Ankur Nayyar

Ankur Nayyar
Nayyar at the launch of ITA School of Performing Arts
NationalityIndian
OccupationActor
Years active2001–present
Children1

Ankur Nayyar is an Indian television and film actor. He has worked in many shows like Kasautii Zindagii Kay, Kashmeer and Jeet. He is also known for playing the lead role of Samman Chaudhary in Sahara One's show Ghar Ek Sapnaa and playing roll of Sub Inspector Abbas with Ajay Devgan in Singham.

He was little seen in 2013–2014, but he returned in 2015 in Sony TV's show Bharat Ka Veer Putra – Maharana Pratap as Acharya Raghvendra. He was also seen as Coach Rajveer Rana in Meri Durga [1] and Tej Singh in Prem Ya Paheli - Chandrakanta. In July 2018, he went to play a cameo role of Mridul Rathod in Nazar (TV series). In 2018, he played the role of Randhir Ahluwalia in the Colors TV's popular show Tu Aashiqui. As of March 2019, he appeared in the Colors TV's historical drama Jhansi Ki Rani as Gangadas.

Career

His acting career took off, with the TV series Kashmeer, where he played the character of Aamir Bhatt, a parallel lead.

In 2014, Ankur joined the cast of Ek Boond Ishq as the parallel lead. He was also seen in Woh Rehne Waali Mehlon Ki, Yahaan Main Ghar Ghar Kheli and Maharana Pratap.[2]

In 2017 he working on two shows - Meri Durga, where he essays the role of Coach Rana, and Prem Ya Paheli - Chandrakanta, where he plays Tej Singh.[1][3] He recently finished his role as Humayun in Akbar.[4] In 2018, he played the role of Randhir Ahluwalia in the Colors TV's popular show Tu Aashiqui.[5] As of March 2019, he appeared in the Colors TV's historical drama Jhansi Ki Rani as Gangadas.[6]

Personal life

Nayyar is married and has a daughter.[7]

He was born in Pathankot, Punjab, India. [citation needed]

Filmography

Year Film Role Notes
2005 Yakeen Siddharth Thakur Guest appearance[8]
2009 Detective Naani CID Inspector Bhatia Supporting role[9]
2011 Singham Inspector Abbas Supporting role[10]

Television

Year Serial Role Notes
2001–2002 Kasautii Zindagii Kay Subroto Basu
2003 Kashmeer Aamir Bhatt
2003–2004 Jeet Vikram Mall
2004 Krishna Arjun Rajat (Episode 100 to Episode 102) Episodic role
2004–2005 Reth Shekhar Pandey
2004–2005 Des Mein Niklla Hoga Chand Rajveer Kapoor
2005 Kohinoor Samar Khanna
2006–2007 Woh Rehne Waali Mehlon Ki Rohit Mehra
2006–2007 Kuch Apne Kuch Paraye Yuvraj
2007 Viraasat Dr. Raj Malhotra
Durgesh Nandinii Kshitij
2007–2008 Left Right Left Captain Gunraj "Gunny" Singh Randhawa
2008–2009 Ghar Ek Sapnaa Samman Chaudhary
2010–2011 Yahaaan Main Ghar Ghar Kheli Sanskar
2011–2012 Humse Hai Liife Coach Karanveer
2012 Arjun Chess Grandmaster Hiten Saxena (Episode 25) Episodic role
2013 Lakhon Mein Ek – Sushant Jhala Sushant (Episode 23) Episodic role
2013–2014;2015 Bharat Ka Veer Putra – Maharana Pratap Acharya Raghvendra
2014 Savdhaan India Prince Adhiraj Singh (Episode 664) / Rana Rao (Episode 1278) Episodic role
2014 SuperCops Vs SuperVillains – Koko Robo Special Episode 4
Ek Boond Ishq Omkar Agnihotri
Devon Ke Dev...Mahadev Krauncha Giri
2016 Siya Ke Ram Meghanad
2017 Prem Ya Paheli – Chandrakanta Tej Singh
Akbar – Rakht Se Takht Ka Safar Humayun
Vighnaharta Ganesha Parshuram, Gorakhnath
2017–2018 Meri Durga Coach Rajveer Rana
2018 Zindagi Ke Crossroads Episode 5 Episodic role
Nazar Mridul Rathore Cameo
Tu Aashiqui Randhir Ahluwalia
2019 Jhansi Ki Rani Gangadas
Chandragupta Maurya Ambhiraj
Crime Alert – Ladies Tailor Host (Episode 282) Episodic role
Ram Siya Ke Luv Kush King Dasaratha
Laal Ishq ACP Verma (Episode- Khagraz) Episodic role
Randhir (Episode- Preth Pari)
2020 Savdhaan India – F.I.R. Inspector Gurmeet Singh Randhawa
2022 Chikoo - Yeh Ishq Nachaye Sameer Khaitan
Swaraj Pazhassi Raja (Episode 16) Episodic role
2023–2024 Pandya Store Amrish Makwana

References

  1. ^ a b "Ankur Nayyar replaces Rajesh Shringarpure in 'Meri Durga'". Times of India. 30 March 2017. Retrieved 5 June 2017.
  2. ^ "Ankur Nayyar in Ek Boond Ishq". DNA. 11 June 2014. Retrieved 5 June 2017.
  3. ^ "Ankur Nayyar is the new Tej Singh in 'Prem Ya Paheli Chandrakanta'". Times of India. 20 April 2017. Retrieved 5 June 2017.
  4. ^ "Ankur Nayyar confident about replacing Rajesh Shringarpure in show". Asian Age. 6 April 2017. Retrieved 5 June 2017.
  5. ^ "Ankur Nayyar to enter Colors' Tu Aashiqui". 5 September 2018.
  6. ^ "Ankur Nayyar: This is the time to make ourselves strong". The Times of India. 24 May 2020. Retrieved 1 March 2022.
  7. ^ "Ankur Nayyar Does "Ganesh Arti" With Family at His Home | Ganesh Chaturthi 2017 | Interview". Indian Wiki Media. 26 August 2017. Retrieved 5 October 2017.
  8. ^ Hungama, Bollywood. "Yakeen Movie: Reviews | Release Date | Songs | Music | Images | Official Trailers | Videos | Photos | News - Bollywood Hungama". Bollywood Hungama. Retrieved 22 December 2019.
  9. ^ "'Detective Naani' lazy weekend viewing with kids". Zee News. 23 May 2009. Retrieved 22 December 2019.
  10. ^ Hungama, Bollywood. "Singham Movie: Reviews | Release Date | Songs | Music | Images | Official Trailers | Videos | Photos | News - Bollywood Hungama". Bollywood Hungama. Retrieved 22 December 2019.