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Karan Singh Grover
Born	February 23, 1982 (1982-02-23) (age 27) India
Other name(s)	Karan Singh Dr. Armaan Karan Singh Grover
Occupation	Model, Actor, Television presenter
Years active	2004 - present
Spouse(s)	Shraddha Nigam (December 2nd 2008 - current)

Karan Singh Grover (born February 23, 1982) is an Indian television actor and model. He began his television career in Ekta Kapoor's Kitni Mast Hai Zindagi on MTV India. He is really popular for playing Dr. Armaan Mallik in Dill Mill Gaye on STAR One.^[1][2]

Contents 1 Personal life 2 Television career 3 Filmography 4 Awards 5 References 6 External links

[edit] Personal life

He was born in India but later brought up and educated in Saudi Arabia. He has pursued a degree in Hotel Management from Mumbai. ^[3] Karan's parents and his brother, stay in Delhi. He is Punjabi. Earlier, from 2004 to mid 2006, he dated television actress Barkha Bisht, his co-star from Kitni Mast Hai Zindagi aired on MTV India. They broke up in mid 2006. In April 2007, he started dating popular television actress Shraddha Nigam. On December 2, the couple married in Goa in a Gurudwara. ^[4] The whole ceremony was a private affair. Jaskaran Singh, who plays Uday in Miley Jab Hum Tum, is Karan's real-life cousin brother.

In October 2009, it was reported that the couple had parted ways owing to 'Karan's philandering.' ^[5] As of now, the couple is separated with Karan having moved out of their Andheri flat where they had been staying after their marriage.

[edit] Television career

Before starting his television acting career he did many modeling assignments, advertisements and hosted a radio show. Later he entered the Gladrags Manhunt Contest in 2004 and ended up winning the award for the 'Most Popular Model.' ^[6] Then through a nationwide talent hunt contest by Balaji Telefilms he, along with five others, got selected to play leads in an MTV show Kitni Mast Hai Zindagi. Then followed Princess Dollie Aur Uska Magic Bag finally ending up in Kasautii Zindagii Kay in a negative role. After that, he did Solhah Singaarr on Sahara One and some short stints on C.I.D. and Parrivaar, before doing the role of Dr. Armaan Mallik in Dill Mill Gaye which made him an instant star. He anchored the STAR One reality television show Zara Nachke Dikha. He was the first runner-up in the dance reality show - Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa Season 3. He is currently hosting Idea Rocks India on Colors TV.

Year	Serial	Role	Channel	Notes
2004 - 2005	Kitni Mast Hai Zindagi	Arnav Deol	MTV India
2005	Princess Dollie Aur Uska Magic Bag	Aman	Star Plus
2005 - 2006	Kasautii Zindagii Kay	Sharad Gupta	Star Plus	Portrayed a negative role
2006 - 2007	Solhah Singaarr	Abhimanyu	Sahara One
2007	C.I.D.	Rahul	Sony Entertainment Television	Only in one episode
2007	Parrivaar	Adhiraj Gill	Zee TV	Brief role
2007 - 2009	Dill Mill Gaye Season 1	Dr. Armaan Mallik	Star One	Male lead in Season 1
2008	Zara Nachke Dikha	Host	Star One	Co-hosted the show with Shweta Gulati
2009	Jhalak Dikhla Jaa	Himself	Sony Entertainment Television	Second runner-up in Season 3 with choreographer Nicole Alvares
2009	Idea Rocks India	Host	Colors TV	Co-hosts the show with Mansi Parekh

[edit] Filmography

Year	Movie	Role	Notes
2008	Bhram		Small role
2009	I am 24		Yet to release
	Bhaag Johny	Male lead	Under production

His debut film Bhaag Johny has been produced by Vikram Bhatt and directed by Deepak Tijori

[edit] Awards

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• Won the 'Most Popular Model' Award - Gladrags Manhunt Contest 2004
• The 'Most Promising Actor' Award Presented by The Kalakar Awards Foundation .

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• I’m flirtatious, says Karan, DNAIndia, 20 December 2007.
• Karan Singh Grover stays away from the cell phone, Oneindia.in, 07 May 2008.
• Shraddha weds Karan Singh Grover, Tellychakkar.com, 05 December 2008.
• Shraddha, Karan part ways, Times of India, 06 October 2009.