Karan Mehra


Karan Mehra is an Indian television actor, model and fashion designer. He is known for his performance as Naitik Singhania, the main lead in Yeh Rishta Kya Kehlata Hai which is one of the longest-running Indian television serials. He is also known for the role of Sumit Mishra in Khatmal E Ishq. Mehra is one of the highest-paid actors in the Indian television industry and was a contestant in the reality television show Bigg Boss 10.
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Early life

Mehra was born on 10 September 1982 in Jalandhar, Punjab in a Punjabi family. His family moved to Delhi when he was very young. Mehra studied at Apeejay School in Noida and after completing the 12th grade worked as a summer trainee at Dominos Pizza. He then studied fashion designing from the National Institute of Fashion Technology, Delhi and was the topper of his batch.

Career

Mehra came to Mumbai and started working for directors Rajkumar Hirani and Ram Gopal Verma as an assistant in four movies. He then appeared in the movie Love Story 2050. After that, he started doing modelling and TV commercials. In 2009, while training in acting classes, he got the role of Naitik Singhania in Yeh Rishta Kya Kehlata Hai. He got a big break from the show, continued it for nearly seven-and-a-half years until June 2016 and quit then owing to health issues. Along with this, he participated in the dance reality shows Nach Baliye 5 and Nach Baliye Shriman v/s Shrimati with his wife Nisha Rawal in 2012–13.
In October 2016, Mehra entered the Bigg Boss house as a contestant with his co-star Rohan Mehra. He was evicted in the fifth week as the first celebrity to be evicted.
He then did a short stint in Khatmal E Ishq as Sumit Mishra. Mehra's 2018 film Basthi Hai Sasthi is about stepping up game and leaning how to cope with reality. He announced it in an interview, and advertised it on the TV show Saath Nibhana Saathiya in 2016. It was supposed to release in 2017, however release dates were pushed back to 2018.
In October 2020, Mehra started shooting for the 2021 Zee Punjabi soap Mawaan Thandiyan Chawan in Chandigarh. In November 2020, he featured in the Jubin Nautiyal and Rochak Kohli song "Bewafa Tera Masoom Chehra".

Personal life

Mehra was married to actress Nisha Rawal. He saw her on the sets of Hastey Hastey where he was styling. After dating for six years, they married on 24 November 2012. Rawal found out that she was pregnant while he was in the Bigg Boss house. The couple had a son in 2017.

Domestic dispute

A complaint of domestic violence was filed against Mehra by Rawal on 31 May 2021 in Mumbai's Goregaon police station after the latter arrived with a bleeding forehead. Mehra was subsequently arrested and released on bail. Later, Rawal claimed that Mehra had admitted to an extramarital affair with a Delhi girl while he was away on a shooting in Chandigarh. Divorce has been filed following the event in August 2021, and the couple is separated as of October 2022.

Filmography

Films

YearTitleRoleNotesRef.
2008Love Story 2050Karan's FriendBollywood debut
2013Bloody IshqDoctor
2018Basthi Hai SasthiPinder Buppa "Bups"
2021MahinaAdiShort film; Released on MX Player

Awards