Varun Kapoor

Varun Kapoor (born 28 August 1986^[1]) is an Indian actor who primarily works in Hindi television. Kapoor is best known for playing Sanskaar Maheshwari in Swaragini – Jodein Rishton Ke Sur and Dr. Veer Malhotra in Savitri Devi College & Hospital. In 2022, he made his film debut with Gangubai Kathiawadi.^[2]

Varun Kapoor
Born	(1986-08-28) 28 August 1986 (age 38) Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India
Occupation	Actor
Years active	2008–present
Known for	Swaragini – Jodein Rishton Ke Sur Savitri Devi College & Hospital
Spouse	Dhanya Mohan ​ (m. 2013)​

Early life

Kapoor was born on 28 August 1986 in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, into a Gujarati Hindu family.^[3][4] He did his schooling from St. Kabir School, Vadodara and graduated in Electronic Engineering from Sinhgad College of Engineering, Pune. He went to Bloomington for further studies.^[5][3]

Career

Kapoor has played the role of Varun in Kis Desh Mein Hai Meraa Dil, Neil in Tujh Sang Preet Lagai Sajna, Varun in Bayttaab Dil Kee Tamanna Hai, Shaurya in Na Aana Is Des Laado, Kabir in Humse Hai Liife, Mahish/Mahishasura in Maharakshak: Devi and Danny Vyas in Saraswatichandra.

From 2015 to 2016, he portrayed Sanskaar Maheshwari in Swaragini - Jodein Rishton Ke Sur opposite Helly Shah,^[6][7] for which he was awarded the Best Actor Male at Golden Petal Awards 2016.^[8]

From 2017 to 2018, Kapoor played the role of Dr. Veer Malhotra in Savitri Devi College & Hospital on Colors TV opposite Swarda Thigale.

Kapoor made his Hindi film debut in the 2022 film Gangubai Kathiawadi. He played Ramnik Laal opposite Alia Bhatt, who pretended to be in love with Gangu and then proceeded to sell her into prostitution.^[9] The film was a commercial success and emerged as the fifth highest grossing Hindi films of the year.^[10]

Personal life

Kapoor married Dhanya Mohan in 2013. She works with Air India.^[5]

Filmography

Films

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
2022	Gangubai Kathiawadi	Ramnik Laal		[11]

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
2008	Kis Desh Mein Hai Meraa Dil	Varun Gangotre		[12]
2008–2009	Tujh Sang Preet Lagai Sajna	Neil
2009–2010	Bayttaab Dil Kee Tamanna Hai	Varun Mehra		[5]
2010–2011	Na Aana Is Des Laado	Shaurya Pratapsingh		[13]
2012	Humse Hai Liife	Kabir Lazarus		[14]
2013–2014	Saraswatichandra	Danny Vyas		[15]
2015	Maharakshak: Devi	Mahesh Sarna / Mahishasura		[16]
2015–2016	Swaragini – Jodein Rishton Ke Sur	Sanskaar Maheshwari		[17]
2017–2018	Savitri Devi College & Hospital	Dr. Veer Malhotra		[18]

Special appearances

Year	Title	Role	Ref.
2016	Comedy Nights Live	Sanskaar Maheshwari
	Comedy Nights Bachao
2017	Shakti – Astitva Ke Ehsaas Ki	Dr. Veer Malhotra
	Devanshi
2018	Tu Aashiqui

Web series

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
2023	Fireflies: Parth Aur Jugnu	Laffu		[19]

Music videos

Year	Title	Singer	Ref.
2022	Tera Rahoon	Amit Mishra	[20]

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Work	Result	Ref.
2016	Asian Viewers Television Awards	Male Actor Of The Year	Swaragini	Nominated	[21]
	Golden Petal Awards	Best Actor		Won	[22]
		Favourite Jodi (with Helly Shah)		Won