Rohit Saraf

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Rohit Saraf
File:Rohit Saraf at the OTTPlay Change Makers Awards 2023 (cropped).jpg
Saraf in 2023
Born
Rohit Suresh Saraf

(1996-12-08) 8 December 1996 (age 29)
Kathmandu, Nepal
OccupationActor
Years active2012–present

Rohit Saraf (born on 8 December 1996) is an Indian actor who primarily works in Hindi films and television. He began his career on television and made his film debut with the comedy drama Dear Zindagi (2016). Saraf is best known for the comedy drama Hichki (2018), the biopic The Sky Is Pink (2019), the dark comedy Ludo (2020), and the romantic comedy Ishq Vishk Rebound (2024) and Sunny Sanskari Ki Tulsi Kumari (2025). He is widely recognized with his portrayal of Rishi in the Netflix Romantic Drama series Mismatched (2020–2024). In 2025, Saraf was placed by Forbes Asia in their 30 Under 30.[1]

Early life

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Rohit Saraf was born on 8 December 1996 in Kathmandu, Nepal into an Marwari-Nepali family.[2][3][4] He later moved back with his family to Delhi, being raised there. At the age of 15, he moved alone to Mumbai to pursue his late father's dream to make him an actor.[4]

His father, Suresh Saraf, died when Rohit was 12 years old. He had only completed his 10th standard before focusing on his passion of becoming an actor. [5][6]

Career

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Saraf in 2019

Saraf began his career with several television shows, including the Channel V's teen drama Best Friends Forever?. He made his film debut as the younger brother of Alia Bhatt's character in the coming-of-age film Dear Zindagi (2016).[7] Saraf then played the cousin of the lead character in the Norwegian drama What Will People Say, which was selected as the Norwegian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 91st Academy Awards.[8][9]

In 2018, Saraf appeared in Yash Raj Films' comedy-drama Hichki, starring Rani Mukerji.[10] He then starred alongside Priyanka Chopra and Zaira Wasim in the biographical drama The Sky Is Pink (2019).[5] Reviewing the film for NDTV, Saibal Chatterjee wrote that Saraf "gives a solid account of himself" and Anna M. M. Vetticad of Firstpost opined that he "delivers a rock solid performance".[11][12]

In 2020, Saraf appeared alongside an ensemble cast in Anurag Basu's black comedy Ludo.[13] Sreeparna Sengupta of The Times of India commended him for standing out despite minimal dialogues.[14] In the same year, he began starring alongside Prajakta Koli in the Netflix romantic drama series Mismatched.[15] Raja Sen of Mint Lounge credited him for creating a "refreshingly non-alpha hero", and Poulomi Das of Firstpost labelled him "sincere".[16][17]

Saraf played a leading role opposite Anandhi in the Tamil romantic drama Kamali From Nadukkaveri (2021),[18] and appeared in Vikram Vedha (2022) as the younger brother of Hrithik Roshan's character.[19] In 2024, Saraf had his first Hindi film lead role in the romantic comedy Ishq Vishk Rebound.[20] Mayur Sanap of Rediff.com panned the film but took note of Saraf's "charming enough screen presence".[21]

In 2025, Saraf played a minor role in Mani Ratnam's Tamil film Thug Life and starred in Dharma Productions' romantic comedy Sunny Sanskari Ki Tulsi Kumari.[22][23] The film opened to mixed reviews. He will next star in the television series The Revolutionaries directed by Nikkhil Advani.

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In 2020, Saraf was ranked at number 39 in The Times Most Desirable Men.[24]

Filmography

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Films

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Key
† Denotes film or TV productions that have not yet been released
  • All films are in Hindi unless otherwise noted.
Year Title Role Notes Ref.
2016 Dear Zindagi Kabir [25]
2017 Dear Maya Neil [26]
What Will People Say Amir Norwegian film [27]
2018 Hichki Akshay Verma [28]
2019 The Sky Is Pink Ishaan Chaudhary [29]
2020 Ludo Rahul Awasthi [30]
2021 Kamali From Nadukkaveri Ashwin Anand Tamil film [31]
2022 Vikram Vedha Shatak [32]
2024 Woh Bhi Din The Rahul Sinha [33]
Ishq Vishk Rebound Raghav Pandit [34]
2025 Thug Life Ranvijay "Raanu" Yadav Tamil film [22]
Sunny Sanskari Ki Tulsi Kumari Vikram Singh [23]

Television

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Year Title Role Notes Ref.
2012–2013 Best Friends Forever? Sahil Mehta [35]
2013–2014 Ek Boond Ishq Bunty [36]
2015 MTV Big F Gyan Episode: "Love Just Happens" [37]
2020–present Mismatched Rishi Singh Sekhawat [38]
2021 Feels Like Ishq Aditya Episode: "Star Host" [39]
2026 The Revolutionaries † TBA Period drama on Amazon Prime Video [40]

Music video

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Year Title Singer(s) Ref.
2021 "Shola" Akasa Singh [41]

Awards and nominations

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Year Award Category Work Result Ref.
2023 Pinkvilla Style Icons Awards Mould Breaker (Male) — Won [42]
Bollywood Hungama Style Icons Most Stylish Trailblazer — Nominated [43][44]
Most Stylish Emerging Icon — Nominated
2024 Most Stylish Mould-Breaking Talent of the Year — Nominated [45]

References

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