Suyyash Rai

Suyyash Rai (born 24 March 1989) is an Indian television actor and singer. His first TV appearance was on Chandigarh auditions of Roadies 5.0. He is known for his role of Abhay on Rishta Likhenge Hum Naya on Sony TV. He was a contestant in Bigg Boss 9 in 2015.^[2][3]

Suyyash Rai
Rai in 2017
Born	(1989-03-24) 24 March 1989 (age 36)[1] Chandigarh, India
Nationality	Indian
Occupation(s)	Actor, singer
Years active	2010–2020
Spouse	Kishwer Merchant ​ (m. 2016)​
Children	1

Career

Rai started his acting career on the popular Indian supernatural show Pyaar Kii Ye Ek Kahaani as Neil Khurana. He has appeared on many popular daily series like Kya Hua Tera Vaada and Kaisa Yeh Ishq Hai... Ajab Sa Risk Hai. He loves to play negative roles. He was seen in the series Phir Bhi Na Maane...Badtameez Dil on Star Plus. He was a contestant in Bigg Boss Season 9. He got evicted on Day 82.^[4]

He has walked several ramp shows and has also done many advertisements.^{[citation needed]}

He has also captained cricket team Delhi Dragons in Box Cricket League, and led them to the title victory in BCL's maiden season aired on Sony TV.

Rai along with his then-girlfriend Kishwer Merchant entered the Bigg Boss 9 Double Trouble house.^[5][4] He was partnered up with Rimi Sen, then was changed with Prince Narula. Rai also appeared in action-thriller web series Dangerous in 2020.^[6]

Personal life

Suyyash Rai with his wife Kishwer Merchant

Rai got married on 16 December 2016 to Kishwer Merchant, his co-star from Pyaar Kii Ye Ek Kahaani. It was a simple court marriage followed by a reception with the mehndi and sangeet ceremonies.^[7]

On 2 March 2021 the couple announced that they were expecting their first child in August.^[8] On 27 August 2021, the couple became parents to a boy, Nirvair.^[9]

Filmography

Web series

Year	Title	Role	Ref(s)
2020	Dangerous	Vishal Vashisht	[10]

Television

Year	Name	Role	Notes	Ref
2007	MTV Roadies 5	Contestant	Not Selected
2008	MTV Roadies 6
2009	MTV Splitsvilla 2		Eliminated, 1st week
2010–11	Pyaar Kii Ye Ek Kahaani	Neil Khurana
2011	Geet – Hui Sabse Parayi	Himself	Guest
2012–13	Kya Hua Tera Vaada	Pradeep
2013	Yeh Hai Aashiqui	Karan	Episodic role
	Yeh Hai Aashiqui - Season 1 (Episode 1: Tasveer)	Himself	Guest Appearance
2013–14	Kaisa Yeh Ishq Hai... Ajab Sa Risk Hai	Himmat Singh Sangwan
2014–15	Box Cricket League 1	Contestant	Winner
2015-2016	Phir Bhi Na Maane...Badtameez Dil	Nissar
	Bigg Boss 9	Contestant	Entered Day 1, Evicted Day 84
2016	Comedy Nights Bachao	Guest	To promote BCL2
	Box Cricket League 2	Contestant	Winner
	Box Cricket League Punjab		Player in Ambarsariye Hawks
	Desi Explorers	Himself
2017	Ek Tha Raja Ek Thi Rani	Inspector Vijay Deshmukh
	Pehredaar Piya Ki	Abhay Singh Rathore	Lead opposite Tejaswi Prakash
2017–18	Rishta Likhenge Hum Naya
2018	Partners Trouble Ho Gayi Double	Raju Hatela
	Box CricKet League 3	Contestant
	Laal Ishq	Shawn
2019	Box CricKet League 4	Contestant	Player

Discography

Rai and Kishwar Merchant debuted on his album Khushnuma.^{[citation needed]} He also sang "Teri Meri Dosti" with Darshan Raval. In 2015, for his show Phir Bhi Na Maane...Badtameez Dil, Rai sang the song "Yaadein Teri (Jeene Ki Duaa)".

Music Videos

Year	Song	Singer	Reference
2014	Khushnuma	Suyyash Rai/Kishwer Merchant
2015	"Yaadein Teri (Jeene Ki Duaa)"	Suyyash Rai
2017	"Beparwaahiyaan"	Suyyash Rai
2020	Shukar kar	Suyyash Rai, Deepti Tuli, Oye Kunaal	[11]
2020	Fitrat	Suyyash Rai, Darshan Raval, Divya Agarwal

as Music composer

Loveyapa
Soundtrack album by White Noise Collective, Tanishk Bagchi, Suyyash Rai, Siddharth Singh and Aman Pant
Released	26 February 2025
Recorded	2024
Genre	Bollywood
Length	11:33
Language	Hindi
Label	Zee Music Company
Official audio
Loveyapa Full Album on YouTube

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Singer(s)	Length
1.	"Kaun Kinna Zaroori Si"	Dhruv Yogi	Suyyash Rai, Siddharth Singh	Vishal Mishra	2:49
Total length:					11:33