extremely slow and shy. Both of us attended the same Physics tuition class when we were in the 12th standard. It was a batch of around 60 students and when I first met Ayushmann I thought his name was Abhishek.”

18. Ayushmann also run a personal blog where he writes in Hindi

His writings has been receiving appreciation.

Also read: 27 Shayaris By Ayushmann Khurrana That’ll Make You Fall In Love With His Writings

19. Ayushmann has showcased his acting skills since a young age

Ayushmann acted in street plays and national college fests and won a lot of prizes as well. He participated in fests like Mood Indigo (IIT Bombay), OASIS (Birla Institute of Technology and Sciences, Pilani).

20. He received an award for his amazing role of Ashwatthama, in Dharamvir Bharati’s Andha Yug

21. In 2015 his movie ‘Dum Laga Ke Haisha’ received a National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Hindi

He starred opposite Bhumi Pednekar in the lead role.

22. Released his autobiography, titled ‘Cracking The CODE – My Journey To Bollywood’

It was co-written by his wife Tahira Kashyap back in the year 2015.

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