Prince Narula
{{short description|Indian actor and model (born 1990)}}
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{{Infobox person
| name = Prince Narula
| image = Yuvika Prince (cropped).jpg
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| caption = Narula at the launch of Nach Baliye 9 in 2019
| birth_name = Braveen Narula
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1990|11|24}}
| birth_place = Chandigarh, India
| nationality = Indian
| alma_mater =
| occupation = {{hlist|Model|actor|television personality|singer}}
| years_active = 2014–present
| spouse = {{marriage|Yuvika Chaudhary|2018}}
| children = 1
}}
Prince Narula (born Braveen Narula; 24 November 1990) is an Indian model, actor and a singer. Predominantly known for his performance in reality shows, he has also acted in fiction serials.{{cite news |title=Prince Narula, Yuvika Chaudhary's wedding was a gorgeous affair. See inside pics, videos |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/tv/prince-narula-yuvika-chaudhary-s-wedding-was-a-gorgeous-affair-see-inside-pics-videos/story-26YMdQQOUfRCNQgqOqV9KK.html |access-date=6 February 2021 |work=Hindustan Times |date=13 October 2018 |language=en}}
Narula has won the reality TV shows MTV Roadies 12 (2015), MTV Splitsvilla 8 (2015), Bigg Boss 9 (2015–2016) and Nach Baliye 9 (2019).{{cite news |title=Bigg Boss winners 'Lost and Found' |url=https://www.freepressjournal.in/entertainment/bigg-boss-winners-lost-and-found |access-date=6 February 2021 |work=Free Press Journal |date=27 January 2016 |language=en}}{{cite news |title=Prince Narula in Bigg Boss 9 Double Trouble |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tv/news/hindi//photostory/49332976.cms?picid=50700005 |access-date=6 February 2021 |work=The Times of India |date=13 October 2015 |language=en}}{{cite news |title=Inside Prince Narula and Yuvika Chaudhary's wedding |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/television/prince-narula-yuvika-chaudhary-wedding-photos-videos-5400364/ |access-date=6 February 2021 |work=The Indian Express |date=13 October 2018 |language=en}} He also appeared as the wrestler Lakhan "Lucky" Singh Ahlawat in Badho Bahu (2016–2018) and as Shahnawaz "Shaan" Ali in Naagin 3 (2018).{{cite news|url=http://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/television/prince-narula-to-make-fiction-tv-debut-as-wrestler-with-badho-bahu-2955929/|title=Prince Narula to make fiction TV debut as robber with Badho Bahu|newspaper=The Indian Express|date=5 August 2016|access-date=7 August 2016}}
Personal life
File: Prince Narula & Yuvika Choudhary at Gold Awards 2017 (cropped).jpg]]
Prince Narula was born as Braveen Narula on 24 November 1990.{{cite news |title=Bigg Boss 9: Prince Narula is not really 'Prince' |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/television/reality-tv/story/bigg-boss-9-prince-narula-real-name-revealed-braveer-roadies-splitsvilla-imam-siddique-303571-2016-01-13 |access-date=14 November 2023 |work=India Today |date=18 January 2016}}{{cite news |last1=Bhowal |first1=Tiasa |title=Yuvika Chaudhary's Heartfelt Message For Husband Prince Narula On His 28th Birthday |url=https://www.ndtv.com/entertainment/yuvika-chaudharys-heartfelt-message-for-husband-prince-narula-on-his-28th-birthday-1952735 |access-date=6 March 2019 |work=NDTV |date=24 November 2018}}{{cite news |title=PICS: Wife Yuvika Chaudhary surprises husband Prince Narula on his first birthday post marriage |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tv/news/hindi/pics-wife-yuvika-chaudhary-surprises-husband-prince-narula-on-his-first-birthday-post-marriage/photostory/66784830.cms |work=the Times of India |access-date=6 March 2019 |date=30 November 2018}} He hails from Chandigarh, India.{{cite web|url=http://www.abplive.in/tv/2015/10/12/article738112.ece/Bigg-Boss-9-All-you-need-to-know-about-Prince-Narula|title=Bigg Boss 9: All you need to know about Prince Narula|work=ABP News|access-date=12 October 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151014192544/http://www.abplive.in/tv/2015/10/12/article738112.ece/Bigg-Boss-9-All-you-need-to-know-about-Prince-Narula|archive-date=14 October 2015|url-status=dead}} He met Yuvika Chaudhary when he participated in Bigg Boss 9. They got married on 12 October 2018 in Mumbai.