Hindi Awards Zee Rishtey Awards 2015 - Cast & Crew

Simran is the lead character Bhoomi Anshuman Prajapati on the television serial Bhagyalakshmi. Since childhood, she always wanted to see herself on the small screen. Bhagyalakshmi is a daily soap opera which aired on Zee Networks channel and TV on 2nd of March 2015. Simran Pareenja is happy grasping the ins and outs of the silver screen. Sumeet Mittal noticed Simran from Tu Mera Hero and selected her to be a part of his show on television. Before the assurance of role in the show, Simran had been chosen by Rashmi Sharma impressed by her auditions. Simran was prepared to enact as Bhoomi in the serial. It is all the charm and acting skills of Simran that fetched her an opportunity to play one of the main characters at the early stage of her career Initially,

Fenil Umrigar is a famous television actress and model, born on January 14, 1992 at Surat, the city of Gujarat. She became famous for doing the lead role as Sanjana Roy in the teen drama serial, ‘Best Friends Forever?’ on Channel V India, along with Charlie Chauhan and Shritama Mukherjee. 

Fenil started her career in year 2010 through the drama series, ‘Maryada…Lekin Kab Tak?’ on STAR Plus, where she played the role of Sweety. Then, she was seen on the popular serial, ‘Dil Se Di Dua… Saubhagyavati Bhava?’ as Priya Malhorta on Life OK. She also did an episodic in the weekly crime drama, Hum Ne Li Hai… Shapath on Life OK. Subsequently, she bagged the role of Priya in Channel V’s Gumrah – End of Innocence. Fenil was also roped in to do the role of Pihu Ram Kapoor in Bade Acche Lagte Hain on Sony TV. But she later quits the show because the script was changed and Pihu’s character will become arrogant, which she didn’t like as she plans to continue doing positive roles only, since she was praised and appreciated by doing this type of character. Then she focused on doing commercial ads and was not seen in television for a short time. 

Recently, she was seen as Aisha Kapoor in the drama serial, Madhubala – Ek Ishq Ek Junoon on Colors TV. She was also seen in Bindass’ Yeh Hai Aashiqui as Rechal, opposite with Srman Jain. The story is about their relationship that can’t be together because of their religions. 

Fenil also did television commercials like Vivel soap and more. This September 2014, she also did an episodic in MTV Webbed opposite with Ravi Bhatia. The story is all about Ravi and Isha Chawla’s friendship. Fenil will be their love triangle that will lead to love and hatred. 

Fenil, in real life has been dating a guy for the span of five years. However, the guy is not from the industry but he has been his coaching friend ever since. But as of now, she wants to focus on her career and getting married is the last thing on her mind. Fenil is a sweet and bubbly girl who believes in fairy tales.

Shiny Doshi is an extremely talented and versatile personality of Indian television industry. Her father is a dentist. Being from a medicinal and well educated family, she was expected by her family members to excel in the field of science.

She has done her graduation from science stream. Later on, her interested shifted and she opted for fashion designing. Very few people are aware of the fact that besides being a television actress, she is a fashion designer as well. Shiny made her television debut with the popular Star Plus serial “Saraswatichandra”. It was directed by the famous director Sanjay Leela Bhansali. The serial was the adaptation of the Gujarati novel composed by Govardhanram Tripathi. She was seen playing the part of “Kusum” in the serial. The serial featured actors like Jennifer Winget and Gautam Rhode as the lead couple. When asked about her role of Kusum, Shiny said that the role of Kusum was like a dream come true for her. Besides appearing in the famous serial, Shiny has turned for various ad commercials as well. She shared the screen space with famous Bollywood actor Saif Ali  Khan for Santoor beauty soap ad commercial.

Recently, there was news of her dating Mausam Patel. When asked about the same, she confirmed her relationship and told that marriage is there on the cards very soon.

Jasmin Bhasin initially started her career as a Model and later became an Actress. Born on June 28, 1990, this attractive actress hails from New Delhi. Later, she moved to Mumbai. Her debut venture in films is the 2011 flick Vaanam. She shared screen space with Silambarasan in this film. A couple of her flicks in Telugu and Kannada include Veta and Karodpathi respectively. Her performance in Veta garnered negative criticism. 

