Nakuul Mehta

Nakuul Mehta is an Indian television actor known for portraying Shivaay Singh Oberoi in Ishqbaaaz , Aditya Harish Kumar in Pyaar Ka Dard Hai Meetha Meetha Pyaara Pyaara and Sumer Singh Dhillon in Never Kiss Your Best Friend.Mehta was born in Udaipur, Rajasthan, India.His father, Pratap Singh Mehta, is a veteran of the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971, while his great-great grandfather Laxmilal Mehta was the military-in-chief of the Mewar region.Mehta completed his Master of Commerce from Mumbai University. He was also trained in dance forms including jazz, hip hop, break, folk, salsa and contemporary. He is a trained ballroom dancer having learned under India's foremost ballroom teacher and Bollywood choreographer Sandip Soparrkar. He represented Maharashtra in the All India Dance Sport Federation in June 2011.He was a silver medalist in the Latin Ballroom Category and is a gold medal winner in the Standard Ballroom category.Mehta married singer Jankee Parekh on 28 January 2012.The couple announced that they were expecting their first child via a social media post on 7 November 2020.Mehta made his television debut in 2012 with the role of Aditya Kumar in Star Plus's Pyaar Ka Dard Hai Meetha Meetha Pyaara Pyaara.

He did commercials, music videos, and was associated with theatre for a long time. After juggling this with his modelling career, he made his film debut with Haal E Dil opposite Amita Pathak.He also appeared in the short film Avant Garde, which was showcased at film festivals across the globe.In 2015, Mehta hosted India's Got Talent 6.He was then seen in the web-series I Don't Watch TV, published on the platform Arre. Produced by Timbuktu Films, it is a satire on the Indian television industry and also stars Bollywood film critic Rajeev Masand.From 2016 to 2019, Mehta played Shivaay Singh Oberoi opposite Surbhi Chandna in Ishqbaaaz. Mehta also appeared in the show's spin-off, Dil Boley Oberoi.He recently appeared in short film in march 2020 called Ved and Arya ,where he played character name ved and opposite to him is sanaya irani.