Purab Kohli
{{Short description|Indian actor and model (b. 1979)}}
{{BLP sources|date=August 2009}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2020}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Purab Kohli
| image = Purab Kohli.jpg
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| caption = Purab Kohli at a Photoshoot
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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1979|2|23}}
| birth_place = Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
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| spouse = Lucy Paton (m. 2016)
| children = 2
| occupation = Actor, Model, video jockey
| years_active = 1998–present
| relatives = Vishal Anand (uncle)
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Purab Kohli is an Indian actor, model and former video jockey.
Career
=Television=
Kohli started his career as an actor with the 1998 television show Hip Hip Hurray on Zee TV and earned recognition through video jockeying on Channel V. He then hosted the travel show Gone India where he toured India on budget trips.{{cite news |url=http://www.tribuneindia.com/2000/20000227/spectrum/tv.htm |title=Purab goes paschim and dakshin |newspaper=The Tribune |date=27 February 2000 |access-date=20 November 2012}}
In 2005, he appeared in an episode of the TV fantasy sitcom Shararat, as the genius science student Dhumketu.
In 2010 he anchored the Zee TV music talent hunt Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Singing Superstar. In 2011, he was lead in the first season of Life Mein Ek Baar{{cite web | url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt10697772/ | title=Life Mein Ek Baar - 1 | website=IMDb }} a television show on Fox Traveller. In 2013, he hosted the show Terra Quiz on National Geographic Channel.{{Cite news |last1=Pandey |first1=Apurvaa |title=Quiz held to sensitize youth on environment |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/gurgaon/quiz-held-to-sensitize-youth-on-environment/articleshow/11215194.cms |date=23 December 2011 |website=The Times of India |department=Gurgaon News |agency=TNN |language=en |access-date=27 March 2022}}
He has also featured in television ads for Colgate, Pizza Hut, Compaq Presario, Amaron Batteries and Castrol.{{Cite web |title="I need to be excited and enthusiastic all the time; I work on impulse" |url=https://www.indiantelevision.com/interviews/y2k3/actor/purab.htm |website=indiantelevision}}
In 2014, he became one of the contestants in season 7 of the reality TV show Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa.{{Cite web |date=2014-06-23 |title=Purab Kohli: I was shocked by my elimination from 'Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa 7' |url=https://www.news18.com/news/india/purab-kohli-i-was-shocked-by-my-elimination-from-jhalak-dikhhla-jaa-7-697033.html |access-date=2022-09-12 |website=News18 |language=en}}
Kohli had a key supporting role in Sense8 a series on Netflix by The Wachowskis with the finale premiering in June 2018.
=Films=
Kohli made his acting debut in films with Bas Yun Hi (2003) starring opposite Nandita Das. He has also acted in other films like Supari (2003), Vastu Shastra (2004), and 13th Floor (2005). His performance in My Brother... Nikhil (2005) got him recognition.{{Cite news|title='My Brother Nikhil' - Bollywood films that addressed social taboos|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/photo-features/bollywood-films-that-addressed-social-taboos/my-brother-nikhil/photostory/63782775.cms|access-date=2021-03-17|website=The Times of India}} Kohli then went on to star in Mahesh Bhatt's 2006 film Woh Lamhe and as a villain again in Bhatt's 2007 film Awarapan. He also acted in Rock On!! (2008) along with Farhan Akhtar, Luke Kenny and Arjun Rampal. Kohli's work in Rock On garnered him a Special Jury Mention at the 2009 Filmfare Awards in March 2009.{{cite magazine |url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/Filmfare+certificate+was+a+pleasant+surprise:+Purab+Kohli/1/33483.html |location=New Delhi |date=23 March 2009 |title=Filmfare certificate was a pleasant surprise: Purab Kohli |access-date=20 November 2012 |magazine=India Today}} Kohli then starred opposite Nandita Das again in the 2010-11 film I Am which was directed by Onir, who had previously directed him in My Brother Nikhil.{{cite news |url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2010-02-16/news-interviews/28123774_1_purab-kohli-nandita-das-book-reading |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130103134155/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2010-02-16/news-interviews/28123774_1_purab-kohli-nandita-das-book-reading |url-status=dead |archive-date=3 January 2013 |title=Purab is back with Nandita! |date=16 February 2010 |newspaper=The Times of India |access-date=20 November 2012}} He also contributed financially in the making of this film.{{cite news |url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2009-06-23/news-interviews/28181925_1_child-abuse-onir-short-films |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130103125543/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2009-06-23/news-interviews/28181925_1_child-abuse-onir-short-films |url-status=dead |archive-date=3 January 2013 |title=Purab is really busy! |date=23 June 2009 |newspaper=The Times of India |access-date=20 November 2012}} Purab played the role of a divorced lawyer in the 2012 movie Kuch Spice To Make It Meetha with actress Nauheed Cyrusi and composer Kavish Mishra. Purab's 2014 movie Jal is a story based on villagers' fight for water and dignity.