Additi Gupta was born on April 20, 1988 in Bhopal, India. Additi is an Indian television actress and she became popular with Harshad Chopra from TV show “kis Desh Mein Hai Meraa Dil”. One of her famous Drama serial is Hitler Didi where she performed the role of Chand Bibi, this drama boosted her fame among the people. People like her acting of a dictator but a good leader trying to do the right things and facing cultural problems that usually happen in India. She also performed in Star Parivaar Awards, Star Plus’s Diwali Rishton Ki and Rang De India.

Additi Gupta secured 3 major awards so far in her career, she won the Best New On-screen Couple award by New Talent Awards in 2008, she also won Favorite Yogya Jodi and Favorite Jodi awards with Harshad Chopra at Star Parivaar Awards in 2008 and 2009 respectively.

She has started her career in 2008 and acted in many TV serials like Kis Desh Mein Hai Meraa Dil, Zara Nachke Dikha, Sanjog Se Bani Sangini, Zindagi Kahe - Smile Please, Punar Vivah, Hitler Didi, Badalte Rishton Ki Dastaan and Yeh Hai Aashiqui.

Shagun Ajmani is a Hindi TV actress and model. In 2016, Shagun appeared as Shirin in the TV show Zaara on Sahara One TV. The show was written by Shobhit Jaiswal, and directed by Pawan Kumar Sahu. In 2009 see got cast in Zee TV for the show Jhansi Ki Rani for the role of Moti Bai. In 2010 she did the role of Kamya Yadav in the show Apno Ke Liye Geeta Ka Dharmayudh. In 2015 she got popular for her role in the serial Jamai Raja. She played a negative role in the serial and was seen as Shabnam Patel. She was also cast in the popular television show Naagin 2 in Colors TV. She did the role of Tanya.

Proneeta Swargiary was born in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India. She is an Indian actress, dancer, and choreographer as well. She was raised-up in Bodoland Districts of Assam, India. She currently resides in Delhi along with her whole family. She started her passion in dancing when she was very young. She gives her career a step-up be entered into the TV reality show Dance India Dance (DID) season 5.

Farida Jalal is a veteran film and television actress from India. She was born on March 14, 1949 at New Delhi. Farida was known for doing comedic roles but she also laid her hands to doing lead and supporting roles in more than 100 Bollywood films and has been part of the television industry for quite a long time. The actress started her career in 1960’s after winning the Filmfare’s United Film Producers Talent Hunt. She was luckily selected as finalists, together with Bollywood producer and actor, Rajesh Khanna. Farida got a film offer for the first time to do the film, Taqdeer which was offered by Tarachand Barjatya who is one of the audiences at that time. She gained her popularity after essaying a supporting role in the top-grossing romantic drama film, Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge in 1995. This film is a blockbuster hit that earns a total of ?122 Crore in India and abroad. Farida also got the Best Supporting Actress Award in Filmfare Awards for her marvelous role as Lajjo Singh, the mother of Simran (played by Kajol).

Initially, Farida usually bagged the role of a sister or a scorned fiancée of the lead actors but she never bag the female lead role. She was critically acclaimed for her role as Alka Sharma, the mentally ill fiancée of Raj (played by Rishi Kapoor) in the Bollywood film, Bobby in year 1973 which was directed by Ram Kapoor. In the 80’s, she progressively turned her roles into an aunt, nani or a mother. She was notable for her role as Renu, the girlfriend of Arun (played by Rajesh Khanna) in Shakti Samanta’s film, Aradhana from which she sang the song, Bagon Me Bahar Hai, Kaliyon Pe Nikhar Hai. When she stayed in Bangalore from 1983 to 1990, she took a hiatus on acting. In 1990s, she acted in various blockbuster films in India such as Dil To Pagal Hai, Kuch Kuch Hota Hai, Kaho Naa…Pyaar Hai and a lot more. The actress finally bags the lead role in Shyam Benegal’s film, Mammo in 1995. This film received the National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Hindi and Farida got the Filmfare Critics Award for Best Performance. She also received the Best Supporting Actress Nomination for acting as the Ravi Khanna’s (played by Amitabh Bachchan) handicapped sister in the Hindi crime film, Majboor. Farida acted as the female lead in the film, Jeevan Rekha. Farida also received the Filmfare’s Best Supporting Award from the films, Paras and Henna. She got the Best Actress Award in the Harlem International Film Festival through the English Independent film, A Gran Plan in year 2012. The film was directed by Sangeeta Nambiar and stars Oliver Kennett. It was also screened in different Film Festivals in 2012.

