Aarya Babbar

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Aarya Babbar
Born (1981-05-24) 24 May 1981 (age 42)
Other namesGorky, Sajjad, Aarya
OccupationActor
Years active2002–present
Known forBigg Boss 8
Hai Tujhe Salaam India
Spouse
Jasmine Puri
(m. 2016)
Parent(s)Raj Babbar
Nadira Babbar
RelativesSee Babbar family

Aarya Babbar is an Indian actor who appears in Hindi and Punjabi films. In 2014, Aarya participated in the eighth season of Bigg Boss.

Career[edit]

Aarya Babbar started his film career with Raj Kanwar's Ab Ke Baras alongside Amrita Rao.[1] He has worked with stalwarts like Mani Ratnam, Madhur Bhandarkar and Vikram Bhatt. Also, he appeared in films such as Yaar Annmulle, Matru Ki Bijlee Ka Mandola and Ready.[2] Aarya Babbar acted in the Bengali film Paapi in 2012, opposite Prosanjit, Pooja Bharti and Sayantika. The Hindi version Paapi released on 11 October 2013. In 2013, he also appeared in the Punjabi movie Heer and Hero, opposite Minissha Lamba.

He was a contestant on Bigg Boss 8, where he managed to survive for 8 weeks and 56 days. Aarya Babbar released his first novel My fiancée, me & #IFu**ed Up on 2 February 2015. He has also written a comic book named Pushpak Viman.[3][4]

Awards and nominations[edit]

He was nominated at the Star Screen Awards in the Most Promising Newcomer - Male category for his film Ab Ke Baras.[citation needed]

Filmography[edit]

Year Film Role Notes
2002 Ab Ke Baras Karan/Abhay
2003 Mudda: The Issue Rajbir
2004 Thoda Tum Badlo Thoda Hum Raju
2007 Guru Jignesh
Partition Akbar Khan
2008 Chamku Shreedhar
2009 Jail Kabir Malik
2010 Virsa Yuvraj Singh Grewal (Yuvi) Punjabi film
Tees Maar Khan Inspector Dhurinder
2011 Ready Veer
Aazaan Imaad
Yaar Annmulle Gurveer (Guru) Punjabi film
2012 Dangerous Ishq Aarif (Durgham Shah)
Paapi Bengali film
Joker Majnu Tangewala
2013 Matru Ki Bijlee Ka Mandola Baadal
Zindagi 50-50 Addy
Jatts In Golmaal Sunny Punjabi film
Naughty Jatts Rocky Deol Punjabi film
Heer and Hero Fateh Punjabi film
2014 Ishq Dot Com
Mushtanda
Afra Tafri
2015 Bangistan Zulfi
2016 Chalk n Duster Anmol
2017 Tera Intezaar Vikram
2018 Dassehra Honey Singh
2020 Gandhi Phir Aa Gaya Gandhi Punjabi film
2022 Hai Tujhe Salaam India Raquib
2023 Do Ajnabee - -

TV shows[edit]

Year Show Role Notes
2014 Bigg Boss 8 Contestant
2015 Darr Sabko Lagta Hai Dr. Ashwin Sood
2016 Sankatmochan Mahabali Hanuman Dashanan Ravan

Personal life[edit]

Aarya Babbar is the son of actor turned politician Raj Babbar and theatre personality Nadira Babbar.[5] He has one elder sister, the actress Juhi Babbar, whose husband is the actor Anup Soni. Aarya also has a half-brother, Prateik Babbar, who is the son of Raj Babbar by his second wife Smita Patil. Through his mother Nadira Babbar (born Nadira Zaheer), Aarya is the grandson of the communist activist Sajjad Zaheer and the first cousin of Pankhuri Zaheer. On 22 Feb 2016, Aarya married his girlfriend Jasmine Puri in a traditional Sikh wedding ceremony. Jasmine is reported to be employed at a major film production house.[6]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "The Sunday Tribune - Spectrum - Article". www.tribuneindia.com.
  2. ^ "India News, Latest Sports, Bollywood, World, Business & Politics News". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 13 November 2013. Retrieved 27 November 2015.
  3. ^ "A contemporary Pushpak Viman by Aarya Babbar". dna. 12 July 2010. Retrieved 23 February 2016.
  4. ^ "Turning novellist, Arya Babbar takes comic turn". Indian Express. 24 September 2010. Retrieved 27 November 2015.
  5. ^ "India News, Latest Sports, Bollywood, World, Business & Politics News". The Times of India. Retrieved 27 November 2015.[dead link]
  6. ^ "Just Married: Aarya Babbar ties the knot with girlfriend Jasmine Puri!".

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