{{cite news |title=Prince Narula and Yuvika Chaudhary get married in a grand ceremony, see pics |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/television/celebrity/story/prince-narula-and-yuvika-chaudhary-get-married-in-a-grand-ceremony-see-pics-1367121-2018-10-13 |access-date=6 February 2021 |work=India Today |date=13 October 2018 |language=en}} The couple welcomed their first child, a girl, on 19 October 2024 via IVF.{{cite news |title=From struggling with wrong doctors to four failed egg-freezing attempts; Yuvika Chaudhary shares why she chose IVF to conceive their first baby |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tv/news/hindi/from-struggling-with-wrong-doctors-to-four-failed-egg-freezing-attempts-yuvika-chaudhary-shares-why-she-chose-ivf-to-conceive-their-first-baby/photostory/113295546.cms |work=The Times of India |date=12 September 2024 |access-date=18 September 2024}}{{cite news |title=Prince Narula and Yuvika Chaudhary Blessed with Baby Girl |url=https://www.etvbharat.com/en/!entertainment/prince-narula-and-yuvika-chaudhary-blessed-with-baby-girl-enn24102002918 |work=ETV Bharat News |date=20 October 2024 |access-date=20 October 2024}}
Career
Narula started off in 2014 by participating in PTC Punjabi's Mr. Punjab where he finished as the second runner up.{{cite news|url=http://www.yespunjab.com/punjab/news/item/57941-harmanveer-singh-declared-first-ptc-mr-punjab|title=Harmanveer Singh declared first PTC Mr. Punjab|publisher=Yes Punjab|date=12 December 2014|access-date=20 November 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160609185541/http://www.yespunjab.com/punjab/news/item/57941-harmanveer-singh-declared-first-ptc-mr-punjab|archive-date=9 June 2016|url-status=dead}} In 2015, he participated in MTV India's Roadies X2 where he emerged as the winner.{{cite web|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tv/news/hindi/Prince-Narula-wins-MTV-Roadies-X2/articleshow/47851184.cms|title=Prince Narula wins 'MTV Roadies X2'|work=The Times of India|access-date=12 October 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150630171045/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tv/news/hindi/Prince-Narula-wins-MTV-Roadies-X2/articleshow/47851184.cms|archive-date=30 June 2015|url-status=dead}} Next, he participated in Splitsvilla 8 where he was declared the winner. In October 2015, Narula participated in Colors TV's Bigg Boss 9 and emerged as the winner again, thus marking a hat-trick of back-to-back wins.{{cite web | url=http://www.dnaindia.com/entertainment/report-prince-narula-becomes-the-ultimate-winner-of-bigg-boss-9-2169517|title=Prince Narula becomes the ultimate winner of Bigg Boss 9!|work=DNA India|access-date=23 January 2016|date=23 January 2016}}{{cite web | url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/tv/bigg-boss-9-finale-prince-narula-is-the-winner/story-Gqos63hFSmyyFhcNKNDgQL.html | title=Bigg Boss 9: Reality TV star Prince wins, to work on fiction shows now|work=Hindustan Times|access-date=23 January 2016| date=23 January 2016}}
From 2016 to 2018, he portrayed Lakhan Singh Ahlawat in &TV's Badho Bahu.{{Cite web|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/television/prince-narula-to-make-fiction-tv-debut-as-wrestler-with-badho-bahu-2955929/|title=Prince Narula to make fiction TV debut as wrestler with Badho Bahu|date=5 August 2016|website=The Indian Express|language=en-IN|access-date=25 May 2019}} Since 2016, Narula has also been a Gang Leader in MTV Roadies.{{Cite web|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/television/roadies-real-heroes-preview-prince-narula-neha-dhupia-rannvijay-singha-5699146/|title=Roadies Real Heroes preview: Prince Narula is contestants' favourite|date=28 April 2019|website=The Indian Express|language=en-IN|access-date=25 May 2019}}
In 2018, he played Aryan in Laal Ishq opposite Yuvika Chaudhary.{{Cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news/real-life-couple-prince-and-yuvika-to-romance-on-screen/articleshow/65451544.cms|title=Real-life couple Prince and Yuvika to romance on screen|work=The Times of India|access-date=19 August 2018}} Next, he portrayed Shahnawaz in Colors TV's Naagin 3.{{Cite web|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/television/soaps/story/after-laal-ishq-prince-narula-all-set-to-join-anita-hassanandani-and-surbhi-jyoti-s-naagin-3-1316895-2018-08-17|title=After Laal Ishq, Prince Narula all set to join Anita Hassanandani and Surbhi Jyoti's Naagin 3|website=India Today|date=17 August 2018 |language=en|access-date=19 August 2018}}