Besides her long journey in the silver screen, the actress also made a name in the small screen industry. She has been part of the television serials like Dekh Bhai Dekh, Yeh Jo Hai Zindagi, Balika Vadhu and more. She was starred on SAB TV’s comedy serial, Ammaji Ki Galli and in the fantasy sitcom, Shararat – Thoda Jaadu, Thodi Nazaakat which was aired on Star Plus and later, it was re-aired many  times on various channels. She also hosted Star Yaar Kalakaar, Star Parivar Awards and the 50th Filmfare Awards together with Saif Ali Khan and Sonali Bendre.

Farida got married to her late husband, Tabrez Barmavar from Bhatkal in November 1978. When she settled in Bangalore from 1983 to 1990, she live with her husband and son, Yaseen since her husband is running a soap factory business there.

Farida Jalal was born on 14th March 1949 in New Delhi. She is 5’ 1” tall. She met Tabrez Barmavar on the sets of Jeevan Rekha and fell in love with him during the shooting of the film. They got married in 1978. As she was not getting many film offers after marriage, they moved to Bangalore where her husband had a soap factory business. Unfortunately, he died in 2003. She has a son, Yaseen Jalal. Farida Jalal, a native of New Delhi, started her career as a child artiste in the 1960s, when she won the United Film Producers Talent Hunt sponsored by Filmfare. She along with Rajesh Khanna was chosen as finalists and was presented on stage as winners at the Filmfare Awards function. She got her first film offer for Taqdeer from Tarachand Barjatya. 

She is an Indian actress and comedian, who played lead and supporting roles in over a hundred Bollywood films. She is well known for playing a supporting role in the 1995 romantic-musical-comedy Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge, which is one of the highest-grossing Bollywood films of all time. She also acted in the popular film Kuch Kuch Hota Hai. She usually played the sister or rejected fiancée of the male lead but almost never the female lead. One of her most critically acclaimed roles is in Bobby where she played the part of the mentally challenged would-be fiancée of Rishi Kapoor’s Raj. During the 1980s, her roles progressed from sister and girlfriend to aunt, mother or nani. 

She is also remembered for her part in Aradhana, in which she plays Rajesh Khanna's girlfriend and sings the evergreen song "Bagon Me Bahar Hai, Kaliyon Pe Nikhar Hai". During the 1990s, she had a part in many major hits in India, among them Raja Hindustani, Kuch Kuch Hota Hai, Dil To Pagal Hai, Kaho Naa Pyaar Hai, Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham and Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge, for which she won a Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actress. In1995, she played the lead in film ‘Mammo’ which won the National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Hindi. She has also been a part of Indian television, with hit sitcoms such as Dekh Bahi Dekh and Shararat (Thoda Jadu, Thodi Nazaakat) to her credit. She acted in more than 200 films, in various roles, — often playing the stereotypical Bollywood mother, from 1963 to 2012, for five decades.

Anita Raj Khurana was born on August 13, 1962 in Mumbai, Maharashtra. She was a very famous Hindi film actress and had been more prominent in the decade of 1980. She got married to Sunil Hingorani in the year 1986. Her brother’s name is Bobby Raj and her sister name is Roopa Malhotra. She has a son namely, Jagdish Raj. Anita Raj is better regarded for her best performances in movies like Karishma Kudrat Ka, Prem Geet, Bheegi Palkein, etc. Her prominence came into effect while she acted with popular actors of that time like Rajesh Khanna, Sanjeev Kumar, Dharmendra and Vindo Khanna.

She got a good training in the Kathak dance alongside with her sister Roopa Maholtra. Her father was the one and only hero who had done cop roles and that too in about one forty four films. As of now, she is also featured in many commercial brand advertisements. She is quite popular in the Sony TV with her soap advertisement that is being viral presently. It is a special attribute to any actress when she attains recognition for her commercial advertisements.

In this way, Anita Raj gets whole a lot of attention and fan followers. The noticeable thing is that her debut movie as an actress was little postponed as far as its release date was concerned, but then it made its mark. Her next movie Prem Geet was highly successful relative to her debut one and from then on, her fame got into the peak. Anita Raj had retired from the silver screen and got started with acting in small screens. She had been a part of many Television serials and it became a huge treat for her fans.As far as her beauty secret is concerned, she wakes up as early as 5 am and get ahead with her stuffs. She is a renowned actress who is now featured in the advertisements and TV serials.