=Web series=
Purab Kohli appeared as Angad Shergil in the Voot web series It's Not That Simple (2018), with other featured cast Swara Bhaskar, Sumeet Vyas, Vivan Bhatena, Manasi Rachh, Neha Chauhan, Karan Veer Mehra, Devika Vatsa, Rohan Shah, Jia Vaidya.
In 2019, Kohli was cast in Sujoy Ghosh directed webseries Typewriter, which streamed on Netflix in July.{{cite news|url=https://gadgets.ndtv.com/entertainment/news/typewriter-release-date-netflix-india-series-cast-sujoy-ghosh-2056246|title=Netflix's Next Indian Series, Typewriter, Gets July Release Date|last=Arora|first=Akhil|publisher=NDTV|date=20 June 2019|access-date=2 July 2019}}
In another immensely watchable Hotstar web series of 2019 Out of Love Purab plays Akarsh, in a five-episode series of betrayal, heartbreak, blackmail and revenge, with other cast Rasika Dugal, Soni Razdan.
Personal life
Kohli's father Harsh Kohli is a hotelier and film producer who had produced the Vinod Khanna, Rekha starrer Aap Ki Khatir (1977 film). Purab's mother, Indu Kohli is a corporate trainer. He did his schooling at St. Stanislaus High School in Bandra, Mumbai, and at The Bishop's School, Pune, Maharashtra. He switched his education faculty from Science to Commerce and finally to Arts and studied Economics, Psychology and Literature. He joined a flying school to be a pilot, but did not continue.{{cite magazine |last=Sunder |first=Shubangi |title=Be inspired and make a difference |url=http://thestudentsmag.com/story_content?article=%20'Be%20inspired%20and%20make%20a%20difference' |year=2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131012013217/http://thestudentsmag.com/story_content?article=%20%27Be%20inspired%20and%20make%20a%20difference%27 |archive-date=12 October 2013 |magazine=The Students |access-date=27 February 2017}}
Kohli married his long time girlfriend, a British yoga teacher named Lucy Paton in 2016.{{cite news |title=Purab Kohli and Lucy Paton take wedding vows in Goa |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/bollywood/purab-kohli-lucy-paton-wedding-see-photos-5067509/ |date=17 February 2018 |newspaper=The Indian Express |access-date=2 July 2019 |quote= Though Purab and Lucy, a UK-based yoga teacher, signed the legal papers and officially became man and wife back in 2016, they wanted their little bundle of joy, daughter Inaya to be a part of their wedding ceremonies and hold the flowers as they take the wedding vows. So, the big celebrations of their wedding happened now when Inaya has turned two. She was born on December 22, 2015, when Purab and girlfriend Lucy were yet to be married but this wasn’t a factor for Purab.}} They now live in London with their daughter, Inaya and son, Osian.
Former actor Bhisham Kohli a.k.a. Vishal Anand is his paternal uncle. Kohli's paternal grandmother was Dev Anand's sister (thus making Kohli the late actor's grand-nephew). Filmmaker Shekhar Kapur (son of another of Dev Anand's sisters) is thus, Kohli's uncle.[http://in.askmen.com/celeb-interviews/1101156/article/celeb-speak-actor-purab-kohli-on-career-his-love-for-dance-a Celeb Speak: Actor Purab Kohli On Career, His Love For Dance And Upcoming Projects]
Filmography
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References
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External links
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- [http://www.movies.exploto.com/bollywood-star-profile/index.php?biography-of=Purab-Kohli Purab-Kohli at exploto]
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Category:21st-century Indian male actors
Category:Male actors in Hindi cinema