Barun Sobti


Barun Sobti is an Indian actor. He is best known for his roles of Arnav Singh Raizada in the television series Iss Pyaar Ko Kya Naam Doon and Nikhil Nair in Asur. He has also acted in various web series since 2017 such as Kohrra, Raat Jawaan Hai and Tanhaiyan. In 2023, he won the Filmfare OTT Award for Best Supporting Actor in a Drama Series for Kohrra. In 2025, he won the Filmfare OTT Award for Best Actor in a Comedy Series for Raat Jawaan Hai.
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Early life

Sobti was born 21 August 1984 and brought up in Delhi, India. He belongs to a Punjabi family. He attended school at St. Mark's School in New Delhi. Before entering the entertainment industry, he worked as an operation manager at Jindal Telecom for 7 years.

Career

Sobti made his acting debut in 2009 as Swayam Khurana in Star Plus's Shraddha. He later did a cameo role in the superhit Star One show Dill Mill Gayye as Dr Raj, a medical intern with drug addiction.
In 2010, Sobti starred as Shravan Jaiswal in Sony TV's Baat Hamari Pakki Hai.
Sobti rose to prominence in 2011 as Arnav Singh Raizada, a business tycoon in Star Plus's Iss Pyaar Ko Kya Naam Doon. In 2017, he portrayed Arnav Singh Raizada, aka Dev Kashyap, in Iss Pyaar Ko Kya Naam Doon 3, the third installment as the main face of the franchise in the Iss Pyaar Ko Kya Naam Doon series.
Sobti made his film debut in 2014 with the Romantic comedy Main Aur Mr Riight. Sobti's second feature film was Tu Hai Mera Sunday, directed by Milind Dhaimade, which premiered at festivals including BFI London Film Festival, Mumbai Film Festival and Cannes Film Festival. In 2019, he starred in the thriller-drama short film Derma. It premiered on Voot. The same year, he appeared in a Sports drama film, 22 Yards.
Sobti started appearing digitally on Tanhaiyan in 2017. He later starred in ALTBalaji's The Great Indian Dysfunctional Family in 2018 as Samar Ranaut alongside Kay Kay Menon.
In 2020, he appeared in Voot's original mystery crime thriller show Asur as Nikhil Nair, which earned him several awards, including at Asian level. Later that year, he appeared in the MX Player show The Missing Stone. He then played the role of Inspector Yusuf Qureshi in Eros Now original movie Halahal. It was written, produced by Zeishan Quadri and directed by Randeep Jha.
He also played a cameo role in Srijit Mukherji's Zee 5 web series Jaanbaaz Hindustan Ke. In 2023, he returned as Nikhil Nair for the second season of Asur which went on to become a huge nationwide success, topping Ormax charts for several weeks. He also starred in the Amazon Mini TV series Badtameez Dil. Later he starred in Netflix's critically acclaimed series Kohrra. His performance as Amarpal Garundi was well appreciated by the critics, film fraternity, prominent award functions and the public alike.
In 2024, he starred in Amazon Mini TV's Rakshak Chapter 2 and in the critically acclaimed comedy drama Raat Jawaan Hai directed by Sumeet Vyas.

Personal life

Barun Sobti married his high school sweetheart, Pashmeen Manchanda, on 12 December 2010, in a private ceremony in a Gurudwara. They have two children, Sifat Sobti, born in June 2019, and Meer Sobti, born in April 2023.

Filmography

Films

YearTitleRole
2014Main Aur Mr. RiightSukhwinder "Sukhi" Singh / Hridaan Dalmiya
2016Tu Hai Mera SundayArjun Anand
201922 YardsRonajith "Ron" Sen
2026HawksTBA