Khurana Family Tree (Infographic Family Tree)

Achint Kaur is an Indian serial and theatre actress who was born and brought up in Meerut, Uttar Pradesh. She was a paratrooper and very adventurous in her life. She was known best in the industry for her role as an antagonist in the soap operas, Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi as Mandira and Kahaani Ghar Ghar Kii as Pallavi.

Drashti Dhami is a Bollywood model and television actress who acts in many television serials. She was born on January 10, 1985, and brought up in an orthodox Gujarati household in Bombay. She is widely known for her energy on the screen and the liveliness she brings to the shows she plays. She finished her studies at Mary Immaculate Girl’s High School in Mumbai and went on to complete an Arts Degree Major in Sociology at Mithibai College.

This is about the incredible journey of a girl who belonged to a small city & then shifted to many big cities, fought with her time & atlast fulfilled her dream of becoming an actress. She was born in Darbhanga, Bihar. She did her schooling from Kolkata & Nepal. Then she went to Delhi for higher studies & graduated from Delhi University.

There she joined the drama societies & trained herself to be a good actor. She did so good that she bagged the Best Actor Award in Delhi University. Then she went to Mumbai & she got her big break in Dhoom Machaao Dhoom. This show introduced her as an actor convincingly. Before of her talent got featured in many famous shows like Jiya Jale, Rakt Sambhand & many more. Now she is working in famous TV soap Kumkum Bhagya & show is doing exceptionally well.

She has traditional looks with potential to do any kind of roles. In her career she has played a variety of roles which makes her a valuable asset for producers & directors. She has been approached by Bollywood producers & we should not be surprised if we see her in a Bollywood sooner or later. Serials & Movies: She started her career with Dhoom Machaao Dhoom & later featured in many shows namely Jyoti, Shaurya Aur Suhani, Rakt Bandhan, Balika Vadhu & a few more. She is very popular for her role in Kumkum Bhagya.

Vaishnavi Mahant is a prominent TV personality, who can currently be seen as Shail Garg (Rachna's mother), in the serial Sapne Suhane Ladakpan Ke. She was born on 9 December 1972 in a Vaishnav family. Her father was a Hindu, and her mother was a Christian. She grew up as a Hindu but converted to Christianity in 1990. She is married to Leslie Macdonald and has a daughter whose name is Margret. 

Before entering into the television industry, she did a number of leading roles in Bollywood movies. Her debut movie was horror movie ‘Veerana’ of Ramsay Brothers, which released in 1988. Though she wanted to be a scientist, she chose to be as an actress after acting in ‘Veerana’. In 1994, she did a cameo in the movie Laadla and in 1996, she played a bar dancer in the movie Bambai Ka Babu. She was also seen in Bharat Kapoor’s movie Barsat Ki Raat (1998), and played the role of Sudha in Danveer movie opposite Ronit Roy. In 1997 she did a Malayalam movie Oru Mutham Mani Mutham opposite actor Mukesh. Later on in 1998, she bagged the role of Geeta Vishwas, a news reporter, in famous serial ‘Shaktiman’ which aired on Doordarshan. This serial and her character are still memorable. After Shaktiman, she appeared in ‘Saturday Suspense’ and ‘Awaaz Ki Duniya’. She also played as an inspector named Shivangi Chauhan, in Karmyudh on Doordarshan. 

She is known for playing Sharda role in TV serial Chhoti Maa - Ek Anokha Bandhan in the year 2001. She also played a surrogate mother in Zee TV’s serial Chandan Ka Palna Resham Ki Dori. In 2004, she played Ishita Khandelwal in a thriller soap K. Street Pali Hill, which aired on star plus. During 2005-07, she worked in the serial Ek Ladki Anjaani Si as lead character Anu’s mother on Zee TV and played Vasundhara in the Serial Mamta (2006-07). Then in 2007, she was seen as Sapna Singh in air force theme based serial Chhona Hai Asmaan on Star One. From 2008-10, she played Shilpa Sharma in teen drama ‘Miley Jab Hum Tum’ and Bashkar's mother in TV serial ‘Bhaskar Bharti’. In 2009, she appeared in the serial Mere Ghar Aayi Ek Nanhi Pari which aired on Colors. Her other memorable role includes, Sunanda Dev Pundir in serial Bairi Piya and Anjali in Sapno Se Bhare Naina. These days she is famous as Rachna's mother in Zee TV's popular daily serial ‘Sapne Suhane Ladakpan ke’.