In 2019, Narula made his digital debut with ZEE5's Bombers as Bali.{{Cite web|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/web-series/ranvir-shorey-bombers-zee5-5794243/|title=Ranvir Shorey: Bombers is a story of redemption|date=22 June 2019|website=The Indian Express|language=en-IN|access-date=14 July 2019}} Next, he participated in Star Plus's Nach Baliye 9 with Yuvika Chaudhary, finishing as the winner thus winning four consecutive reality shows.{{Cite web|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/tv/nach-baliye-9-prince-narula-yuvika-chaudhary-emerge-winners-he-jokes-i-don-t-think-any-show-will-approach-me-now/story-FSlI2pFdCN3Fl1VqCfxN6M.html|title=Nach Baliye 9: Prince Narula, Yuvika Chaudhary emerge winners, he jokes 'I don't think any show will approach me now'|website=hindustantimes.com|date=4 November 2019|access-date=8 November 2019}}
Filmography
=Television=
| class="wikitable"
! Year ! Title ! Role ! Notes ! Ref(s) |
| rowspan="2" | 2015
| rowspan="4" | Contestant | rowspan="3" |Winner |
| MTV Splitsvilla 8 |
| 2015–2016 |
| rowspan="2" | 2016
| Box Cricket League 2 | |
| MTV Roadies 13
| Gang Leader | 1st Runner Up |
| 2016–2017
| Host | |
| 2016–2018
| Lakhan "Lucky" Singh Ahlawat | |
| 2017
|rowspan="2" | Gang Leader |rowspan="2" | 1st Runner Up |
| rowspan="3" | 2018 |
| Laal Ishq
| Aryan | | style="text-align:center;" | {{Cite magazine|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/television/video/watch-prince-narula-romances-yuvika-chaudhary-in-laal-ishq-1308935-2018-08-08|title=Watch: Prince Narula romances Yuvika Chaudhary in Laal Ishq|magazine=India Today|date=8 August 2018|access-date=25 May 2019}} |
| Naagin 3
| Shahnawaz "Shaan" Ali | |
| rowspan="2" |2019
|Contestant |Winner |
| MTV Roadies 16
| rowspan="4" | Gang Leader | 1st Runner Up | style="text-align:center;" | |
| 2020
| | style="text-align:center;" | |
| 2023
|rowspan="2" | 1st Runner Up |
| 2024-25 |
=Special appearances=
| class="wikitable" |
| Year
! Show ! Role ! Ref. |
|---|
| rowspan="5" | 2016
| rowspan="13" | Himself |
| Gangaa |
| Yeh Kahan Aa Gaye Hum |
| Waaris |
| Santoshi Maa |
| 2017 |
| 2018 |
| rowspan="5" |2019
|Kitchen Champion 5 | style="text-align:center;" |{{cite magazine |title=Here's What These 16 Roadies Winners Are Doing Right Now |url=https://www.mensxp.com/special-features/features/75588-roadies-winners-and-what-they-are-doing-now.html |access-date=16 July 2023 |magazine=MenXP |date=27 April 2020 |language=en-IN}} |
| MTV Love School 4 |
| MTV Splitsvilla 12
| |
| Ace of Space 2 |
| Khatra Khatra Khatra |
| 2022 |
=Web series=
| class="wikitable"
! Year ! Title ! Role ! Ref. |
| 2019
| Bombers | Bali |
=Music videos=
==Singles==
| class="wikitable" |
| scope="col" | Year
! scope="col" | Title ! scope="col" | Co-singer ! scope="col" | Ref. |
|---|
| rowspan="2" |2017
| Hello Hello |
| Zero Figure Tera
| N/A | style="text-align:center;" | {{Cite web|url=http://www.radioandmusic.com/entertainment/editorial/news/170807-prince-narula-releases-zero-figure-tera|title=Prince Narula releases 'Zero Figure Tera'; working on new tracks|website=www.radioandmusic.com|language=en|access-date=25 May 2019}} |
| 2018
| Burnout |N/A |
| 2019
| Jai Veeru |
| 2020
| Shikayat |Ved Sharma |
| 2020
| Fall |N/A |
| 2021
| Roadies Anthem |N/A |
| 2021
| Pyar Hoya Ae |Zehan |
| 2021
| Melody |Jaymeet | style="text-align:center;" |{{cite web |title=Melody |url=https://www.hungama.com/song/melody/75298887/ |website=Bollywood Hungama |access-date=16 July 2023 |language=en}} |
| 2022
|Sakhiyo |Zehan |
| 2022
| Tera Mera Naam |Zehan |
| 2022
| Kafla |Ashu Sidhu |
| 2022
| Zindagi |
| 2022
| Todh |
| 2022
| Khulle Kharche |
| 2023
| Outta Reach |GD 47 |
| 2023
|Haule Haule |Renuka Panwar, Raja | style="text-align:center;" |{{cite web |title=Listen to Haule Haule Song by Prince Narula on Gaana.com |url=https://gaana.com/song/haule-haule-55 |website=Gaana |access-date=15 December 2023}} |
| 2023
| Tiki Tiki Raat |
==Features==
| class="wikitable" |
| scope="col" | Year
! scope="col" | Title ! scope="col" | Singer(s) ! scope="col" | Ref. |
|---|
| 2018
| scope="row" | Kalesh |
| 2019
| scope="row" | Goldy Golden |Star Boy LOC |
Awards and nominations
| class="wikitable sortable" |
| Year
!Award !Category !Work !Result !Ref. |
|---|
| 2020
|Stylish Couple (With Yuvika Chaudhary) |{{n/a}} |{{won}} | |
References
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External links
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