Avinesh Rekhi

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| name = Avinesh Rekhi

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| nationality = Indian

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| occupation = Actor

| years_active = 2008–present

| known for = Tu Sooraj Main Saanjh, Piyaji
Choti Sarrdaarni

| spouse = {{Marriage|Raisa|2010}}

| children = 2

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Avinesh Rekhi is an Indian television actor known for his performances in Madhubala – Ek Ishq Ek Junoon, Tu Sooraj Main Saanjh, Piyaji and Choti Sarrdaarni.{{cite news |last1=Tiwari |first1=Vijaya |title=My rejections are my inspiration: Avinesh Rekhi |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tv/news/hindi/My-rejections-are-my-inspiration-Avinesh-Rekhi/articleshow/14847416.cms |access-date=28 February 2021 |work=The Times of India |date=12 July 2012 |language=en}}

Personal life

Rekhi married his girlfriend of 8 years, Raisa, on 29 December 2010.{{cite news |last1=Maheshwari |first1=Neha |title=I never hid my marriage: Avinesh Rekhi |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tv/news/hindi/I-never-hid-my-marriage-Avinesh-Rekhi/articleshow/21335564.cms |access-date=28 February 2021 |work=The Times of India |date=26 July 2013 |language=en}} They have two children, a son and a daughter.{{cite news |title=Avinesh Rekhi becomes a father for the second time? |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tv/news/hindi/Avinesh-Rekhi-becomes-a-father-for-the-second-time/articleshow/55239750.cms |access-date=28 February 2021 |work=The Times of India |date=4 November 2016 |language=en}}

Films journey

Rekhi began his career with a small role in the 2008 film Ru Ba Ru.{{Cn|date=November 2021}} Another unnoticed role in the 2009 film Dil Bole Hadippa! failed to earn him fame.{{Cite news|url=https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/avira-is-daddys-girl-62649|title='Avira is daddy's girl'|last=Service|first=Tribune News|work=The Tribune|language=en|date=4 April 2020|access-date=4 April 2020}}

Television career

Rekhi's first television show was Colors TV's suspense thriller Chhal — Sheh Aur Maat in 2012, where he played the lead character Kabir Jaiswal.{{cite news |last1=Tiwari |first1=Vijaya |title=Kabir to know Ija’s truth in Chhal Sheh Aur Maat |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tv/news/hindi/kabir-to-know-ijas-truth-in-chhal-sheh-aur-maat/articleshow/16314379.cms |access-date=1 April 2021 |work=The Times of India |date=8 September 2012 |language=en}}

In 2013, he was seen as the antagonist Sultan Kundra in Colors TV's Madhubala – Ek Ishq Ek Junoon.{{Cite web|url=https://www.bollywoodlife.com/news-gossip/avinesh-rekhi-my-only-focus-at-this-time-is-madhubala-ek-ishq-ek-junoon-245901/|title=Avinesh Rekhi: My only focus at this time is Madhubala - Ek Ishq Ek Junoon!|date=15 July 2013|website=Bollywood Life}} From 2013 to 2014, he essayed the parallel lead Neeraj Sachdeva in the psychological thriller Main Naa Bhoolungi.{{Cite web |url=http://entertainment.in.msn.com/tv/avinesh-rekhi-to-enter-main-na-bhoolungi |title=Avinesh Rekhi to enter 'Main Na Bhoolungi' |access-date=13 February 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140222232520/http://entertainment.in.msn.com/tv/avinesh-rekhi-to-enter-main-na-bhoolungi |archive-date=22 February 2014 |url-status=dead }}

In 2015, Rekhi bagged the role of Mughal emperor Akbar in Sony Entertainment Television's historical period drama Bharat Ka Veer Putra – Maharana Pratap.{{Cite web|url=https://www.bhaskar.com/national/|title=Hindi News, हिंदी समाचार, India News in Hindi, हिन्दी में समाचार, Desh|website=Dainik Bhaskar}} He then had an episodic role on &TV's Darr Sabko Lagta Hai in 2016.[https://archive.today/20140213100903/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-07-21/news-and-gossip/40707770_1_avinesh-rekhi-chhal-sheh-aur-maat There’s too much of competition in showbiz: Avinesh Rekhi]

His first major breakthrough show was Star Plus's Tu Sooraj Main Saanjh, Piyaji which began airing in April 2017.{{cite news |last1=Farzeen |first1=Sana |title=Tu Sooraj Main Saanjh Piyaji actor Avinesh Rekhi: I am the only actor to have been shirtless for the longest time ever on television |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/television/tu-sooraj-main-saanjh-piyaji-avinesh-rekhi-5055136/ |access-date=28 February 2021 |work=The Indian Express |date=7 February 2018 |language=en}} In the show he starred as the main lead Uma Shankar Toshniwal opposite Rhea Sharma.

From July 2019 to July 2021, Rekhi starred as Sarabjit Singh Gill in Colors TV's Choti Sarrdaarni alongside Nimrit Kaur Ahluwala.{{cite news |last1=Farzeen |first1=Sana |title=Avinesh Rekhi: Choti Sarrdaarni has a very inspiring story |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/television/avinesh-rekhi-choti-sarrdaarni-actor-wearing-turban-playing-sardar-5813150/ |access-date=28 February 2021 |work=The Indian Express |date=3 July 2019 |language=en}}