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Sidhant Gupta is a well-known model and Indian film actor who has amazed the audiences with his brilliant acting skills, dedication towards his profession, and his simple down- to- earth behaviour. Hailing from Jammu and Kashmir, Sidhant is recently in Lucknow. Belonging to a Hindu family, Sidhant has an elder brother who is a fashion designer by profession and also designs clothes for him. Sidhant is very close to his parents and always takes advice from them. He might be an actor today, but he was also training to be a pilot and has represented Jammu Kashmir in three sports. Sidhant initially worked in advertisements for Hero Honda, Close-up and Clear Shampoo and got a chance to model for a prominent denim brand. 
 

Born in Mumbai on the 15th of March, 1983, in Jaipur, Siddhant Karnick has made a niche for himself on the mini screen. He ventured into the performing arts via theatre, working on hand with Atul Kumar on a play named 'Voices'. He has a green belt in Karate and has trained under the very famous Yagnesh Shetty. He is also a dancer, and has trained in Hip Hop, Latin American, Break dance and Bollywood styles. Being part of the “Improv Comedy Mumbai” group, he has now added comedian and improviser to his list of skills.

Ankush Arora is an Indian entertainer and artist. He highlighted in the show Yeh Vaada Raha, where he assumed the lead job as Kartik Barve. He has appeared in 311 scenes where he has portrayed characters of different timelines. He began his own youtube station in walk 2018. He has worked with different recorded Bollywood stars in Television advertisements. He was likewise in a scene of Bindass Yeh Hai Aashiqui, and he did show up in Gustakh Dil as Rishi. Ankush Arora is an epitome of success on the small screen. Believer of self-success, Ankush is a tagline of the glamour industry. He has created a branding value surrounding him. In the long run, he is seen as one of the bigger stars.

Punit Pathak is an Indian dancer, choreographer and movie actor. He started his career as a participant in dance reality show Dance India Dance. He had choreographed Mouni Roy, the famous TV actress in Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa. Also he had done acting in movie ABCD: Any Body Can Dance as Chandu who is a drug addict but dance changes his life and in the end he dies to a road accident. The latest hike in his career is to be declared as a Judge for Dance India Dance 5th Season. He had choreographed in DID, Dance Ke Superstars and Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa and tells that he was not born with silver spoon and had to struggle his way up to the ladder really hard to come so far. He used to travel in bus or train and dance was not allowed in his school. He started taking part in college fests only for dance. During that, Terence Lewis were looking for young, energetic and talented dancers and he shined out of the 89 participants he auditioned and was selected at the last minute to dance with him and his group. He has worked with Terence Lewis for four years and now he himself is a choreographer.

His dream in the industry was to work in films but from his hard work that opportunities like ABCD and ABCD2 came his way and now he is both an actor and a dancer. His acting skills were appreciated by audiences in ABCD. Now life has come back to where it all started as Punit Pathak has been announced as a judge on the panel of Dance India Dance Season 5. He will be co-judging along with Mudassar Aziz, the fun loving dancer boy who choreographed in many movies and Gati Siddiqui, a dancer. We must say that it is very rare that an ex-participant is selected to become a judge on the same show. It’s all due to his dedication and he is an inspiration to youth and new upcoming talent.

Anil Nagpal is a veteran Indian screenplay writer who has worked extensively in the Hindi film industry. He is best known as the creator of popular Indian TV dramas like ‘Kumkum Bhagya.’ Anil has been contributing to the television sector since 1995. He graduated with a Bachelor’s degree in commerce from MMK College before setting out to be a scriptwriter. Anil joined Ekta Kapoor’s studio, Balaji Telefilms, and was one of the masterminds behind TV series like ‘Khani Ghar Ghar Ki’ and ‘Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi.’ These shows went on to dominate Hindi drama in the early 2000s’. He has penned down over 1000 episodes of ‘Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi’ and followed up with an equally impressive number for serials like ‘Kusumm,’ ‘Pavitra Rishta,’ and ‘Koi Apna Sa.’

One of the most recognized young director of Indian cinema. In fact, he is the most versatile person in the industry as of now. He is Farhan Akhtar, a film director, actor, singer, writer, producer, screenwriter everything you name it, he has it. Son of the famous writer Javed Akhtar & actress Honey Irani was born on 09 Jan, 1974 in Mumbai. 

