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Introduction

Ranvir Shorey (born 18 August 1972) is an Indian actor and former VJ who works in Hindi films and television. Since making his debut in Ek Chhotisi Love Story (2002), he has starred in a number of high-profile films such as Jism (2003) and Lakshya (2004). He has also starred in the critically acclaimed films such as Khosla Ka Ghosla, Traffic Signal, Bheja Fry (2007) and the critical and commercial hit Mithya (2008).

Career

He started his career along with his friend and co-actor Vinay Pathak. He was the host of the successful talk show Ranvir Vinay Aur Kaun? and The Great Indian Comedy Show which aired on STAR One.

He made his debut opposite Manisha Koirala in the film Ek Chhotisi Love Story (2002). His next film Jism (2003) was a hit but he had a minor role. It was not until 2006 that he got noticed in the comedy Khosla Ka Ghosla. The film was released to much acclaim and his comic role was praised. He played Nanoo in the comedy Pyaar Ke Side Effects alongside Rahul Bose as his funny friend. He appeared in the multi-starrer Honeymoon Travels Pvt. Ltd. (2007) which was moderately successful. He appeared in a Yash Raj Films, titled Aaja Nachle which was released in November 2007. Mithya, which was released in February 2008, has Ranvir Shorey as the lead actor and has been critically acclaimed. In 2008, Ranvir was seen in movies like Ugly Aur Pagli and box office hit Singh Is Kinng.

He hosted Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa (season 7) in the year 2014. Which aired on Colors (TV channel).

In 2018, he starred in the short film Shame alongside Swara Bhaskar. He also appeared in the 2019 film Sonchiriya alongside Sushant Singh Rajput, Ashutosh Rana and Manoj Bajpayee.

Ranvir Shorey starrer Kadakh is a brilliant dark comedy which leaves the audiences glued to the screens.

Early and personal life

Ranvir Shorey
Shorey with his wife Konkona Sen Sharma at the 53rd Annual Filmfare Awards.

He did his early schooling from Dayanand Model Sr. Secondary School, Jalandhar. He is a close friend of actor and director Rajat Kapoor and actor Vinay Pathak. Ranvir Shorey used to date Pooja Bhatt, but he ended up marrying his longtime girlfriend actress Konkona Sen Sharma on 3 September 2010. The couple, who got engaged in 2008, reportedly exchanged wedding vows in an intimate ceremony at their Goregaon residence.The Times of India reported that his wife, Konkona, gave birth to their first child, Haroon, on 15 March 2011 at a South Mumbai hospital. The couple later separated after five years of marriage. They still continue to remain friends and share the custody of their son.

Filmography

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Films

Year Film Role Notes
2002 Ek Chotisi Love Story Manisha's boyfriend
2003 Jism Vishal
Freaky Chakra The Writer
Waisa Bhi Hota Hai Part II Ranveer Shourie
2004 Lakshya Tarsem Singh
2005 Hum Dum Anthony
The Film Film Director Kaushik
2006 Shiva Daksh
Mixed Doubles Sunil Arora
Yun Hota Toh Kya Hota
Pyaar Ke Side Effects Nanoo (Narayanan Balgopal Swami Iyer)
Khosla Ka Ghosla Balwant K. 'Bunty' Khosla
2007 Traffic Signal Dominic D'Souza
Honeymoon Travels Pvt. Ltd. Hitesh
Bheja Fry Asif Merchant
No Smoking Abbas Tyerwalla
Aaja Nachle Mohan Sharma
2008 Mithya VK/Raje Bhai
Sirf Akash
Ugly Aur Pagli Kabir
Good Luck A Jiglo
Singh Is Kinng Puneet
8 Arif Segment: 'How can it be?'
Dasvidaniya Jagtap
Fashion Himself Special appearance
2009 A Rectangular Love Story
Chandni Chowk to China Chop Stick
Quick Gun Murugan Guest appearance
Do Knot Disturb A detective
Raat Gayi, Baat Gayi? Gagandeep 'Gags' Singh
2010 Aap Ke Liye Hum
The Film Emotional Atyachar Leslie
2012 Fatso! Sudeep
Ek Tha Tiger Gopi Arya
Heroine Tapanda
Midnight's Children Laurel Canadian-British film
I M 24
2013 Bombay Talkies Vicky's father
Bajatey Raho Ballu
2014 Happy Ending Montu
2015 Gour Hari Dastaan Rajiv Singhal
Titli Vikram Nominated – IBNLive Movie Awards for Best Supporting Actor
2016 Moh Maya Money Aman
2017 Blue Mountains Om Mehra
A Death In The Gunj Vikram
Gali Guliyan Ganeshi
Kadvi Hawa Banker
2018 Halkaa Ramesh
2019 Sonchiriya Vakeel Singh Nominated – Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actor
Won—FOI Online Film Award for Best Supporting Actor
Tennis Buddies Mr. Singh
2020 Angrezi Medium Balashankar Tripathi / Bablu
Kadakh Sunil
Lootcase Inspector Kolte Released On Disney+ Hotstar
2021 420 IPC Savak Jamshedji
Murder at Teesri Manzil 302 Abhishek Deewan
2022 RK/RKay KN Singh / Ranvir
2023 Mumbaikar PKP (Prabal Kant Patil) Jio Cinema release
Tiger 3 Gopi Arya

Television

Year Title Role Notes
1998 Oye Host/presenter English-language show
House Arrest Host/presenter English-language show
1999 Saba Host/presenter English-language show
2000 Chat Room Host/presenter English-language show
2004-2007 The Great Indian Comedy Show Various Characters
2007 Ranvir Vinay Aur Kaun? Host/presenter
2010 Kaam Ka Plot Dashrath Srivastava TV film
2014 Fear Factor: Khatron Ke Khiladi Darr Ka Blockbuster Contestant
Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa 7 Host
2018 Rangbaaz Siddharth Pandey (ATS Head) ZEE5 series
Rangbaaz Siddharth Pandey (ATS Head) ZEE5 series
2019 Sacred Games Shahid Khan
2019-2021 Metro Park Kalpesh Patel Eros now series
2019 Bombers Debu ZEE5 series
2020 High Jackson Lakda MX Player series
Hasmukh Jimmy the Maker
PariWar Shishupal Narayan
2021 Sunflower Inspector S. Digendra ZEE5
Tabbar Ajeet Sodhi SonyLIV
Chalo Koi Baat Nahi Host/presenter

Awards and nominations

Filmfare Awards

Year Category Nominated work Result Ref.
2020 Best Supporting Actor Sonchiriya Nominated

Gold Awards

Year Category Nominated work Result Ref.
2019 Best Performance by an Actor in a Comic Role Metro Park Won

Miscellaneous awards

Year Award Category Nominated work Result Ref.
2016 IBNLive Movie Awards Best Supporting Actor Titli Nominated
2019 FOI Online Awards Sonchiriya Won
IReel Awards Best Actor (Comedy) Metro Park Nominated
2021 Asian Television Awards Best Supporting Actor Sunflower Nominated