Fahad Ali is an Indian television actor best known for portraying Keshav Desai "KD" in The Buddy Project and Vivan in Yeh Rishta Kya Kehlata Hai. In 2018, he participated in MTV Splitsvilla.[1] Ali made his web series debut with ALT Balaji's NSA in 2019.[2]

Career

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Ali started his career in 2011 with the longest running show, Balika Vadhu. Later in the same year he played Tinnu in Chhoti Si Zindagi. In 2012, he acted in Zindagi Kahe - Smile Please opposite Additi Gupta.[3] Ali made and episodic appearance in Ekta Kapoor's Gumrah: End of Innocence.[4]

Ali rose to success when he bagged Channel V India's The Buddy Project where he portrayed the lead role of Keshav until 2014.[5] In 2013, he played Mayank in Pavitra Bandhan. In 2014, he made and episodic appearance in Yeh Hai Aashiqui opposite Annie Gill.[6] In 2015, he also acted in Pyaar Tune Kya Kiya as Arjun. He later played the main lead in Sony TV's Muh Boli Shaadi as Nikhil.[7][8] The show ended on 19 June 2015.[9][10] After the end of Muh Boli Shaadi, Ali joined Life OK's Jaane Kya Hoga Rama Re playing the role of Sunny.[11]

In 2016, he entered Star Plus's longest running show, Yeh Rishta Kya Kehlata Hai as Vivan.[12][13] In 2018, he participated in MTV Splitsvilla 11 as a celebrity contestant.[1] He got eliminated in 6th place few weeks before the grand finale. In 2019, he appeared in &TV's Laal Ishq.[14] He later appeared in Yeh Ishq Nahi Aasan along with Chetna Pande.[15]

In 2020, he made his Bollywood web debut with Karan Johar's Guilty.[16] He later joined Sony TV's Ek Duje Ke Vaaste 2 as Vikram.

Television

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Year Show Role Notes Ref(s)
2011 Balika Vadhu Shravan
Chhoti Si Zindagi Tinnu
2012 Zindagi Kahe - Smile Please Nimit Ajmera
Gumrah: End of Innocence Honey Episodic
2012–2014 The Buddy Project Keshav Desai "KD"
2013 Pavitra Bandhan Mayank
2014 Yeh Hai Aashiqui Sameer Bagga Episodic [17]
2015 Pyaar Tune Kya Kiya Arjun
Muh Boli Shaadi Nikhil
2015–2016 Jaane Kya Hoga Rama Re Shekhar
2016 Yeh Rishta Kya Kehlata Hai Vivan
2018–2019 MTV Splitsvilla 11 Contestant [18]
2019 Laal Ishq Bunty Episodic
Yeh Ishq Nahi Aasan [19]
Zindagi Ke Crossroads Episodic
2020 Ek Duje Ke Vaaste 2 Vikram
2023 Tere Ishq Mein Ghayal Mahir Damania

Web series

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Year Title Role Ref.
2019 NSA [20]

Filmography

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Year Film Character Notes
2020 Guilty Rahul Jha Webmovie

References

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  1. ^ a b "Splitsvilla 11: Meet the contestants of Sunny Leone and Rannvijay Singha's show". 2 August 2018.
  2. ^ "'Yeh Hai Mohabbatein' actor Abhishek Verma bags role in ALTBalaji's web-series 'NSA'!". 31 January 2019.
  3. ^ "No chocolate boy roles for me, says TV actor Fahad Ali". 5 October 2012.
  4. ^ "Channel V's Gumraah to feature episode on Drugs and Murder!". The Times of India. 30 April 2012.
  5. ^ "The Buddy Project loosely based on Chak De! India". movies.ndtv.com. Archived from the original on 29 January 2013. Retrieved 4 December 2012.
  6. ^ "Fahad Ali's Prince Charming avatar for TV". 9 January 2015.
  7. ^ "Fahad Ali Khan, and Zalak Desai would be playing the lead couple in 'Muh Boli Shaadi'. Their show would be replacing the Humsafars". 20 February 2015.
  8. ^ "'Muh Boli Shaadi' to replace 'Humsafars'". The Indian Express.
  9. ^ "'Karn' replaces 'Mooh Boli Shaadi' on Sony TV". 12 May 2015.
  10. ^ "Fahad Ali and Zalak Desai". mid-day.
  11. ^ "Fahad Ali to enter 'Jane Kya Hoga Rama Re'". The Times of India.
  12. ^ "YEH RISHTA KYA KEHLATA HAI: New ENTRY to spice up the things". 7 December 2016.
  13. ^ "Yeh Rishta Kya Kehlata Hai: Love will get COMPLICATED!". 22 August 2016.
  14. ^ "Belan Wali Bahu actress Sunayana Fozdar to be seen as a bar dancer in her next". India Today. 6 February 2019.
  15. ^ "Vikas Gupta: One should love themselves before loving others". 7 May 2019.
  16. ^ "Guilty movie review: Netflix and Dharmatic present a flawed but important take on the #MeToo movement". Firstpost. 7 March 2020. Retrieved 20 March 2020.
  17. ^ "Fahad Ali's Prince Charming avatar for TV". The Indian Express.
  18. ^ "Splitsvilla 11: Hosts Sunny Leone, Rannvijay Singha kickstart new season of dating reality show". Firstpost.
  19. ^ "Fahad Ali, Chetna Pande and Deepak Chadha in Vikas Gupta's show, Yeh Ishq Nahi Asaan". IWMBuzz. 15 March 2019.
  20. ^ Team, Filmymonkey (31 January 2019). "'Yeh Hai Mohabbatein' actor Abhishek Verma bags role in ALTBalaji's web-series 'NSA'!". news.abplive.com. Retrieved 5 January 2023.
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