As he was growing, he found the film industry around him. At home, the atmosphere of arts, literature influenced him to become creative man. He did his schooling from Maneckji Cooper & Graduated from HR College, Mumbai. After then, he started his career in films, first as assistant director & then director. His first directorial debut was Dil Chahta Hai in 2001 which received critical acclaim as well as commercial success. After then he did not see back & made other movies like Lakshya in 2004, Don in 2006, Rock On in 2008. He got two national awards, one for Dil Chahta Hai & another for Rock On for direction & production subsequently. 

He portrayed the character Milkha Singh, in the year 2013 in his biographical feature film, for which he got positive reviews as an actor & it, is his best performance yet, which also earned him Filmfare Award for Best Actor. He considers Robert Di Niro as his inspiration for his life & career & respects his parents for the heritage he got & continues to do better work. He has a production company named Excel Entertainment Pvt. Ltd. established with Ritesh Sidhwani. 

He directed a 12 min short film named Positive, 2007 based on HIV-AIDS, to create awareness about the problem. He did sing for Rock On which showed his versatility. He has also launched a social campaign named MARD – Men against Rape & Discrimination.

Shabbir Ahluwalia is an Indian television and film actor, host, and producer. Born on 10th August 1979 in Mumbai, he studied at St. Xavier’s High School and the University of Maryland.

He began his acting career by debuting in Hip Hip Hurray. This was followed by his roles as Aniket in Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi, Shashank in Kahin To Milenge, and Soumil Dixit in Kahaani Ghar Ghar Kii, where he steadily built a name for himself. However, he’s most famous for portraying Rishi Garewal in the hit soap opera Kahiin To Hoga, and Milind Mishra in Kayamath. He also appeared on Kya Hadsaa Kya Haqeeqat, Kyaa Hoga Nimmo Kaa, as Vansh in KKavyanjali, as Sandeep Sikand in Kasamh Se, as Omi in Kasautii Zindagii Kay, and as Dutta Bhau in Laagi Tujhse Lagan. He currently plays the lead role of Abhishek Mehra opposite Sriti Jha in Zee TV’s drama serial Kumkum Bhagya, which is loosely based on Sense and Sensibility, a novel by Jane Austen.

He has hosted many shows such as Nach Baliye seasons 1 and 2, Dancing Queen, Meethi Churi No. 1, and Guinness World Record Ab India Todega. He also participated in Dhamaal Express and Fear Factor – Khatron Ke Khiladi Level 3, which he went on to win.

He made his big screen debut in Shootout at Lokhandwala (2007) and also featured in Mission Istaanbul (2008), before becoming a producer of running Flying Turtles, his production company.

He works out a lot and plays badminton and squash. In November 2011, he married Kanchi Kaul, and the couple is rumored to be expecting their first child. He says he would love to have a daughter. He finds anchoring as challenging as acting and thoroughly enjoys doing both. He claims that he is a very hard actor to please.

Ravi Dubey is an Indian Television and film actor who is best known for his heart-warming appearances in daily television soaps and Television commercials. He has been working in the Hindi television industry from the last seven years. He always dreamt of making a career in the entertainment industry due to his natural bent towards the arts, acting & music.

Born on May 18, 1988, Zain Imam is an Indian television actor. He is known for his role in the TV series Tashan-e-Ishq. Zain was born and raised in Delhi. He completed his graduation from Amity International School. After completing his graduation, he went to graduate school for completing his MBA. After that, he did a nice cushy job but then moved to Mumbai to start his career as an actor. He started his career as a model, later he moved to the television industry. He started his television career with the show Kaisi Ye Yariyaan in the year 2015. The show was an Indian television series which was based on the story of five boys and their super amazing band named FAB5. Zain played the role of Abhimanyu in the show. He played the role of an antagonist who falls in love with a protagonist. After sometime his character dies of cancer. The show was aired on MTV and became a huge hit. Zain’s acting skills were recognized by everyone. His performance in the serial Kaisi Ye Yariyaan attracted the attention of many producers and directors towards him. After that, he was approached by Zee TV for the show Tashan-e-Ishq. Tashan-e-Ishq is a romantic television series produced by Essel Vision Productions. The show has achieved much success on the Indian Television Network. Zain plays the role of Yuvraaj in the serial. The show is based on the story of a Punjabi family and contains all the elements like comedy, family-drama, and love. Zain is still working with Zee TV in the shown Tashan-e-Ishq.